This is Throwback Thursday #101. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to [email protected]. Thanks!
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Another Bill Allaway poem is our Throwback Thursday post for this week. Bill was the first chairman of ESCONI. He contributed more than a few poems for the newsletter over the years. My favorite is "Winter's Field Trip", which we posted in Throwback Thursday #30. This one is called "The Easy Way Out" and appeared in the December 1951 edition of the newsletter.
The Easy Way Out
When your mind is full of problems
And you're trying to relax -
When you're haunted by such goblins
As the annual income tax -
You will soon forget your troubles
If you write a little poem;
They will disappear like bubbles
In a puff of creamy foam.
First you think of Pterodactyl
Then you start to wonder why
Those peculiar ancient creatures
Without feathers, tried to fly.Then you think of Dinosaurs
With a brain so very small
As he lumbered 'round the mountains,
Why he tried to think at all
There are many other critters
In the prehistoric days
That would give a man the jitters
In a thousand different ways.
So you see it's very easy
To relax your weary mind
Just sit down and write a poem
It can be most any kind,W. H. Allaway
