Learning Styles

Cars passing, coffee brewing,

rapid footsteps up the halls,

bells ringing, everyone careening,

doors shut.

Every hour we put down our pens,

return our burdens to our backs and shoulders,

and progress in this daily dance.

Learning, you see, is active.

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Sun rising, coffee brewing,

cars hurdling up our road,

a tiny mouth yawning, and a small sigh,

eyes open.

Not yet walking, his eyes roam his room,

his hands reach, ready to stroke or grip-

ready to be carried to new places,

with new sounds and sights and scents.

He's ready to suck never-imagined flavors.

After this brief business of discovery

his little mouth opens in a yawn,

his eyelids begin to flutter,

and he slides into rest,

soon to return to learning.