North Springs’ wonderful PreCal and AP Statistics teacher, Mrs. Heather Trotter-Clark, writes poems that accompany her monthly data breakdowns in emails that she sends to staff. Until now, she could not be persuaded to share her work with the general public. Today, she relented. Echo proudly presents Ms. Trotter-Clark’s work, reflecting on her experience with the 2020 Corona outbreak.
By: Mrs. Heather Trotter Clark
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Here is another little poem
But it’s nothing too formal
About a tiny little virus
And living our new normal
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It’s about me, going shopping
Trying to diversify my calories
And sneezing into my kleenex
“No, wait! I swear! It is just allergies!”
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It’s about new feelings of rage
Walking the toilet paper aisle
“Why are people still hoarding”
But trying to keep calm, all the while
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I could write an entire poem
About the frustration this brings
But instead, I choose to focus
On the most beautiful things
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Like those times I am forced
To dress and take a shower
Because I know that I am about
To join the virtual social hour
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Or the tremendously hard job
The custodians at North Springs
Stepped up to help us all
They should be considered queens and kings
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I miss seeing my children’s faces
And engaging in banters of wit
I am limited to only the profiles
That Teams and Zoom will permit
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I talk to them a few times a week
Some think my online class is a game
But I know some of them are listening
It’s just that a video chat isn’t the same
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I try and stay the most positive
While trying to make the curve flatter
But I get down on myself sometimes
And I think “Does this even matter?”
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Trust me my dear Spartans
What you are doing is changing lives
One day we’ll be back in the hallways
Doing dances and giving high fives
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We are certainly reaching a lot of kids
Now I don’t know what they’re doing in Cobb
But I am so proud to be a SPARTAN!
We are doing one hell of a good job
Echo Literary Magazine has migrated this year to the Oracle. Students may submit their creative writing, poetry, plays, videos, photos and art to us at nsecholitmag@gmail.com.
