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The Professor Enrolls

Text of Poem

I decided to major in leisure
after years of heavy classloads.
A few naps brought good grades in indolence
and I filed in the wastebasket
all appeals from the mailbox.
I won my degree with a thesis of daydreaming
and after I awarded myself a diploma,
I cast out solemn grade books
for the wind to collect.

First Line
I decided to major in leisure
Original Pub Location
Original Publication Date
1978
Original Citation
National Retired Teachers Association Journal (January 1978) 13.
Complete Poems
356
Word Count
57
Poetic Form
open
Themes
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I decided to major in leisure / after years of heavy classloads.