Career Prose Poems

Starting my usual job as a school counselor
but in two schools instead of one.
An improbable task. I have done it before, and it is not...

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To snatch away those halcyon days
Under false pretenses of defense
To shatter your own convictions
Or to be so deluded by them

Recreate the world as you always...

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Have life been trying to give you a hint, which you ignore or just plain resent? Maybe you feel there's something you should do only...

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Is this all?

Life is a country, spread before us at birth, its
Vistas stretching beyond the horizon, full of 
Mystery and anticipation. 

In the distance lie...

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student they are
on the wings of knowledge,
on mirthful wings of angel,
on light of inside and outside

smiling touches them purely
fresh mind, fresh eye view to the...

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They call my style old boring art 
But please tell me what they know about me? 
When I say “slam” everybody looks at me and...

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I calculate the madness and it's still incurable
What does the world want? the elements keep me miserable

I Tip-toe and gleam to salvage my goals and...

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I started my teaching career in a Chicago middle school as a sub.
Our cars were locked up so they would not be vandalized during the...

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What really is human nature? It seems like an easy, even silly question: surely everyone knows what human nature is, as we all have one....

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There are people who have known since birth what they want to do when they grow up. I was one of them. I wanted to...

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Math 

Is a problem

That is here to stay

It will never go away

Like a vermin's ugly kin, it grows

Multiplies and divides into more nasty vermin

Never seeming...

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Dear Budding Poet,

In my reflection, MODERN POETRY releases the complete freedom of total expression of body, mind and spirit, allowing one full range to interpret...

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Dear New Poet,

Modern poetry to me engages readers in seeking their own deep or higher meaning to life experiences. It utilizes symbolism imagery and varied...

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My old firm now seemed to have an African address,
I wondered how much of it was just a mess,
Green Lane had become No. 1 Moffat...

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First draft--------------------
My Darling Wife  #80A
My Darling Wife
My darling Debbie, lets us go steady. I'm going to say to you the most honest words ...

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We were class mates for 6 years.
Sat on the same bench together and did fun things.
But we had different views on life.
You looked to the...

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I remember the day when I had no plan
Face cupped in my hand looking down
Then I heard a voice saying just keeping learning
And don’t get...

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Boardroom Wars and Bar Room Fights
He twiddled with his fingers and looked up at me curiously
I am not going to sign on the dotted line...

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The sky was lit by blinding light
But, not sunlight
The panorama was painted with darting pellets
But, not of rain rivulets
The ground quivering under flitting feet
But, not...

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