Poems with Lois Letchford: Hyponotized

19 Oct 2020 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, poet and author Lois Letchford introduces herself as the writer of Reversed: A Memoir and Literacy Problem Solver before performing a solo spoken‑word piece titled “Hypnotized.” The poem adopts a mock‑hypnotist’s voice, inviting the listener to stare into her eyes and then issuing a rapid series of whimsical commands—mowing the lawn, shining shoes, fixing a gate, cooking pancakes, and more—before abruptly “waking” the audience. The performance ends with a light‑hearted thank‑you and a standard YouTube call‑to‑action encouraging viewers to like, subscribe, and share the video.

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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, reading poems. I'm the author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and Literacy Problem Solver. This time it's Hypnotized. How would you like to get hypnotized? Stare deep, deep into my eyes, and now you're getting drowsy, falling deep, deep, deep, deep asleep, and I have you in my power. Mow the lawn for half an hour. Shine my shoes. Trim my hair. Wash out all my underwear. Do my homework. Scratch my back. Cook me up a great big stack of pancakes and go and wash my plate. Get some nails and fix the gate. Now you woke up and open your eyes. Wasn't it fun to be hypnotized? Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and share.