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Miss Mott
Tall Her Eminence stood, calling my name,
My first-grade teacher of notable fame,
Who had taught most all my kin years before,
Now she was summoning me to her court.
She was judge and jury, penalized fast,
Any wrongdoing or...
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Categories:
teacher, 1st grade, child, growing
Form: Rhyme
all is well unlessToday in my role as elementary school counselor
I am allowing the third graders all kinds of freedoms
It is easier than me teaching a counseling lesson
I hope the principal does not choose today to evaluate me
I...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Free verse
Why Does Ms Beech TeachWhy does Ms. Breech teach children?
She doesn’t even like kids!
From the mouth of a five-year-old
our “teacher of the year” would hold a grudge forever
against this innocent honest five-year-old, if she knew.
I guess no one told...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Free verse
todays childToday’s child thinks what they have to say is golden
Interrupting adults is not a big deal
Questioning teachers is their right
Today’s child unwittingly shows us a somber future
Were they raised by wolves?
Or parents who spent their...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Free verse
nooks and crannies in Elementary SchoolsThere are now nooks and crannies in elementary school classrooms.
Places for children to slither and slide into
When they need a break
When they despise multiplication facts
When they are tired of reading
When I was a child I...
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Categories:
school, teacher,
Form: Light Verse
just a bunny hilleasy bunny hill the children coaxed him.
John hated to look foolish to his students.
Ended up landing flat on his back.
Happy cry went up.
Look at Mr. Lawless!...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Free verse
world I never imaginedI have never seen children who cannot listen as hard as these students
They could if their mouths ever shut, but they are perpetually open.
Words coming hard and fast, for they may have never been listened...
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Categories:
school, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Mixed Poetry Contest--I Came to TeachIn 1994 I was at a crossroads in my life. I felt desperate-desperate for a job and for work that impassioned me; desperate to change my routine and surroundings; desperate for adventure; desperate to do...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Free verse
Behind The ScreensCultivate the ability to transcend for you were
born to rise
in the eyes of the creator from the beginning
Know that you're always winning as you're the
embodiment of the creative principal
that brings everything into being
What you're...
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Categories:
teacher, inspiration, introspection, perspective, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
A Father's Journey in Education: Retirement ReflectionsIn halls of learning, wisdom's crown,
Stood a dad with love profound.
His days of guiding minds are done,
But memories bright, they'll still be spun.
With patience vast and knowledge deep,
He stirred young hearts from sleep.
In every lesson,...
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Categories:
teacher, dad, dedication, devotion, education,
Form: Free verse
PedagogyConsider the practice of pedagogy.
Sounds less like a noble profession,
And more like a pervert’s kinky fetish,
A groomer’s form of fieldcraft.
Socrates taught Plato,
Just as Shumann mentored Brahms.
Einstein tutored Oppenheimer,
And so inspired those bombs.
When a student has...
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Categories:
teacher, allegory, angst, education, student,
Form: Verse
beat them to breakfastFree breakfast for educators all week the TV said
We ran toward the restaurant, all teachers willing to be fed
I beat two cars that were as blue as my car is red
We got in line, but...
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Categories:
teacher,
Form: Rhyme
A gift to beholdA gift to behold
Who are you we wondered,
Where your path leads, we thought
I knew what we wanted, couldn’t envisage
Then we surrendered…
When in pain, you are the balm.
When there’s despair, you make calm.
When mind...
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Categories:
appreciation, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
No Transfers
Categories:
giggle, student, teacher, word
Form: Limerick
Sojourn through TarotspaceSOJOURN THROUGH TAROTSPACE
Let me tell you a story,
Of a deck of cards, in all its glory.
Well, some will say, what’s the big deal?
To them my humble reply, come, conquer, and heal.
The story is my take,
On...
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Categories:
art, symbolism, teacher,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Teacher Poems
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