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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
Teachers A whining wind blows tumbleweed across its unkempt yard, unputtied windows don't impede the dusty disregard where teachers' hasty mea culpas paper the schoolroom floor. A busied class with grand ideas, has rushed the ingress door. Blackboard scribblings still in place, forgotten their review, jokes, and smiles whose chats retrace the searching of a few for tools by which good tropes are made, finding that closeness transcends lessons! Proximity displayed its yen for lifelong friends. Who knows their dingy history, abandoned one room schools, retelling ancient mystery and duty's golden rules to wide-eyed wondering wannabes absorbing every word? Those sages engaged Truth's decrees, their tests assured it heard! Faithful teachers, with well-earned pride, your graduation stage, now promenade. Let us provide applause, the tribute page, vocation done, a race well run, to accolades of grace. Embrace in peace the setting sun, our books mark well your place. --H. Arlequin . . . . Poems From the Goober Tree http://nathoo.wustl.edu/goober_tree.htm [This message has been edited by H. Arlequin (edited 11-05-1999).] |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
Amen! One of the most noble professions! A wonderful tribute! ------------------ Denise |
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Watcher666 Senior Member
since 1999-10-13
Posts 1606 |
Every teacher should read this!! Well done! ------------------ Illusion...what we see and what we do...it's all up to you. |
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H. Arlequin Member
since 1999-08-23
Posts 210 |
Hi Denise and Watcher!! smoooooooooches to u both!! :-))) u are soo generous with your encouragement, thank you. thank you, thank you!!! HA btw revised it a bit, comments??? |
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Denise
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-08-22
Posts 22648 |
mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa! (I like that phrase!) hehehehehe! Well done! Very smooth!  ------------------ Denise |
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hoot_owl_rn Member Patricius
since 1999-07-05
Posts 10750Glen Hope, PA USA |
Excellent!! I really enjoyed this poem. It speaks highly of those who endeavor to teach our future |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Such rich flavor in this piece. Well done. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
A fitting tribute for those who shape the foundations of our lives. ------------------ Through poetry my heart and soul truly sing... ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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snow in summer Member
since 1999-08-28
Posts 67 |
I fell in love with this from the first line and the closing line is absolutely beyond perfection, if that is possible! |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Excellent writing. I was a teacher for many years. Thankyou for such words of tribute for a profession that is often overlooked. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
HA You didn't have to go to all this trouble to impress me... I already was!! |
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Toerag Member Ascendant
since 1999-07-29
Posts 5622Ala bam a |
Nice job...and so true! They say "Johnnie can't read, but what does Johnnie have to know? Look at the competition, it's the age of video!" |
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Pepper Member Elite
since 1999-08-19
Posts 3079Southern Florida |
Wonderful!! ------------------ A soul that writes from the heart and shares it, truly gives a gift extrordinaire! |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
A richly deserved tribute... and very well done! |
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