Beautiful Teacher Poems

People count the years
by candles and quiet tears.
The twenties, they say,
are when we wait
for the first cry
from a miracle
just learning to breathe.

But some of us,...

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To my friend, Miguel

Almost seventeen years, do you remember? We met in Canterbury
We lived in the same house. In a silent, English-style, beautiful road

Miguel, Miguel....

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May we be blessed to understand 
the beautiful dichotomy of our growth……

How some days we are the teachers…
some days we’re the students…
and some days..we are...

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Rare to see a beautiful soul like her who is
Aglow inside out, admirable and amiable. A teacher so
Dedicated, for us students who seek music, she...

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More than any master,
More than any preacher,
You are the best guide!
Yes! You are the best teacher.

Any excess of summer,
And you cool down as rain.
When the...

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Friendly sage from the starless height 
Now dying without fright 
In his human and earthly sight 
The cosmos dimmed its light 
Dying from old diphtheria...

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In the journey of life, when paths seem unclear,
Take up the book, let wisdom appear.
With stick in hand, carve your own way,
Through challenges and trials,...

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It’s been 10 years since I retired from teaching…
but…every now and then…happily…some of those old memories soar…
This week awakened by a letter…a photo…
and a chance...

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In the classroom's tender, gentle embrace,
A symphony of virtues finds its place.
A teacher's heart, a radiant hue,
Infused with philosophies bright and true.

Arousing the mind with...

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Re-hydrate, sipping coffee,
Old teachers, you see,
Inhale fragrance divine,
Caffeine breath, not wine,
Iced coffee, or latte?
Like my beans?  I say,
Blending as one,
Sipping coffee, fun,
Addiction of our...

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One would not know, to look at me,
my years spent at the ballet barre -
tights sticking to me in summer,
cold fingers in winter.

And the aching...

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In GDC Doda, where knowledge resides,
There's a professor, a beacon, who guides.
His name is Prof. Manjeet Singh Sir,
An inspiration, his wisdom to admire.

With passion ablaze,...

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Piano Teacher

 Adored her timely teaching skills
Adored the way she never yelled nor screamed!
 even when my Piano lesson bored the heck out of me...

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inner vision voids
vaporize near Orion
toward great beyonds...

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I couldn’t find my glasses this morning when I got out of my bed…
and as my hands groped around feeling for them…Asia popped into my...

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