This poem I hope may explain it self.


DYSLEXIA AND ME

Dyslexia , is referd to has being a chemical imbalance, that's as maybe.

'tis as if our wiring up , been dun by a prat , some wirer's not wired up right,

some wiring not dun at all , wires left hanging loose ,

right wired to left , left to right, present memarey to sub counches memarey,

some wires , super charged , so some dyslexiaks are are shit hot on

designeing,

or dam'd good at things mechanical , none better to fix your car , but do't call

me!!

some are just damede good at desing the house of your dreams,

work at carpentry , none better , beleave me , can be artist with wood , or

metal,

many are compensated in this ways , very practical by far,

in ways of art , stage , films , in writing , comedy tho you'd may be surprised ,

thear are many in entertainment , show biss , Ben Elton , Billy

Conaly , Susan Hamshier , so many I cant recal

first person I came across , was the acktres Sousan Hampshire tho she is

word blind as then they '' popularly'' referde then to dyslexia , well I had

climbed that mounting I had learnt to read,

I was clumsy as now I have learnt is calde dysprexia , cant handle numbers

either , I am dependant on outhers honisty when it comes to money , been

ripped off many a time , you find out who's a true freind I can tell you for nowt

who you can trust in shops and stores , some think I'm '' trying it on''. I am a

sertanly am not , when I tell you 50% of us end up in prison , so

the stats say hear and in the in the U S A , strange but troue 'tis only in

prison , that Dyslexic's get a little help , but not all , we need . I reckon , most

of them , now in prison would not be , if only their potenshal were realist,

you see some give up , go down that road , violant with frustration some

become, get in to crime , with such low asteam.

I was '' lucky'' , I had a high I Q , as I could read , my secondary school , I was

left pretty well a lown , to read what I desided to read , I led debates

arguments , tho I'm not argumentative , I was yes a rebel , but I had a course

, that course was me , and those,who like me codenamed to the scrap heap since I were were eight or less,

I developed a strong interest in history , from that in to politics vier current

affairs , their was rather a lot of that in the 60's ,

every year , past exam papers were pined up upon the walls each I looked,

wishfully,

the only bits of paper I achevde were for attendance oh yes cycling

prefishansey!!! , and that was it,

I discuverd I had a talant to write , direct plays , acct , damde good even if

do so I say so my self!!!

I beleave if computers were about when I was at school I beleave I'd have

dun well , but still not as well as my potential,

army as you can imagen was a falluer , as is just about all my life has been to

be honest with you ,

tryde for years to find help , all I could find was '' remedial'' , dames I am NOT

REMEDREAL!!!!

when I had insufficient cash I paid for my own aseasement , yup I had duble

''D'' , with an I Q of 138 , wich if I had not had dyslexia , I could have joinde

MENSER!!! ,

coulkd have been , should have been an honers student would you believe!!!''

I have an analitercal mind razer sharp , pepoles probles , art books , you

name it , I'm good that I am,

but now my foucher all now behind me , now I waite , I try not to become to empastant , but hey I am but human after all.

Ken D Williams , ( THE DYSLEXIC POET )

( ALL RIGHYS RESERVED)












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Written on 2007-06-06 at 20:20

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Not remedial in the slightest, but rather extraordinary I'd say. *applaud*
2013-05-07


normalil
BRILLIANT! This is wasted on Poetbay, send it to that cool bastard Tony Blair, and ask him what he is going to do for people like you. You are so clever Ken, just handicapped by this innocent disabilaty. I am a great lover of English literature, poetry etc., and I criticise people who write carelessly. You are different. You struck a real chord with me when you spoke about people with dyslexia only getting help in prison!!!!
As an aside, I also remember Susan Hampshire having "word blindness," as it was known then. I worked for a while at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in central London. (Nerves being a physical thing!) The hospital held conferences for "dyslexics," and in the reception area there would be a notice, telling where and when the conference would be. I remember going on duty and seeing this notice. My colleagues and I would laugh, (in the nicest possible way,) because we used to ask ourselves, "How on earth can a dyslexic person read the notice!"
Just a memory Ken! Keep up the good work. You are amazing!
2007-06-10


Esti D-G
Well done poet! You've written a fine tale of your life and the spelling doesn't matter anymore. The Internet gives you the freedom to write as you speak, and we can all understand and admire you for your guts and applaud you for not giving up.
Good on yer mate and keep writing, you know how to put all your ideas into poetry. Luv esti
2007-06-06