FEATURED POST: THE LETTER A by Darren Sardelli

Source: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/145937/the-letter-a

This week our featured post comes to us from Darren Sardelli.  Growing up, he wasn’t a big fan of reading and writing, and he would rather be riding his bike or playing hockey with his friends. During his junior year at Loyola University (Baltimore), everything changed. Darren picked up a few rhyming poetry books and was instantly drawn in. He started writing as a hobby and fell in love with it. After graduating with a degree in business management, Darren decided to make writing poetry for children a priority. 

The letter A is awesome!

It simply is the best.

Without an A, you could not get

an A+ on a test.

You’d never see an acrobat

or eat an apple pie.

You couldn’t be an astronaut

or kiss your aunt goodbye.

An antelope would not exist.

An ape would be unknown.

You’d never hear a person

say “Afraid” or “All Alone”.

The A’s in avocado

would completely disappear

and certain words would be forgot

like “ankle”, “arm”, and “ear”.

 

Without the A, you couldn’t aim

an arrow in the air.

You wouldn’t ask for apricots

or almonds at a fair.

Aruba and Australia

would be missing from a map.

You’d never use an ATM,

an apron, or an app.

The arctic fox and aardvark

would be absent from the zoo,

and vowels, as you know them,

would be E, I, O, and U.

There wouldn’t be an A chord

on the instruments you play.

Let’s appreciate, admire,

and applaud the letter A!

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