Teacher Prose Poetry Poems

She is confused, a teacher says
Why? Because her hair is dyed three colors?
She wears goth clothes and her make up is dark
Have you spoken to...

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One person cannot make a difference the naysayer argues.
But I do not take the bait, for I have learned.
Naysayers do not have a stopping point.

I...

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Xander does not dress like other men
We knew that when we saw the kitty cat on his shirt
and the perky pastel pink top hat with...

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Herm saw in Fee, a person who barely knew how to live
John recognized Fee’s will, she had survived childhood Armageddon
Herm focused on her downfalls, belittling...

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It’s there in the darkest corner of his room 
there where he takes off his shoes and socks and just leaves them
the place that his...

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Music came out of my fingers
made me dance all over the wall
My parents were askance
For I was a newborn from a small town

I was tapping...

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I rushed into my friend’s office once not realizing she had a guest.
She said “This is Dr. Pat McClintock.”
Dr. Pat McClintock said “You are a...

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Will’s mother sent her son’s fifth grade teacher a note.
He is with you more than he is with me.
If he has bad manners, it is...

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Ms. Shelly began to write.
Scratched it out.
Began again.
The lights are on, but no one is home.
Scribble Scribble

His dendrite field is nonexistent.
Scratch. Scratch.
She kept writing and...

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The teacher was trying to figure it out
She was brand new, and optimistic
Fresh and ready to educate her first graders.
She had prepared all summer and...

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Administrators want us teachers to record anything physical that happens
This is a grade school, so a lot of physical things go down.
Throwing, hitting, punching, kicking...

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the child is six, and sharp
I knew this when he said “that looks like a DNA tester.”
What is a DNA tester? I asked.
“You know. You...

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brand spank'n fresh out of college new teachers
they come in hot, rar'n to go, with high ideals and ideas.
running around like Energizer bunnies, buzzing and...

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Emma Frost (aka White Queen) is a powerful character in Marvel Comics.  Is
she a hero or villain?  Sometimes, it is hard to know!...

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They were both breathing harder than dragons on steroids
Two kindergarten students who are usually friends.
I took one, another adult took the other.
They were both out-of-control-angry

Steam...

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