To Communicate Intelligently Poem by David Darbyshire

You can hear every syllable
In the word Albuquerque
Too write correct is very wishful
I’ll try Al-Burr-Kurr-Key

To say something in Chinese
Can be awfully painful
You try very hard to please
And your mouth moves every muscle

Too communicate intelligently
Either in shrift or tongue
You don’t have to go to Berkeley
And you can be deaf or dumb

It is not how you spell or how you sound
Listen to the different languages all around
Write what you see and say how you feel
And life will become a wonderful playground