Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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LA CUESTA 1930 TRIOLET The Birth of Beauty QReceived second place in the Bushby poetry contestl It grew from a seed , To a gay blossomed flower, From its prison sun-freed It grew from a seed With the dews for its mead, In a glorious bower It grew from a seed To a full blossomed flower. -Rita Herman One Hundred Forty-si

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LA CUESTA 1930 DESERT LAND fAwarded the Bushby Poetry Prize-offered ever year by Mr. D. Maitland Bushby, '26, The Desert Poet. J I have come away from the mad turmoil To a sun-baked home on the desert soil, From the long days spent 'mid the cities' noise To the simple life and the primal joys, To the wide blue sky, and the warm brown sand, And the silent depths of the Desert Land. I shall leave the doubts and the pallid fears, , That would haunt my soul through the passing years, For the mystic charm of the realm I love, With its mountain peaks and its stars aboveg I shall feel the peace that my heart has plannedg I shall find it here, in the Desert Land. I have come out here near the heart of things, Where the desert Wren in the cactus sings, Away from the weary, jostling throng In the merciless hurrying all day long, For I hear the call of the Desert Land- Oh! I feel God's here and will understand. -Lawrence Barfell One Hundred Forty-five

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LA CUESTA 1930 MOON GHOST ' fReceived third place in the Bushby Poetry Contestj If I gaze upon the moon At night, at dark midnight, I will pray of it a boon Through light, its crystal light. That I may see again her face, So white, so wistful white, And hope that it may keep its place In light, in growing light. In truth, I will not let her go, Delight, my dear delight, To glide with morning's dawning glow From sight, my straining sight. But even as I gaze she fades. I light, a frenzied fight. In vain. With dawn, night's fleeing jades Turn white, a hopeless white. -Rita Herman One Hundred Forty-