Warm Demand by Patrick Hueller

I was still new to thisbut not brand new,in my third or fourth yearworking at a schoolwith an urgent pedagogymodel, teaching bell-to-belland according to best practicebuzzwords, and thanks to burnoutand turnover, I looked aroundthe room and realized I’d becomesomething of a veteran. The guy in front of the roomwas a buddy, someone who’d beenin our … Continue reading Warm Demand by Patrick Hueller

Two Poems by Patrick Hueller

Acts 2 & 3 Today in my overheated classrooma fight broke outbetween two girls.We were reading Romeo & Juliet—the balcony scene,which doesn’t actually take placeon a balcony: if you’re just reading the play, not watching it, the only stage direction given is Romeo sees lightcoming from an upper windowand, moments later, Juliet appears at the window.But then again … Continue reading Two Poems by Patrick Hueller