Sacha Chua - tag - poetry https://sachachua.com/blog/tag/poetry/feed/index.xml Emacs, sketches, and life Wed, 13 May 2026 13:28:35 GMT en-US daily 1 11ty What teachers make https://sachachua.com/blog/2008/07/what-teachers-make/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:59:52 GMT speaking teaching https://sachachua.com/blog/?p=4957

Someday I’m going to be able to speak truth like that.

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]]> Poem https://sachachua.com/blog/2006/08/poem/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 23:54:00 GMT https://sachachua.com/blog/?p=3768 Mike Fletcher wrote an inspirational poem
for my birthday. I spent some time composing a reply that scanned
properly in terms of rhythm. ;) With minor modifications, here it is:

My bar is high: set not for me, but you who trained for many years to
leap such heights with practiced ease and aim for stars beyond my
reach. I hear your tales of weary bones, of long hours spent and much
pain born, but also: flying through the air! And so I dare, and so I
dare. And still you urge me onward to heights far above the lowest
bar. With ease can I achieve acclaim, but I can reach things greater
far. You, my friend, will keep me true to gaps that only I can leap,
to things that only I can do, to stars that only I can reach.

I paragraph-wrapped it just for kicks. The rhythm should still be
there, though. =)

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