Austin High School - Castilleja Yearbook (Austin, NV)

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HAIKU 20 A BABY BIRD The helpless creature That is brought into the world To struggle or die. —Mark Sell 7th Grade Spring, 1971 MOUNTAINS The great mass of earth That reaches toward the sky; Man will always climb. —Mark Sell 7th Grade Spring, 1971 SUMMER DAY The sun in shining; Bright flower buds are nodding; Joyous is our day. —Lorraine Farr 7th Grade Spring, 1971 THE GIANT Big, graceful redwood Standing in a gentle breeze; Frightened by a match! RAIN Rain upon the leaves Soon to fall toward the ground; Then the tree shall thrive. —Lane Maestretti 7th Grade Fall, 1971 The word haiku means game verse. Haiku is part of a longer verse form called the tanka which goes back to very early Japanese history. It serves as a good introduc- tion to the country and its people. Haiku consists of three lines; the first and third lines have five syllables and the second line has seven syllables (5-7-5). None of the lines have to rhyme. Good Haiku, according to critics, presents two vivid images, one usually indicating a general or long enduring condition and the other a momentary perception. The meaning of the two images should not be explained in any way. The reader should make his own hypothesis.

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SHE'S GONE WITH THE WIND Red lights all over. Flashing red lights. The great white building in the distance was growing closer as the red lights proceeded forward. The ambulance soon drew up to the gleaming hospital. As they came up the blood filled the stretcher when the mangled body in it was removed. This young man was so close to death and so far from life. So very far. The ambulance riders had been giving him blood and oxygen the whole trip. They operated! He lived through the night and woke up to a beautiful, calm, Sunday morning. Doctors and nurses were milling around. None stopped. Finally a doctor came in saying, Son, you're lucky ! Awful lucky you lived. You should be alright now. Just take it easy. He then left. Soon a beautiful young lady came in the room. She smiled a beautiful smile and placed her hand upon his head. She then left as mysteriously as she had come. After that a gigantic wind came up. The day ended, the moon came up and the man slept. The next day he was healed, felt good, and was permitted to leave. He then asked about the lady that had come in and found she didn't work in the hospital. He left, sore but alive. Another wreck; another victim. One dead and one very close to it. The ambulance hurries to the nearest hospital hoping to keep this victim alive to live another day. This seemed next to impossible. Again this mysterious lady came. The man was healed. The wind blew very hard. The lady was gone. All across the nation in one hospital after another a person was healed. The headline in the newspaper read, Mystery Woman Does It Again. In a hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, a young lady was about to die. The doctors thought there was no cure for her. This mysterious Joan of Arc came to her bedside and did her best to save her life. She died. A strong wind like that of a hurricane came. This saintlike figure was seen crying while stopping out the door. The wind picked her up and she was never heard of again. She's gone with the wind. —Warren Woods 8th Grade Spring, 1971

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SNOW White upon the ground Natures cover for the earth; Soon to quickly melt. —Seventh Grade Class Fall, 1971 CREEK QUIET Among such stillness- The cry of the cicadas Sinks into the rocks. —Mark Sell 8th Grade Fall, 1971 FIRE Fire in the forest; Death and suffering to all; To die for nothing. —Jay Winrod 8th Grade Spring, 1971 STORM The coolness of the Air, the mixing of the clouds; Then the fall of rain. —Mark Sell 7th Grade Spring, 1971 21