Listen to Ashe Jaafaru read Edgar Albert Guest’s poem “It Couldn’t Be Done.”It Couldn’t Be Doneby Edgar Albert GuestSomebody said that it couldn’t be done,But, he with a chuckle repliedThat “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be oneWho wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it. With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it. But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,Just take off your coat and go to it;Just start to sing as you tackle the thingThat “couldn’t be done,” and you’ll do it. Play Ashe Jaafaru’s spoken-word recording of Edward Guest’s poem to your students.