She passed out a copy of her poem to everyone. She read it in a quavering voice. There was silence when she finished. Finally, Andy spoke up, “I think it’s great,” he said. Rebecca followed, “I loved it, it reminded me of Stevie Smith,” she said. Others also gave her praise as well. Charles said, “Anna, I think this is terrific, but I would like to see what it would be like if you wrote a poem with a happy ending.”
