I am an English teacher, writer and poet, animal lover, happily married wife and grandmother, and recently, education activist.
I am updating this blog to be more about my work in education and less about my poetry. But it is very hard to remove the poet from this teacher, so please, bear with my verses and images and my playing with sounds and words.
Helping me with Poetic Justice is my wonderful graphic artist, creative producer husband. He is the final say for anything that is posted here. He is my soul and my conscience and will always get the final say.
I am also so honored to have my friend and fellow English teacher activist, Lucianna M. Sanson, joining Poetic Justice as an editor/writer/contributor and co-worker fighting and defending our public school students.
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.”
~ Anne Morrow Lindburgh
How can I say "no" to them and walk away?
Last week, the dark child brightened up.
Yesterday, the angry child smiled.
Just today, the sad child laughed.
And tomorrow, the child beyond hope, will graduate.
Each child a new challenge.
Each challenge a routine and a painful burden.
Each burden, mine to bear for a brief period of time -
my special chance to help God perform His miracle in each child.
We teach because we are called to teach.
We teach because the children need us now.
We teach because we need to love them.
We teach because it is life to us.
How can we say "no" to them and walk away? -
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