Bathed in dreamy haze, Night hangs low.
Transplanted trees seem natural,
Cloned houses seem like homes,
On this suburban street.
No traffic noise disturbs the Night.
Only footfalls on pavement
And the voice of a man talking to himself
On this suburban street.
No dogs barking nor birds singing, Even the children are tucked in bed, So peaceful is the Night
On this suburban street.
Happy and alone.
A rare combination.
The man forever walking
On this suburban street.
Kerry Lafferty
More Puns For Clio
By: Malcolm Gorrill
One day early in September, Clio - the typical UPEI sopho- more student - was browsing through the library when he no- ticed a new book on the shelves, entitled ‘A Study of Punography: The History of Puns Part II’. Clio grimaced. Last year he had read several bad puns in Part I of ‘The History of Puns’. Clio signed out the book, went to a study carrell, and began reading.
One chapter concerned puns uttered by students. Long ago a teacher worked al night for six straight days to prepare a test for her students. The night before the test, the teacher fell asleep at her desk, her face buried in her papers. The next night one pupil came home and told his parents, ‘I don’t know what was wrong with my teacher today. Her face was a study.’
One chapter was devoted to secular and religious conferences. one punster remarked that the church representatives at the Six- teenth Century Council of Worms must have been very ‘down to
earth’.
One chapter concerned auto- mobiles. Years ago a man took his car into a garage. This man wanted the muffler replaced and the exhaust system tuned up. That night the owner stopped in
to see if his car was finished. The mechanic said, ‘Yes Sir, your car is done. In fact, you could say
that it is completely exhausted!’
Another ter covered sports.
chap- A driver in a
cer race was low on fuel and was about to refill his car. Suddenly, a truck roared out of control on to the racetrack. The truck crashed and spilled its cargo. The race car driver slammed into a wall of dates, adding a new meaning to the phrase ‘pit stop’.
Another sports article con- cerned a baseball game in a sta- dium called Tyme. The home team was up 4- 3 in the bottom of the ninth inning. There were two men out with three on ase. The shortstop happened to e standing in a large crevice or niche in the ballfield. The batter drilled the ball right at the shortsop. That player jumped up and caught the ball. The home team was saved from defeat in the niche of Tyme.
Clio put down his book and shook his head. Those puns had been awful!’ He could not stand any more just then, and besides, he had to get ready for the first History Society meeting of the new year. Clio wondered what his second year at UPEI would be
American Poetry Association Contest
A trip to Hawaii for two is the new Grand Prize in the Amer- ican Poetry Association’s latest poetry contest. There is also a $1000.00 First Prize. In all, 152 poets will win $11,000 worth of prizes. Contest entry is free.
“Students have been winners in all our contests,” said Robert Nelson, the publisher for the As- sociation. “So I urge students to enter now. Later they may be too
At
the
busy with exams.”
Poets may send up to five po- ems, no more than 20 lines each, with name and address on each page to American Poetry Asso- ciation, Dept. CN-74, 250 A Potrero. Street, PO Box 1803, Santa Cruz, CA 95061.
Poems are judged on original- ity and sincerity. Every poem is also considered for publication.
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In the last six years the Amer- ican Poetry Association has spon- sored 27 contests and awarded $101,000 to 2,700 winning poets.
Poems postmarked by Decem- ber 31 are eligible to win. Prizes will be awarded by February 28, 1989.
For more information, contact Jennifer Manes (408) 429-1122. =
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