A fantastic professor at Carleton University passed along this response by Tom Wayman, a poet and professor  who teaches creative writing and contemporary literature at the University of Calgary.

Though Wayman’s poetic response to this question was first published in 1994, I’m sure many teachers would still find it interesting.

DID I MISS ANYTHING?

By Tom Wayman

Nothing.

When we realized you weren’t here

we sat with our hands folded on our desks

in silence, for the full two hours

        

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