Melba High School - Butte Yearbook (Melba, ID)

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5 1 . ' ?'gL'vf-V YZ A POEM ABOUT NATURE I would not give the wind and slanting rains For all the wonders that the cities hold, I have no part in noise and smoky stains, Nor men who sell their hearts for gold But I love the running streams The clear airg and the wild cry of birdsg Dawn rnd evening stillnesses Fulfilled with happiness and soft said words. For when the shadows of the dusk come stealing, And I turn homeward at the close of day At journey's end the sunset is revealing The glory of heaven in each ray. Wdmimdn OH FOOEY! Let's see--an essay on nature, a poem or f short story Yes, Plosse hand them in by thc sixth of February. Oh, heavens! what am I going to write about? Poetry? Yeah, thrt's it. Now hcre's e good onc. Er-a-nh-aheml In n little white house O 0 thst's what she said, NAn essay on nature, Q poem or a short ito . . A TY On a hill Is where we children -whore we children er-go to-or-as-go to. Bouming w'dfish! hhat rhymes with hill? Sill-fill-Bill-ah-ch! 'Where we children go to school. Wery originull There! How docs that sound? In a little red house On a hill Jaybirds! Jaybirdst Kill! Kill! Kill! Whoa' That's not whrt I said at first. It was--lemme think--Oh-- In a red born You cet your fill Of pills, dil1s-- Sweet Nancy! I can't rcmembmr. I didn't wrnt to write poetry any how So!! Nrturo A w h h9 Svoet nrturc. Birds rnd bees ond flowers and stings Oh, glory' Only fixc minutes left and this has to be in next period. Roll out the b rrol Je'll have c barrel of--Kring, burr, buzzl 'l'hcrc's thc bell And this isn't don-2 yct. We-e-l-1, thrt's r ' Both Brown 5 1 75 ,N vi . . . o - . . 1 , I Y t l ' ' . . ' r 0 0 f . . C , 0 0 . ' Q o .lla . - Q ,..,. ..,,..,.....,.. ,......,.... Q .,- - .,Y--5--Ax X 5 .- ,.' X .I '- .f ,H - 4, , 'Y