Muddy River Poetry Review Published a Poem About my Mother

https://t.co/Q5A7EQZaMc 

     I became a teacher in large part because of my mother (although I had a few other carers). She taught for two 10-year periods, qualifying her for retirement from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania back when teacher salaries were low. The profession was not as embattled as it is today, though.

     Whatever else was going on in her life or the world n general, Mom found comfort and joy in the classroom. The last decade was spent in what became a Middle School in Norristown, PA in an integrated school. It was not unusual for current or former students to greet her at the supermarket or the Mall even when they had gone on to high school or graduated.

     There is a poem about my father, but that is out on submission. I doubt if I can post it on Father's Day this year.

More poetry and my novel:

https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.blurb.com/b/10799783-the-botleys-of-beaumont-county