Campanile

Dear  Mr Slusser,

Following is a poem that I wrote , when I was a graduate student ( Mech Eng ) at KU in 1956-58

During that period , it was also published in JayHawker

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Campanile,

Standing like a guard

Deaf , but not mute

I hear you speak

From dawn to dusk,

A word of vigil

To all the youth

At thy feet ;

The makers of the future

Theirs ,

And of this ailing world –

And as I listen

You speak the story

Of all those dead

In whose memory you stand ,

I wonder

What would they have to say ,

If they knew

That this world , to day

Is farther from the end

To which they fought ,

Than on the day

They were dead ;

And that this ,

You , O Campanile ,

Standing tall at KU campus ,

Serve but as a summon ,

To the 8 o’clock class

On M , W  and  F  !

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I got reminded of my very happy days at KU , while visiting KU web site

regards,

hemen  parekh

Mumbai , India

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