tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post1366782205906106654..comments2024-02-15T10:15:06.228-05:00Comments on Paul Vermeersch: Minimum wage for Glasgow's underground poetPaul Vermeerschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07231290084082450698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-63284989664776438522008-05-30T17:45:00.000-04:002008-05-30T17:45:00.000-04:00...or busking. If TTC gets a poet in residence, I ......or busking. If TTC gets a poet in residence, I vote for that guy at Spadina that plays guitar while at the same time playing a child's xylophone with his feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-53131413109348427972008-05-30T17:08:00.000-04:002008-05-30T17:08:00.000-04:00Yeah, but somehow I imagine him or her keeping off...Yeah, but somehow I imagine him or her keeping office hours in a grimy old electrical room, under flickering fluorescent lights, just off a busy subway platform.Paul Vermeerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231290084082450698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-32608313292312896452008-05-30T16:34:00.000-04:002008-05-30T16:34:00.000-04:00It's a cool idea, though. A p-i-r for a subway sys...It's a cool idea, though. A p-i-r for a subway system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-41626078793256869462008-05-30T15:55:00.001-04:002008-05-30T15:55:00.001-04:00Being named Poet Laureate is more of an honour tha...Being named Poet Laureate is more of an honour than a job. Sure, you are expected to be an ambassador for your art, but you aren't expected to sit down with Shirley Whocares and help her with the enjambment in her gardening sonnet. Writers in residence usually have office hours and certain tasks and objectives. I think the Glasgow Subway System is expecting too much from their poet for what they're paying.Paul Vermeerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231290084082450698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-14896189670406517542008-05-30T15:55:00.000-04:002008-05-30T15:55:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paul Vermeerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231290084082450698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-54974776330081108242008-05-30T15:13:00.000-04:002008-05-30T15:13:00.000-04:00What's the difference?What's the difference?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-26478542427817209612008-05-30T14:08:00.000-04:002008-05-30T14:08:00.000-04:00I don't think most poets laureate are expected to ...I don't think most poets laureate are expected to put in a 40 hour work week. <BR/><BR/>This story is about a writer in residence, which is a different job with different requirements.Paul Vermeerschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07231290084082450698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447387167934547361.post-723050610463696742008-05-30T12:42:00.000-04:002008-05-30T12:42:00.000-04:00What's the usual "hours/week" assumptions for poet...What's the usual "hours/week" assumptions for poets laureate? Or is that ever even voiced to applicants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com