School Mentor Poems

Silent, yet sounding
You asked… how, why, what, when, where
To parents present...

Atmosphere living
Grabbing experiences
Family teachings

With taught imprintings 
How to live future, prepared 
By societies;

Base value teachings...
Who...

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At the Charlie Norton School of Performing Arts
They only taught armoured acting parts.
They had a special maintenance man
Always kept busy with his little oil can
Keeping...

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My friend, write what you know about first-hand
An exciting experience, an unforgettable moment,
Your adventurous trip with your high school band
When you didn’t get back your...

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"But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all...

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Spare those that shaped your life a  (thought)
The people that were always there to guide you.
That showed you a new path you had missed...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Life these days is hard for any man
But not uncle Vinny, you see he’s in this gang,
He’s living a real good life
Got more money than...

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Rainbow is well colored 
Yet, do not have all colors 
Having all don't matter...

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First Impressions
lasting thoughts...

Do you drink, do you smoke, 
do you toke, are you broke? 
What is important to ask, 
but more important to know. 

Did...

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I was lost, despondent, not figuring out my life in any way
When a flashing light bulb that was dying became my mentor.
She hissed at me,...

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My job was to set up ten mentors for my children at my school. I set up sixteen.
The training was after school yesterday and thirteen...

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My favorite college professor, the woman who talked me back into finishing the counseling program, when I wanted to quit, was Dr. Jean.
Dr. Jean insisted...

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My Mentor is My Friend

There was a time not long ago
Where I felt I had no friend
I thought if I stopped moving
In the trash can...

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We all have one in our lives, someone better than you,
not much to be done about it, in shades of blue,
where did he get the...

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Divine Intervention

His name was Lynn.
We had nothing in common.
I – a city punk, twenty something,
High School grad, Ironworker.
He – an upstate NY, college educated,
beret-wearing, ”Spiritual...

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