JC Brul Poet Free verse

Lines For My Professor

not only a few times
had I sketched
the pattern of your smile
in every swaying leaf
in every waning moonlight
in every wandering clouds
blowing softly to the west

but I ,
I couldn't sketch
the pattern of the wonder
in your deep brown eyes
and the secret sigh
you gently cast away
when you asked me a question
and I answered  with conviction 


Rewritten this March 10, 2022
For "The Throwback Challenge Poetry Contest"
Sponsored by Natasha L Scragg
Judged--N/A

Notes: This poem was one of my earliest poems written in 1994. Written during our " Partnership and Corporation Law" class. My professor was a perfect model for an oil-on-canvas portrait. But instead of sketching him, this poem was born and it was followed by some little poems which where published in our university publication," The Democrat".

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Caren Krutsinger April 9, 2022 at 12:36 AM This is exquisitely done "I couldn't sketch the pattern of the wonder in your deep brown eyes and the secret sigh"

Kim Rodrigues March 16, 2022 at 5:26 AM Love this!

Andrea Dietrich March 10, 2022 at 10:55 AM wow, so fantastic. An instant fave for me

Leo Larry Amadore March 10, 2022 at 9:55 AM I enjoyed reading your poem and I thought it was quite well-written.

Valsa George March 10, 2022 at 4:14 AM During college days, teachers are our role models.... ! There will be one or two to whom we are intimately drawn and we have a tendency for hero worship. I can see your handsome professor with brown eyes who is impressed by the smart student in you !