“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron”
This quotation from Horace Mann prompted the composition of the following lines:
The Old Sculptor
Chisel in one hand
Hammer on the other
With shivering fingers
He chips and chisels.
Contours change
Features emerge
He pauses and gazes
At the half-done work.
B’tween the past and the present
An aeon has passed
Yet the sculpture, glimmers not
Nor pines for perfection
Hands numb, bleached in shame
At the present , helpless he stares.
- CP
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