Education Free Verse Poems

I burn the midnight air with questions,
Thin syllables crack like bones in the dark.
No teacher waits behind the door—
Only the echo of my own demand.

A...

Read More

They took him—
not for war,
not for crime,
but for curiosity.
A boy from Congo,
where rivers hum with memory,
and the trees know your name.

Ota Benga—
smile full of sun,
soul...

Read More

Once is never quite enough,  
Once again feels more like trust.  
Once more, close to sure—  
Eat, has eaten, ate, will eat—...

Read More

The perfect teacher 
is not the one who teaches you 
to add and subtract. 

The perfect teacher 
is not the one who explains
 how you...

Read More

When we build
                    for everyone,
 ...

Read More

Every path has
footprints of
families seeking
the best
for their children.

Every choice
creates ripples:

Who thrives?
Who's left behind?
What strengthens community?
What fractures it?

The question isn't
which path is right
but how to ensure
every...

Read More

In chambers of the mind, we store each day,
Each lesson wrapped in wonder, fear, or joy.
What matters most will never fade away.

The smell of chalk,...

Read More

Crow calls me.

Not with voice…

With posture, shadow
A black curl moving, against turquoise sky.

I follow.
							...

Read More

I speak English—
not because it is mine,
but because it was burned
into the soft clay of my childhood.

They called it brilliance
when I spoke the master's tongue,
and...

Read More

Autumn leaves
fall slow
a child's questions 
left hanging
in digital silence.

My fingers trace
letters that will not
hold still

b becomes d
was becomes saw
help becomes
nothing.

The maple outside
my bedroom window
drops one...

Read More

Our journey began like a joke in 2016,
Things seemed to be moving upside down,
We had miss on to complete before 2019,
We are glad to be...

Read More

There is a

a me and not~

me and not

are not 2~~...

Read More

"In Jesus' Name" is not a magic phrase
Many need to hold their tongue and behave
God the Father gave his Only Begotten Son

The name of Jesus...

Read More

The flower of humility is a prerequisite for the intervention of hope
No situation can nullify a shift from hopelessness to joy
Faith over fear should imprint...

Read More

You have been assigned your mountain
In order to show others that it can be moved
Often you are set in your ways
This will not move the...

Read More