History Teacher Poems

'My mum will not speak above a low whisper in public because she doesn't want to draw attention to herself.'
Richard C. Armitage

"Whisper, we're in church,"...

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Dad what is religion, it so confuses me
I know about church is that all it can be?
I sing the songs and listen to stuff
But watching...

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    Our favorite teacher was in a fix
    History class had not one, but two Dicks
...

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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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Her name was Sharon

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The tiny old school, which was my first guide,
has become a museum of a distant age.
The playground--swings, bars, and slide,
still stand in mute dismemberment stage.

A...

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Teachers can't afford to live there
    So parents of student are offering space
  We've seen this scenario before
   ...

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Sex and Grades

Teachers in my time 
taught math, and science and history. 
We never cared if they were single, 
or married or divorced. 
It never...

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Lucky I to have fate so sublime
And luckier yet to tribute this rhyme
To my astute, bright, superb team slime.
Foremost is Janki - a pure-heart dime;
With...

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Should I become a middle school math or English teacher?
Leave my bed early in the morning and return with test papers to grade.
With what authority...

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When I was a history teacher, I had a passion for the subject,
Like the twilight descending silkily, as day and night connect.

Each day was a...

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I went to my class teacher,
to get my notes corrected,
of history of bloodshed and wars,
that the past had collected.

I stood there, still and straight,
with my...

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I wanted to write
 The best slavery poem   ever written—
Perhaps win a Pulitzer or Faulkner. 

I had every intention of conforming 
To the...

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California loses its finest citizens
…acceptable losses

America loses its drug riddled youth
…acceptable losses

Texas loses its southern border
…acceptable losses

Our manufacturing base auctioned away
…acceptable losses

Native Peoples crying on...

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My dream was delectable, best one yet
My name was called loudly; I did not fret
Until the class laughed
It was Mr. Giraffe
Worst math teacher in history...

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