Chains: a poem about teaching and the power of a teacher.

A metal chain with three links and the sunlight shining through it

Chains

A head full of hope

when I am just nine

Alive in each second

Each moment all mine

Along came a teacher

who softwired my brain

who once in a moment

created a chain

A head full of questions

when I am eighteen

With moments to catch

and worlds to be seen

I’m almost a teacher

Recycling my brain

I’m learning the links

So I can build chains

A head full of pride

when I’m twenty nine

A grown up, inspired

by moments through time

It’s me now the teacher

before hungry brains

A moment inventor

Protector of chains

A head full of dreams

when he was just nine

A child seeking answers

in lessons of mine

It’s he now the teacher

who’s softwiring brains

A moment magician

who’s lengthening chains

His class full of wonder

with wide open brains

with minds full of marvel

New links in a chain

💡 This poem about teaching and the power of a teacher explores how one teacher's influence can live through the ages. Who was your favourite teacher? What made you like them so much? Does their influence carry on beyond school? What is your favourite poem about teaching and the power of a teacher? Can you write your own poem about teaching, exploring what made them stand out?