Spring Inspiration

During my time as a student teacher, I threw a poetry party as a reward for my third graders for filling up their "cool bean" jar. It was something that my cooperating teacher started with them as an incentive for good behavior--they got to throw a few beans in the jar if they got caught doing the right thing. Anyways, I wrote a poem for the pink blossoms in the courtyard, but did not actually get a chance to read it. Here's the poem and here's the tree.



Pink Blossom

Bright pink blossom
The stubbornness of life
And hope
That won't be quieted
By dismal gray days

All of the sudden it bursts forth
In beauty
Untamed and uninhibited
Despite the troubles all around it
Despite the winter barely melted
Despite the wars and woes around us
It's beauty pierces through
In the midst of it all

My heart is quieted within me
And I cannot quell the hope that has awakened there
I cannot quench
This thirst for life within me
Though in a short amount of time
It falls
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My students were also inspired by meeting Mr. Josh, and wrote a few excellent poems for him. Here are some of those :)

JOSH plus Mrs. Hong

His name is Josh
He moved from Tywong
He married a girl
Her name is Mrs. Hong
She was my student teacher
I know her well
Hong

From: Kelsey

Josh the tallest
Awesome the coolest
Awesome at wires and making light
With a battery (from Science lab lesson that day)
Very Smart
And a wonderful husband
And a very smart wife

From: Matthew

Just married
Out of this world guy
Shoves kids--j/k
Have a great trip

People smart
A great person
U r awesome teacher
Likes Josh
A great teacher

From: Amanda

Hong
Open for a student teacher
Nice
Graceful

From: Kelsey

Josh the best
person in the world
Josh
Josh
the best
person
in the world

From: Matthew