Dear Students

This is my Poetry Friday post. This week's host is https://reflectionsontheteche.com/2020/06/05/poetry-friday-letter-to-my-students/

Dear students

It is harder than ever to be away

There are so many things I wish I could say

There are so many moments I wish I had cherished

This is not the school year we planned

But still

You rose to the occasion

You did the work with patience, persistence, inquiry

I miss your faces

I miss your "Bonjours" in the hallway

I miss your coats in the lockers

I miss your telling me the latest songs, shows, artists

I hope for a better world

I pledge to fight for you

You all deserve it 

You deserve better

This isn't goodbye

It's only au revoir for now 

Understand

It's redundant to say

Stranded without knowledge

Daunted with difference in experience

Stunned by what is around us

Saddened and confused

Trends pass

I hope this moment is used well and not traded

The unrest is welcome

The page is turned

Sure our natures will unseat naysayers

Nurse wounds 

But stun with the tune of change and progress

Don't just rent a space

Duet to address what ails us 

Enough

This is my reflection on this week and inspired by this week's Poetry Friday host blog: https://readingyear.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-poetry-friday-roundup-is-here.html?showComment=1590773812825#c2658929847423992507

Enough

Enough is what I'm not doing

Enough is how others are feeling

Enough 

Not good

Not good that violence reels

Not good enough injustice prevails

Not good enough

Silence

is not enough

Ignoring

is not a solution

I must do more

Enough 

Chirp

Open window

Whoosh 

Cars rush by 

Chirp

An unfamiliar sound 

Chirp 

A sign of life

This is my Poetry Friday post. This week's host is Carol Varsalona  https://beyondliteracylink.blogspot.com/

Time

Quarantine time 

E   X  T E N D S...

Daysblendtogether

Months pass

Some S L O W...

Some are filled with sadness

and loss

and fear

Some are cold 

and dreary

and have you on edge

Waiting

Waiting

Waiting

For change

For warmth

For hope

Then

Sun shines again

Cheers fill with joy

The tide seems to be changing

Time is healing 

Joy

Excitement rises from head to toe

Bliss

A calm dissipates

A sea of elation rises

Anticipation that's cheerful

Uncertainty of what to expect

Is for once

Enlightening

Ready for the change

Surrounded by new beginnings

And new life 

The smile on the faces of family

And friends now far away

Brings delight

Joyful

For what is here

And what is to come 

The Ocean

This post was inspired by my Teach Write writers group. We all participated in writing an Ocean poem using the book Write the Poem.

This is also my first Poetry Friday post. This week's host is Jama's Alphabet Soup: https://jamarattigan.com/2020/05/14/poetry-friday-roundup-is-here-12/

Vast, dark, and deep

Close
But feels distant
There's a chill
A tingle when toes touch
The smell of salt
Tide comes in and out
Foam rolls between feet

Whoosh
Whoosh
Whoosh

In
    Out
In
   Out
In
  Out

The waves crash
The sea a deeper blue
Thoughts released
Worries let go
Only for a moment

In the vast, dark, and deep