English teachers

The two most memorable teachers

That I can recall

One is from middle school

The other from high school

My grade seven and eight English teacher

Mrs Wharram was a very fine teacher

She was nice and easy to talk to

I wrote my first story in grade seven

She was very supportive and helpful

I credit my early interest in writing to her

Kind and friendly and polite

I wish there were more teachers like her

Second my high school English teacher

Mr Barker encouraged me to write

His grade ten class I wrote my first poem

I also wrote a story that Mr Barker chose

To do the class movie about

It was taped and edited

And then aired on our town TV channel

I really respected Mr Barker

He was fair yet firm

He let us listen to Walkmans in class

Also we could have a snack if we chose

He cursed in class which I think

Made students feel more relaxed

These two teachers are

The best at what they did

Both have passed now

But they will

Always be remembered