Potter's Musings
Thoughts on anything and everything from an experienced teacher.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Poem: Thinking Exhaustion Would Be All Right
Monday, October 6, 2025
Poem: The Autumn of My Being
Friday, October 3, 2025
Poem: October
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Poem: A Pantoum of Leaves
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Poem: Where Does One Draw the Line?
About This Poem:
I wrote this poem shortly after attending a school board meeting about a list of books that some community members (none parents of students in our district) objected to and wanted removed from the shelves. I found the entire request absurd, but I listened patiently and then suggested that no book be excluded from the library without being reviewed by a committee after having read the entire book. One guy said that was absurd because he could tell that the entire book was obscene based on this one passage he had read. I hadn't read the book (I found his claims of the cow scene the way he described it as hard to believe, but perhaps...No other context was given), but the conversation inspired this poem. The photo is the high school library where the meeting occurred. That room has inspired several poems in me...