Teacher Poverty Poems

I went to my class teacher,
to get my notes corrected,
of history of bloodshed and wars,
that the past had collected.

I stood there, still and straight,
with my...

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I know I promised
 no more ‘Make you Cry Poems’
I said I'd never write another 
‘Wipe your eye poem’

 And for three years 
I tried...

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Deprivation is a great teacher
Empty cupboards and growing weeds

Cause the soul to stir
To disdain idle chitchat and merriment

Lessons learned transform the spirit from sand to...

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What type of mother pimps out her own daughter?
Bar Steward Town
They do it in this town it helps feed the hordes
And put illegal weapons on...

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Nothing is devised or divined in the Universe to forever be.
Nothing is held always in truth; nor ever wholly wrong.
So look to those who find...

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Schoolboy

Can this be school? So dark and worn
a backless seat, walls of scorn.
Someone said, “We need a school.
This cement relic here will do.”

There sits a...

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My life is filled with many things.
hunger, anger, violence and hurt;
But you can still give me so much.
You are my teacher…teach me!
Look at me--not through...

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There isn’t a place I haven’t abode
a river mansion or a tree by the road
in a multitude of places not our home
from commune havens to...

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An Ode To LIFE


As I lay my head down and start to fall asleep I see myself being carried off to a place and time...

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homeless  


while walking thru the woods one day 
a wise homeless man came my way 
and as he came closer to me 
he asked...

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When I was in High School, one of my assignments was to perform community 
charity.  My teacher hooked me up with the President of...

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