the word for teaching is learning
–James Britton
the scales’ swing’s never justified
I learn from my students more
than I could ever teach
I dole out my talents
with parsimonious guilt
but balance manifests within
the flow of the day to day exchanges
one mind to one mind into another
I offer what I have
time to read and think
time to write and reflect
the arcana of teaching begs
to disappear within the learning
to find what must be taught
(from a work in progress: “Arcana,” VIpentacles, January 31, 2014)
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