Education Stress Poems

We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.

I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My...

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The grump got out of a lumpy bed,
Slipped on his slippers, scratched his head.
Stood on the scales, saw what he weighed,
Then made some toast with...

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What do I want ?
What do I want ? 
Did I ever think about it ?
Have I ever asked myself ?
Have I ever heard the...

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1.Titanium is effective in stopping modern firearm rounds.
2.Titanium deforms under the stresses from the bullet's energy.
3.It depends on metal hardness and the velocity of the...

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I could not do what you are mandated to do
every day on society's justice bench,
weighing retributive justice 
against restorative healing.

I cannot look with any comfort
at...

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With the chalk, 
Teachers' hearts knock
Students flock;
Goats, we overstock
And sheep, we unlock! 

With our talks, 
Teachers' mouths stalk
Lazy students' works, 
Discipline the ones that balk,...

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Crowed to the morning exercise
Faces, bringing life to the citadel.
Whilst some witness the morning rise,
Its quick birth some would repel.

Serenity, traded for daylight rhythm
Freedom, chirping...

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Tensions between professional teacher
or theological preacher
and therapeutic integrity
are as old as cultural wars
between knowing scientific methods
and feeling artistic expressions

InBetween noetic purpose
of LeftBrain thinking
and deep poetic...

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Heavy bags
Crooked backs
High expectations
Less leisures
Reference books
More than cope 
Strict regulations
No bargains 
Stiff timetables
Exhausted
No laughters
Only tears
Adults' dreams
Young guys' nightmares
Adults' fame
Young guys' game
Tensions on the heart 
Stresses...

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It's new years eve or bonfire night.
Veterans hide away in fright
They fear that they may crumble 
As the fireworks start to rumble

Even if there tucked...

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For some,
it is a healing portion.
But me,
with swollen lips 
and aching limbs,
it's rather a headache... (though it wasn't before)

And in my mind, 
it all aches,...

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Scorched earth flows from Rump’s rumble
And feds are furloughed and grumble
Although he seems glad
For us it’s rather sad
While his wall and our cookies crumble


Author's note:...

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mysterious as Lemuel
     unlike hundreds of
     other rowdy seniors
     constituting the nineteen
 ...

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Surviving 
Paycheck
to 
Paycheck

Paycheckless

Overdrawn
	Again
There goes five twenties
I was saving for education

Spent
	Instead 
On a pair of underwear

My self esteem 
Ousts my stability...

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Relieved yet slightly distorted,
My stress is so unrouted,
My energy is slaughtered
I feel so tired, but loaded. 

I want to write, Write endlessly
Till the time ends...

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