Hi-Dong Chai Poet Free verse

Kindness

Kindness is smile
Kindness is helping hand
Kindness is encouraging words
Kindness is glue that bind us

First year in America
I had a teacher in high school
Miss Rouelle was her name
She used her lunch hours
To teach me English
Good morning, she said
I looked at her
Not knowing how to respond
She smiled
Repeat what I just said
Good morning

She told me to write about
My father and mother
My brothers and sisters
My country during WWII and Korean War

I wrote in broken English
She returned my writings
With corrections all over
But she never laughed at how I wrote
Instead, she said
Your writing is improving everyday

It happened more than 60 years ago
I still carry my deep gratitude
To Miss Rouelle
Who used her lunch hours
To teach me English

Thank you, Miss Rouelle
Thank you for your kindness

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Quoth Theraven August 17, 2019 at 3:34 AM Hi-Dong, Such a wonderful tribute of you, of life, and teaching. You payed it forward in wonderful verse friend. -Richard Quoth Theraven September 5, 2019 at 10:12 AM May God bless you Miss Rouelle. You too student. -Richard Hi-Dong Chai August 19, 2019 at 10:11 PM She probably is one of those who influenced me to be a writer. Thank you for your comment.