Blackboard Screeches...

Screeching white chalk
teacher's drone talk
history class in motion;
focus now lost
paper bin-tossed
the students don't have a notion.

Jarred wide awake
for pity's sake
teacher quite frustrated;
pulling his hair
he does despair
 that his students will not be rated.


De, at dverse poets, has prompted us to pen a 44 word quadrille that must contain some form of the word 'jar'.
Here's the link: A Jar Full of Poems



10 comments:

  1. Well done. Love the cadence of the rhyme here.

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  2. This has a lovely rhythm to it. My mom was a teacher; I feel this deeply.

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    1. Awww, thanks, Cris! Glad you could relate!

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  3. Brilliant, Carol. Poor teacher. History was actually my favourite subject so I always listened.

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    1. Thank you, Robbie. History was my least favourite subject! :[

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  4. Nice poem, reminds me of my Physics teacher in school.

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  5. Teachers and students, ships passing each other so often...

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    1. My History teacher didn't engage with the students at all. He just wrote facts upon the blackboard for us to copy into our books. Not inspiring in the slightest! :D

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