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Pipkin Dedicates Poem
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WHEREAS, the motto of our State of North Carolina is Esse
Quan Videri: To Be Rather Than to Seem; and
WHEREAS, poetspossessthe rare capacity to recognize the real in
the apparent and to see beauty in the commonplace and to sing of
this in a way that warms our hearts and captures our imagination;
and
WHEREAS, The North Carolina Poetry Society, the Poetry
Council of North Carolina, numerous local organizations, schools
and colleges, and countless individuals are constantly engaged in
fostering this form of artistic expression, which was the first
performing art; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina has traditionally
encouraged such worthy endeavors, and it is fitting that we
recognize the contributions poets make to our lives;
THEREFORE, I proclaim October 15
POETRY DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA
each year during the remainder of my administration and commend
this observance to our citizens.
POEM FOR POETRY DAY 1970
Even if poets are born, not made,
those with tar upon their heels
and dogwood blossoms in their hair
are partly made by that wild beauty
which can break the spirit free
and send it climbing mountain peaks
that overlook six neighbor states,
descend to race wild ponies through
sea oats and blue salt air, smell the
watermelon scent of tasseled corn,
breakfast with bees on heady wines of
honeysuckle and crepe myrtle, then lie
upon one's back and chase fat cotton
clouds across the same kind sky that
welcomed pioneers to pause and taste
the region's hospitality, to whet their
skill and mettle on its back, to weave
its men and mountains into history
Here is sublimity and some to spare,
and we who love to sing have found a song. ~ John M. Pipkin
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THE GUILFORDIAN
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You Can Help Cut Pollution
"Thumb in It, ' a semi-regular
publication of the Blue Thumb
Record Company presents you
with the following list of pollu
tion cutting activities simple
enough for any one to perform.
YES, EVEN YOU can cut
down on pollution. Here are a
few suggestions that may hit my
head as 1 sit here typing this.
These are things we do.
1) use a low-phosphate deter
gent (Wisk, Trend, or small
company bio-degradable prod
ucts. Write Mr. Mustain, Dept. F,
P.O. Box 2247, Seal Beach, Ca.,
90740 for a catalogue.)
2) Don't buy a new car.
There are plenty of good used
ones. Get one with a small
engine, preferably foreign. VW
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buses are great. But boycott
Detroit. They're the most re
sponsible of all industries for air
pollution.
3) Put a brick in your toilet
tank. It'll flush just as well and
save water.
4) Buy bottled water. Write
your city water dept. and tell
them so.
5) Bring your own bag to the
store for shopping.
6) Avoid those plastic garbage
and trash bags. They won't
break down for 2000 years.
7) Use low-lead gas (forget
F-310. It's a shuck). Shell is
partly owned by Nether
lands; it is always good to
boycott American polluters.
8) Get a bicycle or small
motorcycle for local good
weather driving. It's fun, too.
9) Save bottles, aluminum
and tin cans. Return them to the
places below or check your
phone book fo r local scrap
centers.
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10) Try to live simpler.
Buying things you know you
don't really need (cosmetics,
cokes, any heavily advertised
products) contribute to the
excess production and drain on
our resources. You'll have to cut
down eventually anyway; get
used to it.
11) NO MORE THAN TWO
KJDS! Better, don't have any.
Adoption centers are full. If you
can get over the ego-tr4p of
continuing the genetic iine, you
can be equally happy raising a
kid who happened to come from
someone else. If we don't cut
the population quick, all other
problems will be academic.
12) Scream bloody murder.
Call up talk shows, write news
papers, congressmen, make
waves. You are the one that is
being systematically murdered;
you should be quite uptight
about it.
And educate yourself. Read
books like The Population Bomb
by Dr. Paul Erlich (and see the
interview ii> August Playboy).
Metropolitan papers, for the
most part, are not too interested
in saving the planet.