Lyric Poem · Inspirational
A Sentence of Yours Stays
A lesson lasts an hour;
a term is just a phase;
but somewhere in each student,
a sentence of yours stays.
It surfaces in interviews,
at crossroads, in the dark:
you thought you taught a subject —
you taught us how to start.
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“A Sentence of Yours Stays” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/a-sentence-of-yours-stays
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