My J O U R N E Y Through Writing

Her name was Mrs. Wagner and I hope her name is still Mrs. Wager. I can not remember the last time we spoke and I would not be able to tell you anything about where the trajectory of life has placed her, but Mrs. Wagner was my 7th grade english teacher and she was the reason I wrote my first poem. Revisiting grade school memories is like trying to remember old stories from Greek mythology, distant and vague but powerful in the way that ancient wars still leave their mark on us. Grade school...