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The Bard’s 1st poem

In this April 1998 SR file photo, North Idaho College second baseman Al Bevacqua turns his head away from the impact and tags out CSI's Mike Gillies, who was trying to steal, in the first inning. The first poem that Tom Wobker/The Bard of Sherman Avenue wrote for either Huckleberries or my old Hot Potatoes columns targeted the NIC trustee decision to abandon baseball and other sports. (Jesse Tinsley/SR file photo)
In this April 1998 SR file photo, North Idaho College second baseman Al Bevacqua turns his head away from the impact and tags out CSI's Mike Gillies, who was trying to steal, in the first inning. The first poem that Tom Wobker/The Bard of Sherman Avenue wrote for either Huckleberries or my old Hot Potatoes columns targeted the NIC trustee decision to abandon baseball and other sports. (Jesse Tinsley/SR file photo)

As far as I know, this was the first rhyme provided to Huckleberries by The Bard of Sherman Avenue, on May 20, 2002. The Bard offered this ode to North Idaho College trustees in wake of their arbitrary decision to cut five sports programs to help balance the budget:

``To reign is pleasant as can be
In our fair realm at NIC,
Where we proclaim from regal throne
Which sports shall prosper as our own.
If nothing else, we know one thing:
It's very good to be the king.''

The Bard of Sherman Avenue



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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