Graphite Drug Poet Sonnet

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Does the student know? Does the teacher know?
The lessons are many and days are few.
In the class, some are quick and some are slow.
Some will progress and some will make do.


People choose subjects without being sure.
They have no experience, only hope.
Teachers and students discuss and endure 
problems and strategies to help them cope 
with future events or recent mistakes.


Outside their campus, students use theory.
They use new knowledge to elaborate 
and specialized language to query.


There is no way to measure their chances.
Even slow students will make advances.

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Skat A May 16, 2016 at 10:34 PM Graphite, hope is good... interesting sonnet never read a sonnet with a message like this. :) SKAT Graphite Drug May 17, 2016 at 2:26 PM Thanks for reading SKAT. If I am not describing an image I try to find less common topics. It is easy to dwell on things such as love, war, cancer, cats, blah-blah-blah...

Poet Destroyer A May 14, 2016 at 3:03 PM Graphite Drug, Fantastic writing, glad to read your poem. ~Love LINDA~ Graphite Drug May 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM Thank you PDA! Your work receives a lot of attention on this site. I should read more of it.

Caryl Muzzey January 9, 2016 at 12:03 PM A wonderful well written write Graphite. You must be a student or teacher to have this insight. I enjoyed the read~ Caryl Graphite Drug January 11, 2016 at 12:57 PM Thank you for your comments. I was a student of English. What I was interested in for this poem was describing how some students appear behind others, but in the future have a better grasp of subjects than those who appeared adept in them. I'm still not sure if this comes across clearly in this poem.