Letters and Diary Poetry posted March 8, 2014 Chapters:  ...4 5 -6- 7... 


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For Alvin

A chapter in the book Free Verse Collection 2

The Perfect Circle

by michaelcahill




loved teacher passes
knowledge interred in the bones
of those taught that live

.trying to write as they wrote, those writers with their little gems, all of those rules, terms, and nuances that escape me, I sought the great teacher, but the great teacher was gone
 
each lucky student
burdened by gratitude's debt
becomes a teacher
 
I came across a sad soul whose teacher had passed on. He had taught her much about rules, terms and nuances. I told her that I sought him out; I needed instruction. She smiled.

 

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I am new to the forms that Alvin taught. I am offering this from that perspective. I won't have Alvin to call on, but I will have all of those that learned from him. That is how he lives on. A visit to his profile shows how proud he was of his students. A rare and wonderful soul.
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