Blessed art thou, Miss Corchran,

Patron Saint of first grade.

With your magical wood wand,

you’d point to the numbers on the blackboard

and instruct us to add and subtract the sums.

 

Blessed art thou, Miss Corchran,

Patron Saint of first grade.

You’d warm our wet woolen mittens

to they’d be toasty when we went home.

 

Blessed art thou, Miss Corchran,

Patron Saint of first grade.

How kind you were to Nicki,

the freckled, red headed twin

who stood to read DICK and JANE

while pee puddled on the floor.

Blessed art thou, Miss Corchran,

Patron Saint of first grade.

You taught us that more than knowledge,

it was the teacher who mattered in life.

 

© by Jean Colonomos.

Used with the author’s permission.