Very funny, Andrew. In the good old boy days, you could have taken credit
for the poem (or a chapter in your new book) and let the poor student know
that it was things got done!
The lament of the generous elder!
S
> Snap (partly for Alison)
>
> It seems my students' poems
> are winning prizes.
> Perhaps the fruits of poetry
> could be shared like pyramid marketing:
> my work inspired you,
> your poem won a prize,
> so I get a slice.
> That'd be nice.
> Cash would accumulate as
> a poet's stream of influencees
> added layer on layer.
> Then the home for geriatric poets
> could fill its fridge,
> could see a movie,
> could go to tango-lessons ...
> Oh, the outings we could have
> instead of just outing each other.
> If I got a slice,
> that'd be nice.
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