Lily pays tribute to teachers in a poem, as a special feature, in Different Truths.   

They are the valiant ones 

Teaching life by leading 

Holding hands as toddlers 

Walking you through the woods 

Putting smiles on faces

Frowning at your insecurities 

Boosting up sagging spirits 

They are the valiant ones 

Showing you a mirror 

While lighting up your path

Instructing when you fumble 

Patting you on your back 

When life is bewildering 

And all is in disarray 

They are the valiant ones 

Numbers and alphabets 

Form into legible shapes 

Fiction, poetry, criticism,

Theorems, equations, formulae, 

History, geography, sociology –  

All a teacher’s benevolence  

©Lily Swarn

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Lily Swarn

Lily Swarn is a gold medallist and a double university colour holder from Panjab University. She has authored, A Trellis of Ecstasy (poetry), Lilies of the Valley (essays), The Gypsy Trail (novel). A multilingual poet, writer and columnist, her poems have been translated into 13 languages. A radio show host and Emcee, she received World Icon of Peace, Chandigarh Icon Award, Woman of Substance, World Icon of Literature and several other prestigious awards.