SCIENCE REVISION
They had all seen
the water
change its nature
slowly turning into ice
a cube
they could hold
...cold
a solid they could now throw
watching water break & shatter.
“John...take that ice…out of your mouth! ”
Now we go the other way
& the cube cried
with heat
& reemerged as it’s true self
“wet water”
as Peter put it.
Now
- as Peter put it –
-
(no one could quite put it as Peter put it)
we...“melted water”
(“Not quite Pete…not quite but
I can see you thinking! ”)
And the water
screamed into steam.
“Now…can anyone
remember the term
we use when
water becomes steam? ”
The Browning Motion takes the atoms
for a walk around the room.
I stare into their
little silent faces
their 8 year old brains
furiously ticking over
all knowledge appears
to have evaporated
until a hand screams:
“Please Sir...me Sir! ”
it pleads.
Pleased that someone
has not forgotten
I beam: “ Yes John...
you tell ’em! ”
“It’s...the... resurrection of
the water! ”
Water become spirit?
(I can see it as he sees it)
and a plastic Christ
on a plastic cross
can’t help but
stifle a smile
I trying not to laugh
thinking in my mind
of the evaporation
of Jesus.
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ENGLISH REVISION
I sit
on top of the hill
in an old English
graveyard
in the middle of Ireland
which has been here
since 1860 something or other
reading Elizabeth Gaskel’s
MARY BARTON
a teenager
on top of
a broken tombstone.
The dead don’t bother me.
I don’t bother them
on this the sunniest
of days
reading of a time
the men
buried here
were more alive
than I
now.
pure romantic poem 'on the top of the hill in an old English graveyard'... the wind blows in the long hair - real pleasure to be read...
I can imagine you reading this, with all eyes upon your learned words and sparkly-sad-smiling eyes. t x
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
I know why you are such a great teacher...for I see the love for your kids shine through on this one, the patience, the understanding, and your joy in their learning! Wish I had had teachers like you when I was in school!