A white, loose, preppy graphic t-shirt
my mom ordered
from overseas
was my personal mnemonic.
In tiny chunks,
I’d read and analyze
the words,
“Den’ rozhdeniya”
encrypted in Cyrillic.
I’d begin
by sounding out
and carefully scrutinizing
that distinctive,
crab-resembling “D”.
Day by day,
my Russian reading abilities
grew as large
as The Tower of Pisa-
I became
a giant Russian alphabet book
anyone could purchase
for free.
That wearable personal mnemonic
I proudly possessed
worked like a magic potion
for the human mind.
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Talia Devora
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Comments (5)
Terrific!!! Loving it!!!💕❤️❤️
Nicely done!
Krokodil Gena! Great stuff. I always liked playing this song to my daughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srN_ZlTibUA
Now I'm wanting a video of you pronouncing the Russian alphabet to satisfy my enquiring mind. Also intrigued by the lifestyle quiz aspect of your writing....do any of your stories have an example in them? Would love to read them.
It amazing your talent for reading foreign languages. I cannot pronounce Russian words at all