A Journey from
1944 to … Now
1995–96 School Year
Harmon Middle School
My last full year—incredible!
How swiftly time has flown.
But time exacts a fearsome toll—
I’m weary to the bone.
But I decide I will produce
A final 8th Grade Show.
I figure that is just about
The best way I can go.
The year soars by on golden wings—
My classes all are great.
And as the end approaches, I
Arrive at such a state
That nearly every single day
I find I am near tears—
I think about those students and
All those special years.
But I am in my fifties now—
Enough for Dr. Dyer!
I know the time is very near—
I know I must retire.
That fall I publish my first book—
An annotated guide
To London’s Call—it’s full of
pics.
I look through it with pride.*
*The Call of the Wild by Jack London
with an Illustrated Reader’s Companion (U of Oklahoma P, 1995).
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