Teacher of Writing
Product
Process
Post-process
Experience pedagogy
John Dewey
Isn’t very poetic
(Or at best
Poetic eclectic)
In getting students
To make local
Writing stops
At words
And yet
Diverse minds align
Yes, we do prefer
Taking the express
If only thinking
Of saving time
Instead of knowing
Syllabic tickling
Comes from somewhere
Unknown
Between read
And write
And beyond
The reach
Of clock hands
Helping,
And hurting
Until the grasping
Comes from the stranger
Within
—Will Hochman
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from Freer (Pecan Grove Press 2006)