Kindergarten Poem From "I Just Want Every Teacher To Live"

I've been spending the last couple of months working on a project called I Just Want Every Teacher To Live but all of the poems keep ending up sounding like other poems I've written.

Recently, Catherine Weiss has posted about a form they invented called The Rex. Their description of the form is as follows:

stanza 1: factoid from history or science, etc
stanza 2: personal commentary on the factoid
stanza 3: a digression
stanza 4: a reckoning
stanza 5: a repetition of stanza #2 with new meaning & context 

I've rewritten what is likely the first poem of the manuscript to be a Rex. I might end up writing more of them in the future. Thanks, Catherine.

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Appreciation

 1. The shadow blister effect is a visual phenomenon
in which a shadow bulges as it approaches
another shadow It takes
place when two objects are
at different distances from the light
source The object nearest
the light source begins blocking the light
from the more distant object
so that it appears to reach out and pull
the other object’s shadow into it

2. Mrs taylor taught every aspect of school
to our kindergarten class Reading Math Art Music Gym
Storytime Recess Everything
I remember only three things about her
besides her appearance She owned a player piano
that she used when hosting singalong field trips to her house She hastily built
a platform out of chair legs and wooden pallets
the day roaches invaded our school
during morning session And once a week During naptime
she would select one child to pose for
a silhouette drawing Where she would shine a light on your profile And trace
the shadow She would hold
on to it for a week Adding details
from memory Your eyes Your smile The shadow
of your sundial nose The further from the moment
she turned the light off The more your silhouette
resembled your face

3.What do you say
she asked After she turned off the light?
It looks good  I reply
No What do you say?
I am staring at the lightbulb as it grows dark I like it
She sighs Close Thank you
I smile You’re welcome
She stares at my face Thank you
I smile You’re welcome?
She sighs
Thank
You
I smile Thank You?
She smiles You’re welcome

4. Thank you became a mantra
to every teacher Every friend Every relative
Thank you Thank you Mrs taylor says I should
say Thank you Thank you mrs taylor I am a player
piano of appreciation Don’t ever again want to feel like i
haven’t shown proper thank you Tell me
how i can thank someone
properly Everyone does so much
for me Even when i don’t know
how to ask Thank you
Thank you every mrs taylor for trying
to make me look more like i felt inside
when i was still a child For being patient
with my bewilderment at what people wanted
from me When all i wanted was everyone
to be happy with me Thank you

​5. Mrs taylor taught every aspect of school to our kindergarten
class Reading Math Art Music Gym Storytime Recess
Everything Once a week
During naptime she would select one child to pose
for a silhouette drawing Where she would shine
a light on your profile And trace the shadow She would
hold on to it for a week Adding details
from memory Your eyes
Your smile The shadow of your sundial nose
The further from the moment  she turned the light off
The more your silhouette resembled your face