To my friend, MiguelTo 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. My old soul brother. My Bible teacher. Do you remember?
Evening times, you gave me lessons, lessons from the Bible. Teacher
You are a signer. A marker. Your stigma is mine. I...
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Categories:
teacher, fate, friendship, life,
Form: Free verse
There is a teacher I know, part two, written but never sent seriesThere is a teacher I know. Someone who walks into the classroom like he’s stepped into a memory, quiet and worn, yet still showing up. He doesn’t speak much, but when he does, his voice carries more weight than volume. His words are deliberate, as if each one has been measured before release. There is...
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Categories:
teacher, 10th grade, absence, care,
Form: Free verse
A Teacher I know, part one, from written but never sentThere is a teacher I know. Someone who walks into the classroom like he’s stepped into a memory, quiet and worn, yet still showing up. He doesn’t speak much, but when he does, his voice carries more weight than volume. His words are deliberate, as if each one has been measured before release. There is...
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Categories:
teacher, 10th grade, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Mothers of Invention, Deliver
Silence mourning, you who've borne no children;
mute derision and bear it no longer.
Beg not for mercy if you are barren
for barreness may prove you the stronger.
Your fruit lies in the way which you conquer
scorn - apparent un-productivity.
Another's offspring - your proclivity.
Teach them truths which bearers fail to mention;
teach self-discipline as necessity.
Deliver well, mothers...
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Categories:
11th grade, mother, teacher,
Form: Dizain
Ode to a True Poet - Apr 6O’ Pat Pattison, you, my brilliant teacher,
I would shower in praises, had you not
taught me better! for cliches void of thought
are as worthwhile as a couch surfin’ moocher!
O’ masterful and deepest sort of creature,
shocked then, in the thrall of churning wounds, distraught
I found your grace—and for my breaking clot
you gave me poetry, this soothing suture....
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Categories:
teacher, appreciation, creation, love, poetry,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Pedagogical VeracitySocrates to Plato
Emerson to Thoreau
When the student is ready the teacher will appear
Invaluable lessons will be on display for him to feel, see, and hear
Ali to Larry
Jordan to Kobe
If the student is willing, he will do the valiant work
He would rather not be the teacher; instead, he aims to show his worth
Picasso to Warhol
Brown to...
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Categories:
teacher, appreciation, courage, dedication, education,
Form: Spoken Word
National Poetry Month aka The School of life
In what galaxy does a heart
not learn lessons the hard way?
It’s in the nature of all creatures.
The school of life welcomes its students.
Some will breeze on by and
not learn much of anything.
The ones that embark implicitly
on that lush wild river of discovery
will be amazed when they unleash their potential.
Everyone is given the...
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Categories:
teacher, education, journey, life, school,
Form: Free verse
Preceptor
past is a lamp for our feet
and a light for our path
like an accomplished teacher
it comes to our rescue
any time we go astray
...
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Categories:
4th grade, light, teacher,
Form: Free verse
True IdentityBehold the glory,
The bible is a great story,
His story,
History.
A mystery to me,
I know what I can be,
The one you made me,
King of my reality.
So they can see,
Their true identity,
To end the misery,
Fed deceitfully.
Misguided for centuries,
Tied to fallacies,
Stalling spirituality.
Hiding duality,
Within a form of purity,
Tainted by the greedy,
To keep you needy.
Lost without hope,
Looking to the Pope,
Reaching for...
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Categories:
teacher, 7th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Rhyme
To You My Loved TeacherTo You, My Loved Teacher
I will never forget you from school, love you. You
You walked into the classroom, oh best woman!
I have always admired your fantastic femininity
Perfect woman. Angelic mermaid. My teacher
I love You
Secretly
My life
Are You
Loves You
Your student
...
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Categories:
teacher, fate, i love you,
Form: Free verse
Tempus Americanus - American Time
The teacher said, ‘Back in five minutes,’ before leaving the room
His students groaned, ‘half an hour’ meant ‘soon’
The time crawled by, the class dwindled to one
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Categories:
america, student, teacher, time,
Form: Couplet
For TeachersMemories float along with sighs,
off-white moths, and butterflies -
and my third-grade teacher, long ago.
We all sat under a mulberry tree,
so a silkworm's dinner, we could see.
Entranced, enchanted ones were we,
growing, as moths...
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Categories:
teacher, butterfly, life, myth, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The Story of My Life - for Contest
You must not be a teacher my dad said
A teacher can’t afford a loaf of bread
So I just bounced all around
From job to job, town...
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Categories:
teacher, career, father son, poverty,
Form: Limerick
Categories:
education, philosophy, teacher,
Form: Haiku
The Biology TeacherShe would do our heads in, but It’s not that I didn’t value her great teaching skills. Her strategies and patterns always stood out. The tool of teaching was used to best effective use by her, I can ensure you of that, in fact it was levels beyond the rest.a record, a memory that can’t...
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Categories:
teacher, appreciation, change, education, graduation,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of Teacher Poems
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