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[...] the work-week, about simply having a plan in place before the year began. Readers of my post announcing that new job in the form of a little sonnet (forgive me, reader: the Humanities teacher in me wanted to [...]

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Tweet Remix on Flickr - Photo Sharing! — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:25:46 +0000

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By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:30:54 +0000

Diane, you’ve got a great ear for the iambic pentameter. Well done!

(Though I churned this sonnet out in literally about 10 minutes, it is, weirdly, my first sonnet. Weird because I’ve finally internalized iambic pentameter where I can speak it spontaneously. Who says teaching poetry and literature has no practical value? I can spout doggerel now without effort!)

(Honestly? I’m excited to have the sonnet form finally not just in my memory, but in my creative ability. Kind of cool to do that for the first time at 45.)

By: diane

diane — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:18:11 +0000

The critic slams our humble lyric tries
With comments harsh - yet fails to still our cries.

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By: Dean Shareski

Dean Shareski — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:35:28 +0000

You guys are whacked.

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By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:37:56 +0000

@Scott: “forget he / …Shareski” / - the rhyme scheme / slays me.

Thanks for brightening my day. Too fun.

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By: diane

diane — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:34:36 +0000

With feet of Clay he yearns to soar o’erhead
But sighing, wingless, trudges on instead.

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By: diane

diane — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:33:08 +0000

With feet he yearns to soar o’erhead
But sighing, wingless trudges on instead.

diane’s last blog post..Unsuited to Age Group

By: Scott Schwister

Scott Schwister — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:24:31 +0000

What’s this? Unexpected, an unschooly sonnet:
An avian metaphor that takes flight on wings
of Clay. Under his vocational bonnet?
Bees existential—of being he sings.

And teaching and learning. Lest we forget, he
Has been dubbed radical, a rebel with edge,
By no less an authority than Dean Shareski.
Reminds me of another flyboy, a fully-fledged

Professional skeptic and status quo challenger
Whose branch also broke, whose hopes almost died.
Is paradise lost? Just deferred? Where’s Salinger’s
Catcher? He’s waiting, no doubt, in a field full of wry.

Beyond reach, your school vision may glimmer afar.
But like Lucifer, you’ll do a hell of a job where you are.

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