I like the beginning in the end of this. Really interesting both to read and to
think about (as a teacher).
Jill
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Jill Jones
www.jilljones.com.au
On Wed Mar 2 9:41 , Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> sent:
> The Lost Life
>
>
>Meeting up for lunch outside
>at Tiamo, Lygon Street
>next to Readings Books
>
>my former student now a
>distinguished novelistı
>would surely test me.
>
>When my student, had I sensed
>in him a future in writing?
>He hadnıt so impressed me.
>
>Iıd let his other old teacher
>at the reunion do the talking. Hugh
>remembers much, I knew.
>
>And heıs been reading the novels,
>which I havenıt; ready to praise
>them now to his face.
>
>Arriving late, I find them
>outside in the warm air, deep
>in talk, starting their salads.
>
>We oldies discuss retirement.
>Do we miss the students? not much.
>I doubt I woke in mine the love
>
>Iıd wanted to evoke, for Wordsworth,
>specially. The novelist recalls
>Iıd seen him lugging Wordsworthıs letters
>
>in the huge de Selincourt edition
>you wondered could I manage them
>thatıs how involved I was.ı
>
>Forget the rest. Hugh and our author
>exchange signed copies of books.
>I keep my head down, sidelong looks.
>
>We adjourn to the bookshop.
>On the sale table, our friendıs latest!
>I snatch it up, pay for it -
>
>Iıve just had lunch with the author!
>please bag it before he sees it.ı
>They make other purchases,
>
>we all shake hands again.
>Iıd only saved five dollars, but
>saved him from sale-table pain.
>
>Now I will read it, I will.
>'The Lost Life', good title.
>Nice cover, story starts well.
>
>
> Max Richards in Melbourne
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