Peggy Chau

Every year I struggle
with students on the past simple.
This year my students can’t tackle
and they’ve asked questions I can’t handle:
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What
did you say?
You have lost all your worksheets?
And you think I should give you new ones?
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In this stuffy cubicle, we were told
“xxx confirmed of being infected
of HUMAN SWINE FLU”
Shocked, horrified cries around.
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Dear Mum and Dad

When I was three,
I could hardly speak.
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The differences amongst nations
in culture, habit and language.
This is God’s creations
to punish we antagonistic humans.
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is what the teachers tell,
is what the textbooks say,
is what the parents yell,
and what the professors claim.
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In a city of sneer, a world of jeer,
Grew a girl who was always fear
Of being mocked, of being scoffed.
She always lamented at the loft…
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This is originally a shape poem in a human shape but I can't do it in the textbox here. Many people don't get attention from others just because of being so ordinary. For instance, the average students at a school usually don't receive any attention from teachers. This poem was inspired by a university lecturer who told me that teachers should actually attend more to the average students.

Hi!
I'm a man on earth,
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Sitting in silence
I close my eyes
to make clear of my conscience
to reflect what I’ve done
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Being vexed,
I needed an outlet
and turn out I found
you and you and you
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Dear students,

I have been working hard here
in this cramped, messy cubicle.
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The cruelest torture of mankind
is when you have to bear
the painful consequences
of someone else’s mistakes.
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You shut the door,
others can't get in.
You blame others
for not approaching you
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When I was young,
I had a dream.
I wanted to be
the first in class
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