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Page 64 Wynnum High and Intel-mediate School
A, or The Deserted Inverted V.
With any due apology to Wiljam Wardz-W^reo
For 1 have learned
To look on English not as in the hour
Of useless thought; but hearing oftentimes
The still, sad music of the inverted V,
Not harsh nor grating, but as pleasing to
The ear as any other. I have felt
A presence that disturbs me, with the rage
Of thwarted want, because the answer is
Inverted “E” and mine inverted “V”.
A club for its advancement we have formed,
And round the ocean and the living air
And the blue sky, and in the mind of man,
A revolution we shall instigate,
And for its right right bravely shall we fight
Until one glorious day shall dawn on earth
When all the world shall recognise its worth;
And “uh” instead of “err,” shall be the call
And my answer revered by one and all.
(By the Phonetics Phanatics, alias President and
Secretary of the Society for the Advancement of
The Inverted V.)
ALL DONATIONS WELCOMED.
To those who have not yet entered into the field of phonetics by
means fair or foul, let this be a grim and timely warning—DON’T ! !
MARGARET KERR,
GLENNIS MARTIN,
Form V.

Parody on R. Browning’s “Home Thoughts, From Abroad.”
Cadet's Thoughts, From a Camp
Oh, to be in Greenbank
Now that camp is here,
And whoever sleeps in Greenbank
Wakes, each morning, never fear,
By the strident blast from the lowest tent
Where the C.S.M. in the first was sent,
While the officers snore on the note of a sow
In Greenbank—now.
And after breakfast, when work follows,
And the officer yells at all us fellows.
Hark, where my dirty rifle left unclean
Stands out a mile and causes him to hover
Blessing and cursing—for the bent eye’s seen—
That’s the harsh truth; he shouts each word twice over
Lest we should think we ever could deceive him
With such a trivial whim.
And though the eyes look tough with angry yen,
All will be gay when whistle blows again
For slight relief, the little sarge takes over
—Far brighter than this ruddy thoughtless rover.
ALAN EVANS
Form VI,