Walker High School - Pepper Pot Yearbook (Simsbury, CT)

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leads., va Ii,,g,,' I iii' Sli I' I 4 1i -f was 'wfvqwrws ' ' f' .aww- The Judilh Mallack PoeI'ry Prize Awa rd ed 'ro JANE PLIMPTON I She was brealhless wi+h exciiemenl when I found her, Her eyes were shining wilh a kind of glow, She had found a four-leaf clover in 'rhe daisies, And wanied me Io be +he firsf 'Io know. I-Ier dress was 'rorn and dirly from her playing, She'd been in 'rhe fields and climbing in 'rhe hay, She was warm and careless as +he summer sunshine, And I Ios'r my hear? 'ro her +ha'r carefree day. I 'rook her by The hand +o see my pony, I gave her a red apple from our +ree, She looked ai me and giggled while she ale i'I', And gave 'rhe clover, for good luck, Io me. I remember now how once we gaihered daisies, And made a chain To pui' upon her curls, And I, al fwelve, was happy 'cause she loved me, And fell 'rhal we were 'rwo againsl 'rhe world. She was looking very lovely when I Iell her, I-Ier eyes were cool and brighf like dislanl snow, She had found a Frenchman on Ihe Riviera, And wanied me 'ro be 'rhe Iirsi 'Io know. I-Ier dress was Iighi and +wirled aboui her ankles, As she danced and laughed, a vision all in while, She was cool and 'rranquil as +he summer shadows, And I knew my hearl was broken on 'lhal nighi. I 'rook her hand and gave her +o The Frenchman, Wished her luck, and 'fried my besl +o smile, She laughed and +hen lorgol she'd ever loved me, Bul' she kepl my 'Foolish love a long, long while. I remembered lhen Ihe clover and +he daisies, When I saw her hair so sleek and carefully curled, And I, al +wen'Iy, haled her for leaving Ivie alone, iusi one againsl 'Ihe world. 84 PEPPER PCT

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f' s.7Gi 'f' W'P5fW: 7'.9i'ff'f'7'fm, 5'n 3 ' A-' QE7fw.q..lse,E,3-4,5 'ra-if . V' A, ., , - W A A A , - She was looking very sad when lasf l saw her, Her eyes had only loneliness To show, She had found +ha+ life could have a bi'r+er meaning, Bu+ l knew 'rhaf she would never lei' me know. Her dress was black and simple for her shopping, Her hair was almosl whi+e insfead of gold, She looked 'lired and broken in 'lhe cify sunshine, . Bur she made my hearl' beal fasfer as of old. l 'rook her hand and asked abou? her Frenchman. We 'ralked awhile, noi saying whal' we meanf, l hurried on, buf knew l'd always love her, And l +hink she lurned +o wafch me as I wenf. I remembered 'I'hen fhe day she leff me, And, fur+her back, +he daisies on her curls. And I, a+ six1'y. suddenly fell older. And wondered a+ 'l'he sfrangeness of 'lhe world. SNS SONNET Lei' noi l'he palienl 'fillers of 'rhe soil Turn envious eyes +oward +he ci1'y crowd, Nor seek +o ease fheir backs from hones+ 'roil. And leave +he 'lields 'rheir anceslors have plowed. Bul' lei lhem planl +heir envy in 'lhe land, And dig +heir furrows deep info +he dus'r, To fill +he ci+y people's hungry hand Wi+h fruifs of a confenied, simpler +rus+. 1 And lei' iheir greed be only for 'rhe sun. Whose smiling gold shall be a beHer wealfh. And may fhey keep 1'heir herifage-'Hs one Which gives +heir simple souls and bodies healfh. Thai' from fheir seed +his weary world may reap A wisdom and a peace lhai' i+ may keep. 85 lallkll '1 VII A iww A Xu 51,13 fr i .. l j .V -,Say 1 J' 5 I, :VL,lf,,,- 1 K K, 4- H - lv -,'- -,if , -. gs fr '.' X s -'nw - .M ..,, ,ll3l. .o 'WWW P