Durham High School - Messenger Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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NOEL He had disappeared one December night Down the street To buy a Christmas tree. A great tall green one, he said And showed how big with his hands And all the children shouted, Planned popcorn and cranberry strings. Then he just went out and Never came home. They went out with lanterns of course And later they cried. But the children went next door and Stole the neighbor ' s tree and Put a naked angel on the top. — David Walker 10

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We remember things like when Caesar died for a while Sometimes we forget and flunk the test. The things we remember best aren ' t usually facts or even names. Perhaps the way a friend spoke When reading a favorite poem Or ran to the window when snow began to fall. The broken tune the band or choir was humming after the concert, That might last. The time a classmate ' s head was burrowed in his arm When he was tired of necessary things And the flustered teacher spread her arms like wings And woke us all with one idea— I forget what. But those ideas, those pictures and sounds will grow more real When away from the source, we someday hear a voice. See o bird fly that brings back the poetry of it all— The closeness of the system of bells and classes And climbing stairs with books nudging at our backs. When crossing a field somewhere A bunch of flowers burst blue -Dale Mathews

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A little girl, ' And skinny ' ■ —f remember— But sturdy, shod in leather, With tight hair braided down To plaid pleated skirts And thick woolen stockings That flashed along the corridors In chase of the sunbeams Skipping away Ahead of her eyes. : A little girl, And skinny —Now— ' - ; ' With breast unbuttoned. Ribbons dripping From hair t, ' That straggles down ; • , And brushes lips r - That hang dporJ- ' , »j ' ' r-t f As ' taes ore ,ejadmg,lJn the;-f ifeli9ht ft I’M:- And eyes are gopirig,. , Hard and still, - In the whisperless nightr 11