BULL FROM TUIRSTBULL
by Carol De Arment
There was big excitement in the
yoments locker room last Tuesday as
we all pushed toward the mirror to
admire our new gym suits. Ooh. Baby
blue, and so nice with my eyes.
Yes, this gym suit was a good
investment. It cost a fortune, but
only a small fortune. And every well
dressed woman should own several.
Barbra Streisand owns hundreds of
them, and uses them for knapsacks.
And they're so flattering. They
hide those unsightly ankles.
"Don't We look nice," beams Mrs.
Phys-Edwards as she runs fifty or
sixty laps around the gym.
We know we look ravishing.
Those guys who were laughing and
throwing billiard balls at us were
just teasing.
"Well, what do you want to do
today," queries Mr. Phys -Edwards.
"Play cards," I suggest hope-
fully.
. But something deep inside of
me just knows that she is going
to ask us to take a deep breath,
thereby swallowing our adenoids,
bend down on one knee while tell
ing stories about our best friends,
and thrust upward into a perfect
nose-dive through the basketball
hoop.
This, of course, I did per
fectly. But I was really in
trouble when she asked me to
After our exercises we decided
to have gladitorial combat and race:
I was the bookie, taking all bets of
Kudlak.
Next week we'll learn some
useful skill, like pole vaulting.
It's something every housewife shouY,
know, because it gets you out of the]
kitchen fast.
Dear Mother. I'm having a gym
dandy time, but I think I'm going t:
have a physical fit.
POETRY WORKSHOP
A poetry workshop has been stsi
in- Erie by Joyce Schwarz. This e&
is being made to help those interes
in poetry to develop an effective 1 :2,
style of their own through discussi
of each other's own work and explo4
of various techniques.
In th e first workshop Joyce s
how such mechanisms as metaphors c i
be built upon until th e final poel
no longer relies on just the imagd:
provokes but also the perception it
projects. Other techniques such 10
repetition which gives time for th 4
images to collect themselves, and
sustained images which become the
for later extention were illustrate:
by examples from modern poetry.
The workshop is conducted in ac:
informal, personal and constructive,
manner. If you are interested cone,
Jim Michell, Carol DeArm.ent on Mar: :
Jane Riney.