Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PREMIERE LECON, by FLORENCE E. VON WIEN


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PREMIERE LECON, by                    
First Line: You moved on the platform with aesthetic grace, professeur
Last Line: Do you know you are beautiful, michel?
Subject(s): French Language; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Schools; Teaching & Teachers; Male-female Relations; Students


You moved on the platform with aesthetic grace, professeur.
You made such funny faces.
I smiled and was silent.
The first time you looked at me
You scowled and thundered again and again,
"Repétez!" "Ensemble!" "Ensemble!" "Ensemble!"
You did not realize that the students had repeated the sentence at the top of
their voices
Until they were hoarse and impatient, monsieur.
You glared at me because I would not answer.
I smiled and was silent.
I was learning more than the French sentence, professeur.
I was learning to be happy—if only for a moment.
I was learning how beautiful a man can be.
Do you know you are beautiful, Michel?





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