Hello, beautiful readers! Today, I will be combining two prompts. The first is dVerse's Poetic Tuesday - Irish Blessings. Lisa shares several Irish symbols and concepts and encourages us to use one of them in our poem. I chose to go with the phrase, "banishing the snakes". The other prompt comes from Wea've Written Weekly (W3) where Dennis invites us to write about a lighthouse. I chose to write about a metaphorical lighthouse of a teacher (since I am one).
she stands tall
joy beaming from her eyes
acceptance shining in her smile
her light
her energy
welcomes her students
to enter her happy bubble
of learning
exuding confidence
she models ways to repel the dark
banishing the snakes of doubt
from their minds
showing them how to
calm the storms that live within
through meditation and
positive affirmations
she guides them slowly
through murky ideas
until their own light shines
bright enough to be their own
safe harbors
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Yvette, your students are blessed to have you for a teacher. I love the idea of this:
ReplyDelete"welcomes her students
to enter her happy bubble
of learning"
and you you teach them:
"to be their own
safe harbors" <3
I enjoyed this perspective, I have a buddy who is middle school Social Studies teacher in Texas and let's just say he does not abide to your paradigm. But I agree with you, teachers should be light houses and I loved that comparison!
ReplyDeleteBless all the teachers for they shape the minds of our future citizens .... your poetry is lovely.
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ReplyDelete"banishing the snakes of doubt from their minds" is a fantastic metaphor for a good teacher. I hope that is something that I offer to my students too. Excellent write Yvette 👏
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