• 06 Nov 16
  

  enriquea123
  • Nothing.
  • ence,
  • si
  • Everything
  • Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning
  • not matter either to you or me and are without purpose
  • Everything
  • a shaft of light suddenly descended and an angel  o
  • r other heavenly being appeared
  • di
  • vine wisdom in this life and  the hereafter
  • good
  • ll peopl
  • e
  • news
  • othing
  • N
  • Everything
  • experience
  • human
  • ponder
  • examine
  • opportunity
  • ne place
  • o
  • y
  • ou weren’t here

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• 08 Jan 16
  

  stmallery

  Did I Miss Anything?, by Tom Wayman - Poem 013 of Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools (Poetry and Literature, Library of Congress)

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• 03 Dec 15
  

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• 02 Jun 15
  

  Virginia Asciolla

  Poem 13 of the Library of Congress Poetry 180 Project: Did I Miss Anything?

  Poetry

• 11 Feb 15
  

  Jensen G

  I liked the repetition of the "nothing" and "everything" in each stanza and how it added to the theme and message of the poem
  

• 04 Feb 15
  

  cromrom17

  I liked this poem because it started off talking about how the class was dull and pointless. Then suddenly when it was least expected, something amazing happened. I thought this poem tried to talk about being in the moment and living day to day. One of the lines talks about how this was not the only place where something amazing happened but you still missed it nonetheless

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• 10 Sep 14
  

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• 24 Jun 14
  

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• 21 Apr 14
  

  Ted Parker

  "Did I Miss Anything?" #poem by Tom Wayman. To attach to your course's absence policy. #engchat http://t.co/OQfB52giDa

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• 17 Apr 14
  

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• 06 Feb 14
  

  Stacie Hidek

  But hey, this does allow me to break out a favorite poem. http://t.co/xKTPgduldk

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• 19 Jan 14
  

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• 13 Nov 13
  

  Laura Kershaw

  • Did I Miss Anything?

       

    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

     

         Everything. I gave an exam worth
           40 percent of the grade for this term
           and assigned some reading due today
           on which I’m about to hand out a quiz
           worth 50 percent

     

    Nothing. None of the content of this course
      has value or meaning
      Take as many days off as you like:
      any activities we undertake as a class
      I assure you will not matter either to you or me
      and are without purpose

     

         Everything. A few minutes after we began last time
           a shaft of light suddenly descended and an angel
           or other heavenly being appeared
           and revealed to us what each woman or man must do
           to attain divine wisdom in this life and
           the hereafter
           This is the last time the class will meet
           before we disperse to bring the good news to all people
                on earth.

     

    Nothing. When you are not present
      how could something significant occur?

     

         Everything. Contained in this classroom
           is a microcosm of human experience
           assembled for you to query and examine and ponder
           This is not the only place such an opportunity has been
                gathered

     

         but it was one place

     

         And you weren’t here
• 20 Sep 13
  

  citizenwald

  "“Did I Miss Anything?” by Tom Wayman
  Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for American High Schools"

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• 10 Sep 13
  

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• 04 Apr 13
  

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• 26 Nov 12
  

  Gregory Odell

  @mr_donaldson My favorite answers to "What did I miss?" is a variation of one of these stanzas: http://t.co/LS1gAkpIlg

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• 12 Nov 12
  

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  By Tom Wayman, originally published in Did I Miss Anything? Selected Poems 1973-1993, 1993, Harbour Publishing. Here, posted on the website Poetry 180.

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• 06 Oct 12
  

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  RT @wilson_apush: Love this... so much more eloquent than my answer when students ask "Did I miss anything?" http://t.co/nSSE8Iet

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  • Did I Miss Anything
  • ill not matter either to you or me
      and are without purp
  • of light sudde

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• 11 Dec 09
  

  Arth J
  • Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here
      we sat with our hands folded on our desks
      in silence, for the full two hours
  •  Everything. I gave an exam worth
           40 percent of the grade for this term
           and assigned some reading due today
           on which I’m about to hand out a quiz
           worth 50 percent
• 

  Hank P
  • <tr><br/><td><br/><table border="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" width="596" cellspacing="0"><br/><tbody><br/><tr bgcolor="#fbec97"><br/><td valign="top" width="506"><br/><h1><br/><br/><br/>Did I Miss <br/>Anything?<br/><br/><br/></h1><br/><h2><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="257604c1228298bd9a4f9cf103c1eecf-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="257604c1228298bd9a4f9cf103c1eecf-0Icon"><br/>1<br/></span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="3b3b0b132064e47853701ac13c47cad0-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="3b3b0b132064e47853701ac13c47cad0-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="fd409f764f87f3cc69a2981d1f4c8445-0Icon"></div>Tom<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Wayman<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></h2><br/><p><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="60eead850c3750e87a2888894ab68673-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="60eead850c3750e87a2888894ab68673-0Icon"><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>1<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="cf9a7585c8d0ae7c47d492a1ab2ccd08-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="cf9a7585c8d0ae7c47d492a1ab2ccd08-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="ff21a17e59dcfcf425fc005d6a3af5f8-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="ff21a17e59dcfcf425fc005d6a3af5f8-0Icon">2</span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="85f4a6c3d238d011d7102e7c4763d4bb-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="85f4a6c3d238d011d7102e7c4763d4bb-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><br/>Nothing<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>.<br/><br/><br/><br/> When <br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="ac343dda9a86b83ceadf654c87d0696c-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="e047ed068c26bbcae10989b7a707528d-0Icon"></div>we<br/><br/> <br/>realized<br/> <br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="e304377cac32280c41b57ae98fd674ed-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="e304377cac32280c41b57ae98fd674ed-0Icon"><br/><br/><br/><br/>1<br/><br/><br/><br/></span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>you<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>weren’t<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>here<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>we<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>sat<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>with<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/>our <br/>h<br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="154b6b3b7d2afaad7b90fe53c72b174f-0Icon"></div><br/>and<br/><br/><br/>s<br/> <br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="bcfc31b535e1df981e28dffbea5d990c-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="bcfc31b535e1df981e28dffbea5d990c-0Icon"><br/><br/><br/><br/>1<br/><br/><br/><br/></span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>folde<br/><br/>d<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>on<br/> <br/><br/>our<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>desks<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>in<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>si<br/><br/><br/>lence,<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="2ccaecf3f8b2aa2379fca08c3fbd45d6-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="2ccaecf3f8b2aa2379fca08c3fbd45d6-0Icon"><br/><br/><br/><br/>1<br/><br/><br/><br/></span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>for<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>the<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>full <br/>two<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>hours<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="8cc2858400de569dc7ae06ab03b02b35-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="8cc2858400de569dc7ae06ab03b02b35-0Icon"><br/><br/><br/><br/>1<br/><br/><br/><br/></span></div><br/><br/><br/><br/>Everything. <br/>I gave an<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>exam <br/>worth<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>40 <br/>percent<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>of<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>the grade for <br/>this<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>term<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>and <br/>assigned<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>some<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>reading due<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>today<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>on which <br/>I’m<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>about<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>to hand out a <br/>quiz<br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/>worth <br/>50<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>percent<br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="023d888cec5b8358edef48f9116e87da-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="023d888cec5b8358edef48f9116e87da-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="66b8f0004a222be641002e218ba256e1-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="022c4f6464fb1a402ea4f82867b82107-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><br/>Nothing. None of the content of<br/> <br/><br/>this<br/><br/> <br/><br/>course<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>has <br/>value<br/> <br/>or <br/>meaning<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Take<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>as<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="90ebf497c2fd5fd568575d5cef4c4183-0Icon"></div><br/>many days off as you<br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>like:<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="25b48fa24f31664ed3803db8913697be-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><br/>any<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>activities<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>we<br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>undertake<br/><br/> <br/><br/>as <br/>a<br/> <br/>class<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>I<br/><br/> <br/><br/>assure you <br/>will not<br/><br/> <br/><br/>matter<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>either to<br/> <br/>you <br/>or<br/><br/> <br/><br/>me<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/><br/>and<br/> <br/><br/>are<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>without<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>p<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="fa27e0f000a8ef621d9cf2900f36edce-0Icon"></div>urpose<br/><br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="0abf08744e77bda1da5ca22531384010-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="0abf08744e77bda1da5ca22531384010-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="9f67eb31ca833b8c7d67c020f487870f-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="9f67eb31ca833b8c7d67c020f487870f-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/><br/>Everything. <br/>A few<br/> <br/>minutes<br/> <br/>after we <br/>began<br/> <br/>last<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>time<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>a shaft <br/>of<br/> <br/>light suddenly<br/> <br/>descended <br/>and an<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="e4c4433ba549dab581b5a5f4b0f346c2-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><br/>ange<br/>l<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>or other <br/>heavenly being<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>appeared<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>and <br/>revealed to us what each woman or<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>man must <br/>do<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>to attain <br/>divine wisdom in this<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>life <br/>and<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>the<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>hereafter<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>This is the <br/>last time the class will<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>meet<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>before we <br/>disperse to bring the good news<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>to all <br/>people<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>on<br/><br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>earth<br/><br/>.<br/><br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p><br/><br/><br/>Nothing. When you are not <br/>present<br/><br/><br/><br><br/><br/><br/>how could something <br/>significant<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>occur?<br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon nocommented notShowIcon" style="LEFT: 0px; TOP: -23px" id="30acbe8ac236921e0ce9e1a7c4433ad2-0Icon"></div><br/><br/><br/>Everything. Contained in <br/>this<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>classroom<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/><br/>is <br/>a<br/> <br/>microcosm of human<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/><br/>experience<br/><br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/>assembled <br/>for you to query and<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>examine and <br/>ponder<br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/>This is not <br/>the only place<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>such an opportunity <br/>has<br/><br/><br/> <br/><br/><br/>been<br/><br/><br/><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/>gathered<br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><br/>but it was one <br/>place<br/><br/><br/></p><br/><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br/><br/><div class="diigoIcon group TextIcon DiigoHighlightCommented" style="LEFT: 0px; BOTTOM: 0px" id="299c46f203a0cbe37a0584e042f7165d-0Icon"><span class="diigoIcon" id="299c46f203a0cbe37a0584e042f7165d-0Icon">1</span></div><br/><br/>And <br/>you <br/>weren’t<br/><br/> <br/><br/>here<br/><br/><br/><br/><br></p><br/><p class="credit"><br/><br/>From <em>Did I Miss Anything? Selected <br/>Poems 1973-1993</em>,<br/><br/> <br/><br/>1993<br/><br/><br><br/><br/>Harbour <br/>Publishing<br/><br/></p><br/><p class="credit"><br/><br/>Copyright 1993 Tom <br/>Wayman.<br/><br/><br><br/><br/>All rights <br/>reserved.<br/><br/><br><br/><br/>Reproduced<br/><br/> <br/><br/>with <br/>permission (<br/><br/><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.loc.gov/p180-permissions.html#013"><i><br/><br/>click for <br/>permissions<br/><br/> <br/><br/>information<br/><br/></i></a><br/><br/>).<br/><br/></p></td></tr><br/><tr bgcolor="#fbec97"><br/><td width="90">&nbsp;</td><br/><td width="506">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><br/><div align="center"><img src="http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/images/tier2-5_base.gif" height="21" width="600" alt=""></div></td></tr>
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    Did I Miss Anything?  

     

       

    Tom   Wayman  

     

      

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    Nothing   .   When we realized   

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    you   weren’t   here 
     we    sat  with  our hands   

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    folded  on our   desks 
     in    silence,     

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    for     the  full two   hours 

     

           

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    Everything. I gave an  exam worth 
          40 percent  of   the grade for this  term 
          and assigned  some   reading due  today 
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         and revealed to us what each woman or  man must do
         to attain divine wisdom in this  life and
         the  hereafter
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         before we disperse to bring the good news  to all people
              on  earth.

     

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         is a microcosm of human  experience
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  Josh G
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  • revealed to us what each woman    or            man must   do     
              to  attain   divine wisdom in  this           life
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  •   Everything. Contained in this classroom
           is a microcosm of human experience
           assembled for you to query and examine and ponder
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    Did I Miss Anything?      1 Tom  Wayman       1    1    1    1 Nothing   .   When we realized    1 you   weren’t   here   we    sat  with  our hands    1 folded  on our   desks   in    silence,      1 for     the  full two   hours            1 Everything. I gave an  exam worth        40 percent  of   the grade for this  term        and assigned  some   reading due  today        on which I’m  about  to hand out a quiz      worth 50  percent   Nothing. None of the content of this course has value or meaning Take  as many days off as you like: any activities we undertake as a class I  assure you will not matter either to you or me and are without purpose        Everything. A few minutes after we began last  time      a shaft of light suddenly descended and an  angel      or other heavenly being  appeared      and revealed to us what each woman or  man must do      to attain divine wisdom in this  life and      the  hereafter      This is the last time the class will  meet      before we disperse to bring the good news  to all people           on  earth.   Nothing. When you are not present how could something significant  occur?        Everything. Contained in this  classroom      is a microcosm of human  experience      assembled for you to query and  examine and ponder      This is not the only place  such an opportunity has  been           gathered        but it was one place        And you weren’t here   From Did I Miss Anything? Selected Poems 1973-1993,  1993 Harbour Publishing   Copyright 1993 Tom Wayman. All rights reserved. Reproduced  with permission (click for permissions  information).

      

    
  • Everything. I gave an exam worth
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         and assigned some  reading due today
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         assembled for you  to query and examine and ponder
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             is  a   microcosm of human        experience    
            assembled  for you to query and       examine and  ponder   
           

       This is not the only  place       such an opportunity  has         been    
                  gathered

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          and  assigned some reading due   today 
          on which  I’m about to hand out a   quiz 
          worth 50  percent 

     

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    and are without purpose

     

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  Brenna F
  • Nothing
  • Nothing. None of the content of this course
    has value or meaning
    Take as  many days off as you like:
    

    • Why does this poem switch back and forth between the two perspectives of sorts? I think its to show the two sides of a high schoolers life; how on one day class is the most important thing but the next day other things seem way more important.
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        has value or  meaning    
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  • Everything. Contained in this classroom
         is a  microcosm of human experience
    

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  Chris F
  • Did I Miss Anything?

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    has value or meaning
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    any activities we undertake as a class
    I  assure you will not matter either to you or me
    and are without purpose
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     Tom Wayman 

     

       

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    for     the  full two   hours 

     

           

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    Everything. I gave an  exam worth 
          40 percent  of   the grade for this  term 
          and assigned  some   reading due  today 
          on which I’m  about  to hand out a quiz
         worth 50  percent

     

    Nothing. None of the content of this course
    has value or meaning
    Take  as many days off as you like:
    any activities we undertake as a class
    I  assure you will not matter either to you or me
    and are without purpose

     

         Everything. A few minutes after we began last  time
         a shaft of light suddenly descended and an  angel
         or other heavenly being  appeared
         and revealed to us what each woman or  man must do
         to attain divine wisdom in this  life and
         the  hereafter
         This is the last time the class will  meet
         before we disperse to bring the good news  to all people
              on  earth.

     

    Nothing. When you are not present
    how could something significant  occur?

     

         Everything. Contained in this  classroom
         is a microcosm of human  experience
         assembled for you to query and  examine and ponder
         This is not the only place  such an opportunity has  been
              gathered

     

         but it was one place

     

         And you weren’t here
    

     

    From Did I Miss Anything? Selected Poems 1973-1993,  1993
    Harbour Publishing

     

    Copyright 1993 Tom Wayman.
    All rights reserved.
    Reproduced  with permission (click for permissions  information).

        
  • Nothing. When we      realized   you weren’t  here 
     we sat  with our hands folded on  our desks
    in silence, for the full two hours
  • Nothing. When we
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  • Everything. I gave an exam worth
         40 percent of  the grade for this term
         and assigned some  reading due today
         on which I’m about
  • about  to hand out a  quiz
         worth 50 percent

    • The teacher is giving out a quiz,
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  Mehsa T
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    Did I Miss Anything?

       

    Tom Wayman

      

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  Shreya G

  • This is not the only place such an opportunity has  been
              gathered

     

         but it was one place

     

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  Ryce S

  • Did I Miss Anything?

     

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       desks    
      in    silence, for the full      two hours  

     

          Everything. I gave an exam   worth
  • desks
  • hands  folded
  • hours
  • Everything
  • Everything. I gave an  exam     worth

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  Adithi K
  •     <!-- BODY OF POEM --> 

    Did I Miss Anything?

       

    Tom Wayman

      

    Nothing
  • Nothing. When we realized you weren’t here
      we sat with our hands folded on our desks
      in silence, for the full two hours
  • Contained in this classroom
           is a microcosm of human experience
           assembled for you to query and examine and ponder

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• 

  Erica J

  •  

    Tom Wayman
  • Nothing
  • Everything. A few minutes after we began last  time
         a shaft of light suddenly descended and an  angel
         or other heavenly being appeared
    
  • but it was one     place

  •       

      

      

    but it was one        place      

     

           

      1  

        And      you     weren’t          here      

  •     but it was one   place    

     

           

     1 

       And     you   weren’t       here     

  •    but it was one  place   

     

           

    1

      And  you  weren’t     here    
    

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• 

  Sarah J

  • Did I Miss Anything?

     

    Tom Wayman
  •  

     Did I Miss Anything
  •       

    <!-- POEM NUMBER (GRAPHIC) -->  <!-- BODY OF POEM -->             Did I Miss Anything?     Tom  Wayman
  • realized you weren’t
  • you    

    weren’t    here 
      

    we  sat with
  • weren’t  here
    
  • hands folded
  • we sat with our hands folded on our desks
    in silence, for the full
  • folded
  • any activities we undertake as a class
  • ange
  • disperse
  • microcosm
  • ponder

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  Ariel K
  • Nothing
  • earth
  • not present

  • how could something significant occur?

     

         Everything

  •  ng significant occur? 

     

          Everything 

  • This is not the only place such an opportunity has  been
              gathered

     

         but it was one place

     

         And you weren’t here
    

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• 06 May 09
  

  Heather Mason

  Poetry attendance

• 14 Jun 08
  

  Charlie MacFadyen

  poem poetry attendance

• 08 May 08
  

  W Sigele

  quickd

• 

  k mulford

  180 Poetry Absence

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  inspiration humor

• 26 Apr 08
  

  AIP109 AIP

• 24 Apr 08
  

  Peggy George

  Excellent poem in response to a question teachers hear frequently--did I miss anything?

  poetry 180 education teachers absences

• 23 Apr 08
  

  poem about missing a class

  poetry

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  Lisa Linn

  High School Poetry Daily

• 06 Apr 08
  

  Maria Monaco

  poetry education

• 28 Feb 08
  

  et musiced

  poem academia

• 16 Jan 07
  

  Jason O'Quinn

  Literature

Public Stiky Notes

• 
  John H on 2009-12-11
  The teacher is giving out a quiz,
• 
  Brenna F on 2009-12-11
  Why does this poem switch back and forth between the two perspectives of sorts? I think its to show the two sides of a high schoolers life; how on one day class is the most important thing but the next day other things seem way more important.

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