Teaching With Magic
Teaching With Magic
-for Clelia
“Reach down into your soul
and write it in blood.”
I told them.
“Poetry
is liquid emotion
flowing on the page
through the elegant ritual
of language…”
I explained
“When you take the risk
of exposing your soul
you will touch other souls…”
I promised
and then…
I held my breath…
and worried
as all teachers do…
that I had gone too far
promised too much
But then…
the magic filled the air and the student wrote…
filling the void
with tearful words of pain
splendid imagery
and brilliant voice
weaving a mystical tapestry of words
magically changing the world
and transforming the teacher
into the student!
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