What's Next?

I read the tweets and headlines from educators, journalists, and legislators and then saw the 12 p.m. vote today and thought: 

How will education look in the future? 

I am not sure. What I do know is that committed, passionate educators with growth mindsets will continue to move forward bringing joy to classrooms while filling public schools with inspiration and pride. 

Why? 

For America's Children, our Future!

The timing was right for the following article, A Texas kid spotted a rattlesnake in the toilet - and then the snake-removal crew found 23 more, to become the prompt for today's #10FoundWords, a private Facebook writing community. If interested in joining the writers, please contact Laura Shovan, the poet who created the project. 

My offering for today's #10FoundWords is below. The poem is developed from the 10 words chosen as the prompt from the article: clump, toilet, rattle, cellar, camouflage, killing, surprise, dens, shovel, cryptic.

Winter Surprise

Imagine this:

Within the underpinnings

Of the privy, a clump

Swishes up the

Toilet on its way

To making havoc.

A slittering rattler

Greets day as an

Unsuspecting

Resident shrieks

In defense of life.

Fierce women power

to the rescue,

Superhero Mom

With shovel in hand,

Kills the encroacher

Only to discover a

Secret den of

Cryptic snakes

Camouflaging their

Existence.

Warning:

Those inexperienced

stay clear. Experts

Needed for the fix.

©CVarsalona, 2017

Today is Slice of Life Tuesday at Two Writing Teachers.

I offer a slice of thoughts today.