School Poems


Baby Starts To School
by Eunice Elmore Heizer

I stand at the door on a September day
and watch as she goes thru the gate.
I answer the wave of the little brown hand
That clutches the tablet and slate.

A primer is pressed to the fast beating heart
with a pencil, eraser and rule.
I'm only a mother, so pardon my tears
My baby has started to school.

So often I've stood by the cradle at dawn
And again in the dark of the night;
So often I've prayed to the Father of all
For strength to train her aright.

And now as she marches away with the rest
To learn by example and rule.
I go to my work with an ache in my heart,
My baby has started to school.

No, I would not stop one moment of time;
The tried ways of nature are best,
My baby must lose all her innocent ways
And become worldly wise like the rest;

Must prepare for the time when her mother is gone
And into the throng she is hurled'
But, I'm only a mother, so pardon my tears
My baby has gone into the world.






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