Conneticut Shooting: Poems from Memory

In Memory Of: The Teachers

Anne Marie Murphy

A bond knows no ends,

and she tried to save a boy

knowing what the cost.

Mary Sherlach

A psychologist,

but much more than that, a friend

and now a hero.

Victoria Soto

Shielding those she loved,

in an attempt to save them,

and so, a hero.

Rachel D’Avino

Wedding rings to come

friend would have become husband

but death intervened.

Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung

The dawn arises,

pure, sweet, innocent, and kind,

not to rise again.

Lauren Rousseau

A dream achieved now,

but destiny called her up

to protect them there.