John Burroughs Middle School - Burr Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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411, 1 1 9 Some POEMS are short, ,qiiiiw 1 1 if fi 'Ili' 55:'f i?if fgjfffze. .Q .51 ' .QQ .,g:,2 :.. tw.: .1 9'YE.,' is we x ,, ou -4.13, lIl.p -V 2 .Hvlt , .fb ' ' 5 WHL' .f lt-if . mf' ' IJ - 1' wr 'QF .if. :v - 1-sie: -:fs .511 -H,-1 Nz , f f' mid - 5 .tftif I' I i- v ' I I in .:' 1.9 'fif 0 Q X He 1 'Q And some poems are longer, Some are good, some bad. They all show their author's hearts, Poems are dead give-awaysl -Sally Bochlin, AQ. GIRLS ARE A PUZZLE To most all the boys, I think, Because of their ways First they say, Yes and then they Contradict by, saying, No. -Bill Iennings, AQ. THE SEA Sea, sea, what are you trying to say? I hear you speak, But I have not learned your language. I see you rise, Reflecting starlight on feather-crested waves. Your arms reach for the moon While you roar and sigh, Wanting to tell me something. Sea, sea, what are you trying to say? -Gordon Smith AQ H OX U A N D TA N KA Hokku and Tanka are forms of non-rhyming Qriental verse. The Hokku has three lines of five, seven and five syllables. The Tanka adds two additional lines of seven syllables each. WHAT YOU THINK, you arel Your thoughts are an open book: ' Be proud of your pages. -Ian Hobensack, AQ. BIRDS are like helpless strangers Seeking a place in which to stop But still plunging ahead.-Ierry Beichman, AQ. LIFE IS LIKE A TRAIN Every stop gets closer to The end of the line. -Betty Viereck, AQ. SKY is a blue sea With angels' hair floating thru Forming lace patterns. -Bette Smith. THE LITTLE FAWN'S HOOVES As dainty as four tea cups, Pranced on the high ledge. -Gay Boss-Clunis, AQ. HER HANDS were vessels Filled to the brim with goodness Love, understanding. -Richard Baum, AQ. THE LAST HOLE on the green! With one shot he could win the cup. He raised his club slowly, All his dreams might be answered. Click-the ball slipped in!-Ian I-Iobensack, AQ. CONFIDENCE in a Friend is a soft blanket of Warm understanding, Protecting one from the rough I-Iarshness of our modern world. -Richard Baum, AQ. AS THE SEA comes again and again To pound upon the sanded shores, Your memory remains with us Year in, year out, on February twelfth The bugle sounds, the flag flies high We bow our heads in reverence. -Marshall Lewis, AQ. OVER THE GRASSY MEADOWS I will roam To the quiet brook, I will sit by the edge And watch the tadpoles swim by, I will dart in and out among tall scented pines Like a playful fawn. From the forest, I will gather little bunches of daffodils, Violets and wild roses, For these are the things That I love. -Bill Tobias, AQ.

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SCHOOL DAZE Last night I dreamed of dear I.B. And of all the questions asked of me: What's the square of five, and the cube of three The of X plus y and z? I am as confused as I can be, What did Oliver Cromwell do? Who won the battle of Waterloo? When was the Suez Canal put through? Who wrote the The Taming of the Shrewu? How do I stand it, I'rn asking you? Who was it painted the Man with the I-Ioo ? And what is the name of the other Shmoo? Who wrote the music so sweet and low For Swannee River and Old Black Toe? The more I study the less I know. When did the War of the Roses begin? Whose hand did Mark Anthony win? What country is a source of tin? Whose cabinet was Hamilton in? I have so much homework it's a sinl -Tune Livingston, A9.

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