A doggerel series
about the countries of the world.
Ghana.
Now, Ghana
was the Gold Coast when
I was in
seventh grade
And had a
class (geography)—
And a report
I made
On Ghana. But
I copied it—
The World
Book (very neat).
I was so
proud of that report—
It seemed,
well, such a feat.
Now, Ghana's on the western coast
Of Africa.
And has
Some history
of slavery
But now is
noted as
A place
where empires came and went—
Where varied
wildlife roam—
A place
where for millennia
Some tribes
had made a home.
But I still
think about that kid—
Of oh so
long ago
Who wrote
that paper—and who thought
His teacher
wouldn’t know.
(She did.)
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