Hidden Book
Hidden Book
Sometimes
when the teacher’s talking,
I can’t quite hear
what she’s saying
over the whispering
coming from my desk.
I try to ignore the murmurs
and listen to the lesson
but the voices refuse
to quiet down,
so I slip
their vessel
out of my desk
and slide silently
from this world
into theirs.
Of course I never did this. And I wouldn’t want any of you to do it. I’m just imagining this might happen, to someone.
© Elizabeth Steinglass, all rights reserved, 2015
A family sin
I can even imagine this happening at work … And I admit it’s happened to me a few times … A welcome break in the day.
My youngest daughter does this ALL. THE. TIME. In every parent-teacher conference this comes up as an “issue”. =)
I sometimes let my son read in church but getting him to even read is hard. Love your poem, Liz.
Love this! I remember several students who would be “reading in their desks” while we were doing other things. It’s so hard to reprimand a child for reading, lol!
This is terrific. I had a few students who did this, but I would have loved to have had more.
I have had students who do this. It’s hard to fuss at them because I know exactly how they feel. And a teacher who takes a book away from a student, what message does that give? Not good.
LOL. And I thought my son was the only one doing this!