One final goodbye
to teachers and classmates who
shared this adulting.
• • •
last days of high school
haiku for 5/19/2022
Tag: education
bulletproof
haiku for 3/24/2022
Backpack shields and drills
for days … nothing to disarm
potential shooters.
• • •
the forever loan
haiku for 3/14/2022
The most expensive
cap and gown ever ensures
this cumbersome debt.
• • •
a gentle reminder
haiku for 3/8/2022
Be brave enough to
(if stuck in complacency)
suck at something new.
• • •
the whitest supremacy
haiku for 2/16/2022
The thought police do
kindly request that books by
black authors be banned.
• • •
the true cost of higher education
haiku for 10/29/2021
A little learning
can contribute to a life
weighed down with deep debt.
• • •
back to school 2021
haiku for 8/12/2021
Classmates free of masks
and full of shots once again
crowd their old classrooms.
• • •
graduated, sort of
haiku for 5/16/2021
Their senior year, one
spent half at home, half in masked
spaces, fizzling out.
• • •
kids, covid and contagion in education
haiku for 3/15/2021
The physical toll
on those in classrooms, mental
toll on those at home.
• • •
little pupils, big caution
haiku for 10/29/20
All day, they stayed in
the one classroom, but they were
together again.
• • •