Poems with Lois Letchford: Seven Grubby Gobilins

19 Apr 2021 · 2 min

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In this YouTube video, Lois Letchford, author of Reversed: A Memoir and Illiteracy Problem Solver, reads the children’s poem “Seven Grubby Goblins” from Jack Palutski’s Monday Stroll. She invites listeners to pay attention to the poem’s rhyming structure and the author’s unusual word choices (e.g., “iguana gravy,” “polluted prunes”). After the reading, Lois asks viewers to identify the rhyming words, point out the odd vocabulary, and consider how the poem could be rewritten to be more appropriate or personalized. Throughout, she includes typical YouTube calls to action—asking viewers to like, subscribe, and hit the notification bell—and promotes her memoir by encouraging purchases and reviews on Amazon or Goodreads.

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Hello, I am Lois Letchford, author of the book Reversed: A Memoir and Illiteracy Problem Solver. Reading from Jack Palutski's Monday Stroll, poems about dragons and their cousins. Today, we're 7 Grubby Goblins. I wonder what the word grubby means. Again, listen to the words he uses, find the rhyming words, enjoy the poems. That I share. We're 7 grubby goblins you never want to meet. We fail to wash our faces or clean our filthy feet. Our hands are always dirty. We have dishevelled hair. We dress in shabby leggings and tattered underwear. We're 7 gruesome goblins. Our habits are uncouth. We pull each other's teeth out, then put back each free tooth. We drink iguana gravy. We chew polluted prunes. We dance repugnant dances. We sing unpleasant tunes. We're 7 grubby goblins determined to displace. We never blow our noses, no matter how we sneeze. We smell like rotten garlic. We burp around the clock. This soon should be apparent. We're moving to your block. Enjoy Hit like, hit subscribe, press the bell for notifications, and think about all that this poem offers us. What are the rhyming words? What are the unusual words that Palucki has chosen to use? How can we change and rewrite this poem to make it more appropriate and make it ours? Thank you. And also grab a copy of Reversed: A Memoir and leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Thank you.