Creating "The Ma'am in the Moon"

How do you continue to inspire as a teacher after you have stopped working as a teacher?  After your Earth life is done?  Just my take on it.

Extract from "The Ma'am in the Moon"

"May I romp on for all time,

Floating joyfully from peak to peak,

Exploring the nethermost depths of each crater,

Polishing rocks as I go,

My smile paramount to the light given off

By this celestial orb of night,

To be seen by the children of all places,

For these are the souls that must be inspired."

Afterthought for "The Ma'am in the Moon"
Ancient Egyptians believed that upon death
they would be asked two questions
and their answers would determine
whether they could continue their journey in the afterlife.
The first question was, "Did you bring joy?"
The second was, "Did you find joy?”

Leo Buscaglia 


Life is a great sunrise.
I do not see why death should not be an even greater one.

Vladimir Nobokov 


Death-- the last sleep? No the final awakening.

Walter Scott 

This poem may be read in its entirety in "Big Questions, Little Sleep"