Read by Zell Miller III
My English teacher is a historian:
She tells me how to write about
the Civil War, World War II,
the French Revolution, Pearl Harbor.
Why does she care so much?
My English teacher is a stalker:
She tells me to write about
my family, my friends,
my summer break, my weekend.
Why does she care so much?
My English teacher is a literature freak:
She tells me to write
a response passage, a letter to an author,
a literary critique, a new ending.
Why does she care so much?
My English teacher is a dreamer:
She tells me to write a short story, a poem about words,
an altered book, a dream
because she cares so much.