Show EXILE mine aline the lonely way the unworn path and mourning winds that play on strings to before mine aline the aching heart for none can love a spirit silent and apart standing beyond the door mine the weary breast where children lie briefly tenderly to rest and then I 1 weep for they are there no more mine aline the scornful mind that severs me contemptuously forever from my kind I 1 hear as from afar gay music come I 1 stand apart and beat my lonely drum jessie J dalton springville Spring ville utah is our singer in today s column she is young attractive and very clever dramatics is a natural talent with her and colors her verse there is a freshness of form and pattern to her work that very many people labor a lifetime to achieve she has published in most of the state magazines in portland oregonian oregonians Ore gonian and numerous eastern anthologies she is a member of the provo chapter league of utah writers and won honorable mention for her poem clothesline clothes line symphony in edith Cherring tons poetry contest at the writers roundup in ogden utah last week she is married to oliver dalton and has three husky boys to keep her alert and guessing in the following poem there is a plaintive minor note that holds the heart and fires the imagination ANNA PRINCE REDD |