Wymondham College Magazine 1972 (Amalgam)

THE EPICThere was this film director,the last of the Hollywood tradition,who decided he was going to makethe epic to end all epics .It had the most enormous budget,and the climax of the whole picturewas a scene which involved a tremendous battleand the burning of a whole village .It was costing a million dollars for the villageand all the thousands of extras employed,so they could only film it once .Taking no chances, the director set upthree cameras,and then started shooting the scene .The battle raged for over an hourand the village blazed magnificently .Until all that was left was some exhausted extrasand a pile of ashes .Excitedly the director approached the first camera-man,and discovered him in tears beside his camera ."Just as I was starting to shootan extra crashed into me and sent the camera toppling,"lie explained .So the film director went to the second camera-man,an expert with hundreds of films to his credit .He was looking as pale as a ghost, as he explainedsomehow he'd forgotten to put any film in his camera!The third camera was right at the top of a nearby hill,overlooking the village, raised on a scaffold .The director staggered up the hill, and crawled,exhausted, to the bottom of the tower and shouted,"Everything okay, Sam ?"Sam, a wizened veteran,with thirty years of experience behind him,looked down and shouted,"Fine, sir . Ready when you are ."The poet makes good use of all the words,As you will see,When and if you listen . And this are youPaying attention ."When we went to London last year, the sentriesStood tall and proud, nothing could disturb them .They were paying attention ."For preparation tonight, take this down ;`In your rough books write a poem on yourThoughts during this lesson' . You can do itQuite easily by taking snatches of conversation" .Oh dear! I can never write a poem, and what haveI been thinking? Think! What have I been thinking?Carol Clarkson (Year 3)Lesley Harbottle (Year 3)THOUGHTS DURING AN ENGLISH LESSON,AFTER READING"NAMING OF PARTS"Today we have poems of war ; yesterdayWe had "Julius Caesar" and tomorrow morningWe shall comment on our writing ; but todayWe have poems of war. The planesFly noisily overhead, but going where? Maybe home .On Friday we shall go home ."Listen carefully to this line . The poet