The roads were closed
So I was diverted
The relief
Was staggering
I was lost
Aimless
Thankful for the barrier
Halting my bolting body
A door slam
Awakens me from my trance
Turn around, this isn’t your path

I wrote about NaPoWriMo
For my library
And I realised
I owe them a video
Of me talking
About Why I Write
And other Orwell essays
I calculated
One year
Since I last wrote about Why I Write
It was during the last NaPoWriMo

Now I wonder why I write about Why I Write
So I filmed the video
And sent it
Then began to write about it
For NaPoWriMo

The poem I wrote about a difficult autumn has been published on Partners in Learning.

But the dam
Let me tell you about the dam
It's my source of pride
Sheltering all below
A few hours/days/weeks of respite
Eventually it'll overflow
But the moments in-between
Are beautiful
I see growth
Movement, albeit slow
Building, plans, a hop-scotch of intentions
Parking and riding
A picture-postcard stating "Wish you were here"

source: blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/partnersinlearning/montage-of-poetry-and-affection

Partners in Learning
Inspired these reflections
I hope you enjoy

Isn’t it odd how
Much I write pedagogy
Not andragogy?

Maybe it’s because
Learning is linked with schooling
That I think like this

I must not forget
Education does not stop
Learning is lifelong

No one left behind?
Isn’t that what you promised
I am catching up

I’m an afterthought
A valuable figure
Absent from your view

I write these poems
Not because I’m complaining
Instead I waited

I couldn’t be a
Young prodigy because I
Was hurting myself

Now I am OK
And ready to celebrate
My validity

Returning to the place that feels most like home
Is a pleasure comparable to none