The Google Classroom Day
On February 14th, I subbed for a third grade class in an industrial, lower income neighborhood. Trash drifted in the gutters and across the brown lawn of the aging school. I arrived a half hour before classes started and got the key from the secretary and hurried to...Coffee Cafe Customer: The Barista
This is a poem I shared at last month’s Open Mic Poetry Reading at Dagney’s. If you enjoy hearing poetry from folks from all ages and all walks of life, I invite you to come out next First Friday Night at 6:00 pm at the downtown Dagney’s (Corner of...Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment I witnessed a system of crime and punishment today—while substituting in a kindergarten classroom! Tell me what you think of the system I observed—was it just? Was it helpful? Was it necessary? Here is what I saw: After lunch, I went to pick up my...Coffee Cafe Customers: The Good Shepherd
I notice them sitting in the corner
One man is wearing a lime green helmet
And a red t shirt
His face is pinched
And his chin slips away
Resting on his chest
As he slumbers…