Poems With Lois Letchford: I'm Running Through a Tunnel

28 May 2021 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, Lois Letchford—introduced as the author of Reversed: A Memoir and a literacy problem‑solver—reads the poem "Gargoyles on the Roof" by Jack Palutski. The poem depicts a frantic run through a sunless tunnel pursued by a powerful ogre, describing the speaker’s desperate speed, the creature’s overwhelming strength, and the looming sense of capture before concluding with a farewell. The reading ends with a brief channel call‑to‑action encouraging viewers to like, subscribe, and enable notifications.

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Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading from Gargoyles on the Roof by Jack Palutski. I'm running through a tunnel. I'm running through a tunnel where there isn't any sun. There's an ogre right behind me running faster than I run. It is gaining every second. Though I'm going very fast, I'm undoubtedly in trouble. When it catches me at last. It's reputed that the creature has the strength of 20 men. Should I happen to elude it, I'll not visit here again. But the beast has almost caught me, though I practically fly. Now I feel its breath upon me. Now I'm in its grasp. Goodbye. Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and the bell for notifications.