A/N: A Reader's Workshop assignment from March of 2000 (eighth grade). A poem based upon To Kill a Mockingbird.

Atticus Finch

He's Atticus Finch
With daughter Scout and son Jem
They live in Maycomb

Standing proud and tall
He walks through the courtroom doors
A lawyer is he

He defends a man
The man is Tom Robinson
Tom is a black man

Courage, pride, honor
All are what Atticus has
Deep within himself

He knows what is best
Protecting his family
From any- all harm

He's Atticus Finch
Knowing what's best for his kids
He loves them so much



(c) 2000 Liz D.