From Ethos, 1952.

What a great way to end a poem:

Then sit, Cat!

Like a plaster sister of the cat that

Owned the house

A million aeons of a sunslicked second

Before.

From Ethos, 1959.

From Unknown, 1940.

Irving Layton, quoted in The Martlet, 1965.

From Blue Stranger with Mosaic Background by Wayne Koestenbaum.

From Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan," in Flora Macdonald's 1935 yearbook.

"'The first sunrise / there is a cloud / like a cloud in a picture.' —Shusai."  From St. Joseph's 1972 yearbook.

This poem is a Googlewhack.  "Black stones a-blazing!  What shall Susan do?  Crack a dozen gray stones and make a little stew."  From St. Nicholas, 1886.

Here's a precursor to the Coen brothers' Raising Arizona, about a baby named after a state; the final line of the film concerns Utah: "If not Arizona, then a land not too far away, where all parents are strong and wise and capable and all children are happy and beloved. I don't know. Maybe it was Utah."  From Purple Parrot, 1923.

Great asterisk to mark the "poetic license."  This is the very first grammatical irregularity we've noticed that a yearbook editor was also aware of.  From Rhode Island State's 1907 yearbook.

"The days linger on through [sic] the halls are sealed speechless as though they were some hugh [sic] necropolis."  From Lenoir Rhyne's 1974 yearbook.

Thermometers have feelings, too.  From St. Nicholas, 1915.

This poem is a Googlewhack.  "My pretty glass tower's afire on top; t'will burn for three hours and then it will stop.  While it's afire my book shall be read.  But I'll put out the flame when I jump into bed."  From St. Nicholas, 1886.

From The Redwood magazine (Santa Clara), 1903.

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1916.

From Wizardry Gaiden: The Second Episode: Curse of the Ancient Emperor handbook.

It's a Googlewhack to this day: "To see how color flies through kaleidoscopic eyes, you must start the spinning gyre and consure each day in fire."  From Hollins' 1962 yearbook.

By Helene Coogan.  From Coraddi, 1931.

Two pronunciations of "row."  From Kansas State's 1907 yearbook.

From Woroni, 1983.