Teacher Longing Poems

Taunted by luxury, a life of ease.
I struggled to utter the words, “sir, please”?
I’d become distraught by my circumstance.
I saw no way alone; I could...

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 To thee, O LORD, I 
Lift up my soul O my God
trusting thee: let me 
Be not be ashamed, let not mine
 Enemies triumph...

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somewhere smothered
under the glaring white 
lies my summer

you know

the three reasons 
I teach

June
July 
and 
August

and it's just
January

so.....
i've come to believe
just as much as Persiphone's return...

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The Seeds Circle

Herein lies the seed of life, a school of creation.

Above, Below not seen with eyes, but conceived through imagination.

As eyes open, breath is...

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What lack that lay behind that kiss,
fast wiped, when at last dismissed,
by schoolchild’s sleeve across his lips?

No man or child for home embrace?
No gift to...

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I used to Kiss you on your Holy head,
There blossomed the soap scent of your shampoo!
'I kister BRAIN!' I used to say -- no dread!
That...

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Attention! Sit squarely listen keenly, clear your ears
Face on the sun your ears, to melt the tar
Having melted it, to make lighter your ears
Listen now,...

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Maybe I love her more.
Then again maybe she loves me more.
To her love is a test.
I know I've missed my share of answers.
I looked at...

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I

School bag, blue shirt, hair parted on the right,
Dal-rice, clock ticking away in delight;
Cycles stop, wagons with seasonal crop, 
Get to her class before the...

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This is a story of a child and her mother,
About love that is irreplaceable like no other,
The child always does numerous mischiefs to ponder,
But the...

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Sparking my bodies brain cells,
Well-endowed with cosmic material, sparkling of excellence to excel,
Establishing my teacher for story rhymes to tell,
Spelling out words, heard from parallel...

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I can't believe it's happened
we're assigned both to this class
Cause I fell in love completely
in the hallway when you passed
Your hair, so bright and curly
you're...

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Mama uph uBaba

Mother where is my father?
Mother where is my second teacher?
Mother where is the man in my life?
that will teach me manhood
with love, care...

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Caught and caged between my love and my lust
for you, dear Teacher, feelings of passion
swell to great heights of reckless abandon
that I feel I will...

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My love of poetry started when I was still a five- year old child
When my parents asked me to memorize verses and rhymes
With all my...

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