Poems from mancoffd

This is for Brendon, who was so excited he e-mailed his teacher in all capital letters at midnight. Brendon, I’m a Language Arts teacher,...
Thoughts and Prayers   My thoughts and prayers are not enough.   I think about how I wanted to start this poem by quoting thoughts and...
“The person in whom… invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually...
Climate Change   I finally understood climate change when I came home, walked in the door, and felt the atmosphere.   Not global warming...
Bad Guy With a Gun   We have been studying Hamlet, but now I am sitting in a classroom with twenty five seniors in the dark.     We are on...