Tom Milbrandt
Letter to a
substitute
teacher
By: Gary Gildner
Poem
Dear Miss Miller
You are someone
too sweet to sleep alone
and I can’t help myself
very much and would like
to know you better.
I know there is a difference
in our age and race
sitting here hearing
your soft voice so
I must tell you
I like you
but we do have something
in common-You’re a girl
and I’m a boy
and that is all
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we need. Please
do not look at me
like I’m silly or sick
and most of all
as I do please
tell me how I can forget
your unforgettable voice
that reminds me
please do not reject
my first love
affair. If you do
not feel the same
of Larry the Duke’s pet
birds in the morning,
your blue eyes like the
Blessed Virgin’s,
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your golden hair and your
nice red mouth. Please
give me some sign
of how you feel
I would rather be hurt
than forgotten forever.
Sincerely yours,
The Boy in the Green Shirt
Letter to a Substitute Teacher
• I really enjoyed this poem
• It was about a little boy who
has feelings for his teacher.
– He refers to himself as the
“boy in the green shirt”
– The boy will be broken
hearted if he doesn’t get an
answer but he is following
his heart and there is no
fault in that!
Letter to a Substitute Teacher
• This poem was very good!
• The reason I believe that
this poem is good
– It was easy to
interpret~very
understandable
– It also has a point that
is very easy to follow
throughout the entire
poem.
Letter to a Substitute Teacher
• I think that the reason
that I liked this poem
is because it was easy
to understand and not
hard to read at all. I
really get frustrated
when I can’t
understand the point
the author is trying to
get across.