1963 - Easter - Birkenhead Institute Old Boys

Smoking is a bad habit that once started cannot be stopped withoutmuch difficulty and expense. It is a slow painful way to suicidal deathand yet so many people enjoy indulging in it. Why? They think it calmsthe nerves: it does but it also dulls the brain and breeds infection in thelungs. Yet cigarettes are stilI smoked increasingly and always will beuntil something else, perhaps the tranquilliser tablet, takes over the roleof "nerve-calmers."AONFORM.thousand chop sticks in Tientsin,A thousand cranes all picking up tin,A thousand devils wallowing in sin,Don't equal 5A at making a din.BEATPOEMS.G. NEWBOLD, 5A.D. J. STEELS, 5*HE following short poems best reflect the thinking and feeling ofTthe Beat Generation.Poem A*UghOoh - h - h - h - h,Ee - e - e - e,Ow - w - w -w,Eh - h - h - h - h,Oy - y- y - y.This poem expresses all the sounds of pain uttered by mankind sincethe beginning of time.Poem B.I went out.Got some beer,Came right back,And, man -I went to bed.This poem represents the futile striving and ameness of man's dayto day meagre existence.Poem C.Howl!Scream!Rave!Rebel!Howl!Yell !Rant!Shout!Attack!This poem brilliantly captures the warm, lyric thinking that reflectsthe spirit of the Beat Generation.