Poems With Lois Letchford: No Contest

28 Sept 2020 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

0:50

In this brief YouTube segment, Lois Letchford introduces herself as the author of Reverse the Memoir and a literacy problem solver, then reads the poem “No Contest” from the collection Dragon Poems (attributed to Clive Webster). The poem depicts a distressed child whose father dismissively tells him not to worry while a dragon attacks his mother. After the reading, Lois closes with a standard YouTube call‑to‑action, urging viewers to like, subscribe, and comment.

Chapters

Hello, I'm Lois Letchford, author of the book Reverse the Memoir and literacy problem solver, reading from Dragon Poems by John Foster and Corky Paul. Today's poem is called No Contest. A little boy was in distress. Dad! he yelled. Quick! Help! A fiery dragon's just got Mum and she's fighting it herself! Don't worry, son, his dad replied, ignoring his son's pleading. The dragon's in with half a chance! And carried on his reading. By Clive Webster. Thank you. Hit like, hit subscribe, and leave a wonderful comment.