CARPE DIEM CHOKA: Pain of Teaching

Choka-Japanese Long Poem

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standing for long hours

cement flooring wreaks havoc

on the teacher’s spine

bringing later throbbing pain 

but dear images

of students’ faces upon

realizing "they got it!"

moving aches to “back burner” 

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CARPE DIEM CHOKA

Hoosier Quote:

“Education is the mother of leadership.”

~Wendell L. Willkie~