Storytelling for Week 2: Ode to Educators

Ode to Educators

On the planned-to-be most enjoyable day of her life,

A young teacher ran into intense strife.

For you see, there existed a troop of parents,

Who coveted the knowledge from scholars of merits.

In their thirst, these parents happened upon their children's' future teacher

And captured her from behind the bleachers.

Their intentions, surprisingly, were not to inflict pain,

But rather to make a knowledgeable gain.

So with the skunk and the veteran professor she stayed

And to dampen the woman's grief, the elder, a story she conveyed:

There once lived a young elementary instructor with her two roommates.

And because of their beauty and brains, the three friends always had dates.

Their beauty was evident throughout the land,

But the young teacher's vast knowledge gave her the upper hand.

The name bestowed upon her, Holly, was foreign to no one,

Yet however equivalent to the school principal's brains, her suitors were next to none.

Eventually, after young Holly's roommates had both been married,

Holly's reaction to their relationships became quite harried.

Holly decided that she needed to request the help of her mother,

For she wouldn't dare ask advice on this level from another.

Her mother foretold of a horrible thing,

A fate so vile, that Holly let out a scream!

Holly was to go on a blind date,

This sounded anything but great.

Her mother went on to say that this date would be horrible,

And the couple would be anything but adorable.

Holly scooped herself courageously up off the floor,

Showered, gussied up, and strutted out the door.

Holy encountered a very odd situation, once seated at the date's venue;

A man sat down across from her, shielding his face with a menu!

She thought it strange for the man, Ben, to not reveal his features,

But the charm and charisma he exhumed extinguished the concern of the teacher.

Ben was wealthy and they continued to go on dates,

So many actually, that Holly forgot about her roommates.

Holly's roommates were growing jealous of their friend's amazing brain,

And decided that they would find a way to throw Holly and the man's relationship down the drain.

The man had told Holly to never ponder about how he looked,

Holly was okay with this because she was hooked.

This being the case,

The roommates needed to act with haste.

The two girls finally convinced Holly that she needed to ditch the man

And return to the school before her children hit the fan!

Holly was convinced by her scheming friends

That she needed to see his face before the dates end!

Holly decided that she would knock the menu out of her crush's hand,

And when the menu hit the floor, his face she would scan.

Holly put her scheme into effect

When she hit the menu away, she was stunned at the affect.

The Ben she was looking at and loved a lot

Was the right hand man of the principal who thought her a snot!

The man, in saddened furry,

Got up and ran away in a hurry.

He had told her not to peek,

And now until things changed, his face she would seek.

Holly now knew that the principal would be out to get her.

The principal had a jealousy for Holly's smarts, for sure.

Everyone would always focus on her knowledgeable words

And act as if the principal was a passing bird.

Holly asked for help from many,

But the persons she sought aide from denied her plenty.

Finally, Holly went to the principal's office

To face the woman whose voice would snap at her like a craw-fish.

Once her fate was in the hands of the principal,
Holly hoped to regain the love of the woman's disciple.
Three tasks the principal assigned to the teacher,
The intensity of these tasks required prayer from a preacher.
With a lot of help from good Samaritans,
Holly was able to escape from her depression.
By overcoming the three tasks in a timely manner,
Holly and Ben were married and she moved into his manor!
The two love birds lived the rest of their lives together,
They had a precious baby and loved through whatever weather.

The old veteran concluded her story,

Just in time to see the young teacher's faded worry.

Refreshed by this fable,

Holly was suddenly able,

To escape the troop of parents nearby,

She snuck and creeped away like a fly!

The parents never caught her

And you wouldn't believe what that year taught her!

(Psyche and Cupid embracing, from the original story. Source: Wikipedia)

Author's Note: This poem is written after ideas from Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche. I really enjoy rhyming things and making words flow together, it makes me feel very creative! The original story by Apuleius is obviously longer than this, but I made sure to get the main sections in! I wanted to show how romantic this story truly is by writing a poem because poems are freaking awesome.

Bibliography: Apuleius's Cupid and Psyche were written, I do believe, during the 2nd century.