Kristen- Thank you for sharing this. One particular depiction really stood out for me this week: "After graduating in Art Education, I taught Earth Science to uninterested middle school kids: sedimentary rock, plate tectonics, metamorphic rock, striated history remnants of excavatable proof of civilizations: shards, ochred walls, bones in a huddled mass of circled arms." Uninterested might be the key word here. And the key question, that is probably more universal than most people would've liked, is: "What should one do to help those in need, but not in want?" This is the role of teachers (and writers) of today. It's a big responsibility. But worthy, nonetheless. Your writing is a great reminder of this. :)
Kristen- Thank you for sharing this. One particular depiction really stood out for me this week: "After graduating in Art Education, I taught Earth Science to uninterested middle school kids: sedimentary rock, plate tectonics, metamorphic rock, striated history remnants of excavatable proof of civilizations: shards, ochred walls, bones in a huddled mass of circled arms." Uninterested might be the key word here. And the key question, that is probably more universal than most people would've liked, is: "What should one do to help those in need, but not in want?" This is the role of teachers (and writers) of today. It's a big responsibility. But worthy, nonetheless. Your writing is a great reminder of this. :)
Weston, thank you! Here we are in this virtual space grappling together.
Here we are indeed. And here I am, rereading your poem and it still kicks me in the gut (in the best possible way).
Very good Kristen, power everywhere- the thing bristles with all that anger and sorrow, really damn good.