Tina Boyer Brown
Tina Boyer Brown is the managing director of the arts conservatories and creative writing department head at the Chicago High School for the Arts. Her work has appeared in Jet Fuel Review, RHINO, and Waxwing Magazine. Source
School—12:15
Imagine the lunchroom,
crowded and wary—
seating charts a welcome apprehension.
Loose-leaf
papers spiraled from
ballpoint-scratched notebook covers
until the last hour,
when a teacher
sighed and sighed.
Today, we close our backpacks,
but minutes
come quick and quit
the ease of dawn.
Published:
2021
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Children's
Anthology Years:
2023
Themes:
Childhood & Coming of Age
Education & Learning
Literary Devices:
Enjambment
a line break interrupting the middle of a phrase which continues on to the next line
Imagery
visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work