How about T.S. Elliot's The Fall of Rome: Fantastic grow the evening gowns; Agents of the Fisc pursue Absconding tax-defaulters through The sewers of provincial towns. [..] Caesar's double-bed is warm As an unimportant clerk Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK On a pink official form. maybe that's not the spirit of the day, though.. Graham > Sometime ago we had a thread about suitable pop songs for use in an > economics/business class. With National Poetry Day fast approaching > (9/10), I wondered if colleagues had any ideas for a short suitable > piece of poetry with which to enter into the spirit of the day? > Any suggestions gratefully received! > Alison -- Graham Stark, Virtual Worlds phone: (+044) 01908 618239 mobile: 07952 633185 Homepage http://www.virtual-worlds.biz Virtual Learning Arcade http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/vla Virtual Economy http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/economy