After the football game
Hot cocoa feels so cozy
And tastes so good, too.
Category Archives: Teachers live at school
Stealing Headlines
In attempt to make sense out of the recent shocking news, I “borrowed” headlines from articles covering the two school shootings this week. The two events are interspersed in pantoume form so that some headlines could apply to either one.
I’m not satisfied with this poem at all; maybe these incidents aren’t supposed to make sense.
Principal targeted
In second school shooting this week
Innocence lost
Small town unaccustomed to tragedy.
In second school shooting this week
Details of attack emerge
Small town unaccustomed to tragedy
Mourns victim killed in siege.
Details of attack emerge
Another campus shooting
Mourns victim killed in siege
Teen charged in school shooting.
Another campus shooting
Hostage sent love to her family
Teen charged in school shooting
Hero prevented more deaths.
Hostage sent love to her family
Vigil held to mourn
Hero prevented more deaths
Died after shooting.
Vigil held to mourn
A victim used as a shield
Died after shooting
Critical condition.
A victim used as a shield
Principal targeted
Critical condition
Innocence lost.
A Teacher’s Lament in Haiku
Labor Day has passed.
Back to school we go again.
Where did summer go?
Patience
Patience is
Waiting
Breathing slowly
Or Holding my breath
Biting my tongue
Thinking before I speak.
Meanwhile
Hyperventilating,
Tongue bleeding,
The words simmering inside
Slowly come to a boil.
Pressure rises
Steam escapes
And the lid
flies
off!!
Straight Talk from Kids
…actual statements and questions from children, ages 11 through 16, in the days immediately preceding and immediately after the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The poem is a few years old: the feelings expressed are not.
What if war breaks out
While we’re at school?
Kids should know
What’s going on.
While we’re in school
Watch the TV in the commons
What’s going on?
Try CNN.
Watch TV in the commons
You’ll stay informed.
Try CNN
Every channel’s exactly the same.
You’ll stay informed.
Did you hear about the war?
Every channel’s exactly the same
What’s the latest?
Did you hear about the war?
Kids should know
What’s the latest.