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    • A Poem: Teaching While Sick Haiku

      Posted at 11:41 pm by Jeddarae, on October 12, 2018

      I am only posting because I’ve committed to writing a post weekly. Be prepared to be less than underwhelmed.

      (Disclaimer–These are not true to form haiku and run together to form one mildly incoherent poem.)


      I’ve taught class all week
      with an annoying fever
      and ear infection.

      Why teach while I’m sick?
      Because if I don’t show the
      kids are lunatics.

      I try to save days
      for scheduled doc visits
      and personal leave.

      I save my sick days
      because I’m a mother and
      my kid gets ill, too.

      Teaching while febrile,
      delirious, and loopy
      makes students nervous.

      I love an excuse
      to force students to question
      my stability . . .

      (and ‘cause messing with
      them while I’m sick makes me feel
      a tad bit better.)

      Posted in poems, teaching, Uncategorized, writing | 0 Comments | Tagged bad haiku, bad poems, blogging, blogs, haiku, poems, poetry, teaching, terrible poems, writing
    • A Poem: Teacher Tired

      Posted at 11:22 am by Jeddarae, on August 11, 2018

      I’m back to school teacher tired,
      as useless as a carton of milk gone sour and expired.
      My back is on fire, I’m finding it hard to respire, and my entire essence perspires.
      My throat feels like I’ve swallowed barbed wire.
      I’m terrified of this nervous tick I’ve acquired.
      My sanity has been swallowed by a quagmire.
      I’m simultaneously full of mirth and ire.
      Don’t get caught in the crossfire.
      In college, why did I switch my major from becoming an esquire?
      I’m so exhausted even my rhyme scheme is delirious and dire.
      Might as well throw this shitty poem on the funeral pyre.
      When can I retire to the Berkshires, listen to nothing but Reba McEntire, and build my own reading empire?
      For now, I’ll just sleep all weekend and wake up Monday refreshed and re-inspired.

      Posted in poetry, teaching, Uncategorized, writing | 2 Comments | Tagged blogging, poems, poems about teaching, poetry, teaching, terrible poems, writing
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