Mrs MacDonald

for my teacher of many years ago

You ran down from Culloden banging cars

off the motorway with you claymore.

You hated small smart arse little Londoners

who failed to like algebra. I bet you drank

vinegar, ate Hawick balls and tossed the

caber in your garden in Peckham. Covered

in tweeds as thick as a docker`s sandwich you

could have melted ants with the lens of your glasses.

Now I understand why you shouted every lesson...

Yuv nit dun yor hoomwok.

Oh dear.

Reviews

[SyberRose]

I have been reading some of your poems Leslie and I especially liked Mrs MacDonald.
I remember all my teachers...good and bad...I didnt like algebra but I always did my homework...and copied the algebra ha...My best friends last name was MacDonald.
Enjoyed and as usual got a little laugh at the end...SyberRose

[Tomi]

HAhaha! Teachers! can't do without them. I love this poem a lot; it's funny yet insightful in the sense that we never forget our teachers. They leave footprints in our hearts. Thanks for sharing :)

[Tina Kline]

Good poem! Very entertaining. I think we all had at least one teacher that still haunts us years later.

[Coyote Song]

You're teacher left an impact on you. I like the poem you wrote. Anyone whose had
a teacher like you did can really appreciate this. Wonderful poem.

[Claire Twinn]

This made me smile - she sounds terrifying! I bet it was never you who didn't do your homework!

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i love this!

i am struggling for an intelligent review. but know this:.. i am smiling with the relish that begets a most satisfied reader. :-)

[Michael G.]

Lucky are the students who had a teacher to impact them as this one did you. I've known a few like this. They do help mold the person and steel them for the future to come.
Great write.

[Emily B]

I started a series of portraits once upon a time of some of the folks who impacted me . . . mine were probably a little romanticized, silly girl that i am, but this one is so honest and real, that i feel like if i met her on the street i would shake her hand

it is strong and vibrant and i had to go back and read it a time or two just to make sure that i wouldn't miss anything