The Future
A young, scrawny,
active lad
At Marondera High
School
Smaller than the
Afrikaaner’s sons
So easy to bully.
Eager, dynamic,
easily jaded.
Teachers didn’t
harness the need
To learn. Thought he was recalcitrant.
Just a young man,
with a busy, busy brain.
Rugby was an
outlet
Played like a
demon.
Always socks down,
shirt hanging out.
Loved the tricky Rice
Pudding moves.
Woodwork was
compulsory, and so boring.
Patience
Mansfield, the maths teacher
Saw potential, and
offered a deal
Maths instead of
woodwork, plus extra.
Some deal?
Baz worked and
thrived.
All woodwork
classes
All free periods
Maths, maths,
maths. Maths.
50 years later,
and he still rates
Miss Mansfield as
his best teacher.
Still rates her
intervention
As a lifesaving
one.
Julia Vaughan
Julia Vaughan moved to Australia with her husband in 1989, and began writing poetry after attending inspiring Victorian Surf Coast U3A “I just don’t get poetry” classes. Having poems dotted sparsely across the internet, she dreams of becoming an accomplished poet. When not dreaming, she can be found walking the beaches with her two Vizsla dogs.
Published poems:-
Woman in Red - Otoliths, 01Nov2021
Words are Flowers - Melbourne Culture Corner, 01Nov2021
Finding Calm - Writing In A Woman’s Voice, 09Feb2022
Sustain Yourself – Mad Swirl, 15Feb2022
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