Joplin High School - Joplimo Yearbook (Joplin, MO)

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SHIPS-AND SHIPS Some ships sail straight, and calm, and true- And steer a well-defined and even course Along the shining ocean's azure hue, With just a cool and quiet wind for force. The white sails move but slightly in the breeze That ills them, urging on their way The little ships, to clear and peaceful seas. They follow known and quiet paths each day. Their bows are pointed to the afterglow That lingers in the sky from setting sun, Serenely to their destination straight they go. And when the uneventful journey then is done, When they have reached the harbor in the West, They quietly fold in their sails and lie at rest. And some ships ride a rough and stormy sea- They fight the grim uncertainty of darkened ways And wonder where their courses now might be Since they were lost in sad and gale-struck days. They wander seas no ship has sailed before, Ana' charter them for other ships to know. Far off they find strange places and queer ports, As on their dark and futile paths they go. The sails soon split from Herce and howling wind The murky water's fiendish swirlings tear At storm-scarred hulks. which once had been So firm, not cracked and gray, and darkly bare- They grind against the black and hidden rocks-and waves Lash cruelly over ships which sink to nameless graves -Genevieve Duran 3 4