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A Few Small Victories
 
Today I went to an elementary school
 to hear a visiting poet
He asked us to dance
while he read.  I did.

The secretary next door
had a question about hyphens,
a run-of-the-mill question.  I helped her.

I remember Thoreau saying
 he was widely travelled
 (in Concord).
I'm widely published
(on NCTE-TALK).  Thanks for reading me.

I presented a workshop to teachers
on teaching grammar
in context.
Many of us were on different ends
     of the teeter-totter.
We found some balance.

In the supermarket, I ran into a friend
and her aunt
(both former students of mine)
We stopped in front of the dairy case
and talked and laughed.
How happy I was
they didn't duck around
to the dog food aisle
when they saw me coming.

I send a poem a day by e-mail
to every secondary teacher
in my school district.
No one has complained.
 Several have expressed gratitude.
But the best part
is finding and copying the poems.
I read through many
     to find a few.
 
        Best part of the day.

        --Lind Williams

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