Mrs B
How do I Thank You
for watching over my child
investing your
time
energy
focus
and
passion
in him
Every
day?
How do I thank you
for using your keen eye
to emerge with his full picture
and tailoring a years worth of education
just for him?
for making sure he is comfortable
and relaxed
and happy Every day?
How do I thank you
for finding inventive
ways to facilitate his goals Every day?
for the look of alarm, ever so brief
if even a remote chance of danger
for him or others?
for your warmth
your upbeat kindness
and nurturing
that you give him Every day?
How do I thank you
for loaning him Snow pants
and a little Yellow T-Shirt?
for teaching him how to honor
his own work
and that of his peers?
How do I thank you
for planting seeds
that deepen his understanding
of Everything?
for taking a lesson plan that is fine
infusing it with complexity
and transforming it into
something extraordinary
Every day?
for teaching my child as if he were the only child in your class
while teaching Every Child in your class as if they
were the only one as well?
How do I thank you?
This happy
full
creative
thinking
boy
who chatters to me as he is going to sleep
about Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Appleseed
Spheres and cylinders
sets of tens
mammals
fish
poems
songs
and Your words of Praise
is the living proof
of the gift that you are to education and children.
I can only say Thank you Teacher..
Mrs B; Poetry by
Susan M. Walker 2014
Copyright © Susan Walker | Year Posted 2016
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