The course was called "Linguistics and Literature"; the teacher was Melissa Monroe. One day, she wrote a poem on the board: "To the Reader", by Denise Levertov. Sitting in the back row of the small lecture hall, I was pleased to see my teacher's poem on the board. Rather than pay attention the lecture, I decided to spend the period memorizing the poem, which I can still recite forty years later. It crosses my mind often, especially if anyone refers to Charles Baudelaire's "Au Lecteur"—"Hypocrite lecteur". And this morning, I came across Levertov's poem on Vox Populi. I read it to make sure I remember it correctly. And I do. (Andrew Shields, #111Words, 15 June 2026)