Cranford High School - Golden C Yearbook (Cranford, NJ)

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Ill Ill Il 'Glyn Spotlight Iago Thlrts Pour El Bram a Lllmr By CHRTS Som-:NsEN 31 CAwarded thlrd prlze 1n Natlonal Poetry Contest of the Scholastlc Magazmel I draw a tangent on the moon But 1t fades away too soon I draw an angle to a star But the dlstance IS too far Then I draw a llne rl ht through The mxddle of the mght to you Now It stays there very brlght Outshlnlng any starry lxght Suddenly I ind Im thrown Upon the ground all alone I DICK myself up from the ground And bl1nk1ng hard I look around tVery queer I thought to sa Belng here 1n th1S way! I gaze around w1th tlmld eyes From earth to trees and then to skles I find that I am standxng where Rows of corn stalks stlck the a1r All IS sxlent very st1ll Except my heartbeats thunder thrlll And then I see a star fall down Another leaves ltS mghtly crown Unt1l three fall to where I stav fAnd I had thought to get away? Then I hear pecullar sound H gh above the turrowed ground I look lnto the nolsy sky And thls the sxght that meets my eye The moon I se spI1t ln half I thlnk lt queer I try to lau h One half falls 1nto the fleld Very sllver Ilke a shleld The stars above thxs half move round Blazlng sky blazing ground They speed clrcles round the moon CIFCICS endmg all too soon Above my head I hear a hum The other half a pendulum Swmgs across the sky and back On a curvmg sllver track The mghts a clock to me T1ck1ng t1me etermty Stals are seconds burmng brlght In the txcklng of the nxght Then I chance to look around And see more stars upon the g ound Arranged 1n geometrlc plan FIQUTES never made by man Clrcles squares and dlflerent angles Structural shapes ln ha y tangles Then a searchlxght cut the mght W1th the sharpness of 1tS llght And 1n the space between the two I saw a vlslon all ln blue And I cr1 d aloud to see God standlng there ln front of me I-Ie stood there hke a flower sweet Nlght changed to a heavenly street And all around Hlm shone H1s Elory Just as you read ln Blble story Seven angels round Hlm stood Slngmg aloud of brotherhood Each one bore a shlnmg lxght Mak1ng gloom clear to my s1ght And there I saw ln front of me The fable of etern1ty All the pam and sorrow felt Touched my heart and left a welt All the Joy and gladness known Came to me wh1le all alone I bowed IH prayer to H1m above Asklng for H1s tender love I felt a glory enter m The llght that shmes eternally Somewhere a freight tra1n rattled past I knew the swht would end at last A cloud came down from up above Hlclvng the one who taught me love Llghtnmg sewed the sky to ether All the nlght was element weather The moon went up to where IC should And all the stars Alone I stood Beneath the sky and breathed a prayer To Hlm who thmketh everywhere God I thought IS xery good I would Jom I-hs brotherhood I would know the frlendless breed Help them serve them ln thelr need I would be a part of God Instead of human earthly sod I draw a tangent on the moon From October to next June I draw an angl from a star Wlshmg to be vthere you are And then I dravx a llne r1ght through The mlddle of the nlght to you Nou It stays there vers bl'lC'ht OUtSh1H1f1g any starry llght an 'f V U' 1 9 0 1 ' 1 Y . . . . . . I. III. 3 . . . y n ' , A 1 . . . i 1 ' 'gf . . . ' S J . . . . . . O . A. I II. . . , Y I n , . . , - . , Y, , , ' 2 . 3 . , . ' 7 J 1 . . . . ' . . v ' M L v 1 ,,. . . 9, Q . 1 . I , J , l Y . ' O .J 1 . . Y B . . U . . . .. , . O . . . U , J - - ' ,J 3 - .1 Y ' 1 1 . l , . 7 D 'T , . ' V - y , . Y - v K , I . J , - Y , , , - ' -- IV. ' V 5, ' . x 1 . A V Y M 1' ' , ' I . . Y . . . . 1 I . 1 . 4 ' , , ' ' ' J ', ul . ' 3, U ' - - , , - ' ' - L I J .. I LJ K' T .- dal null If

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The ,Spotlight l'nC1' Tl1l1't5'-Five m m Obnlg A 5711112111111 By THOMAS LINNENBRINK, '31 I am a shadow. A long shadow that sprawls over a new-decked earth. A shadow that has no orrgrn no pattern and I am the endrn rn myself I push eagerly through lazzrng clouds of Korean scent that flow from mottled banks of blossoms All rs quret here The sun peers back at hrs glrtterlnff tram as a grass carpet beneath the trees settles to outwatch some restln bees I am trred so trred of fallrnff across meadows rnto the gaspm brook and on to deepen forest dark I wrll res and be strll on the ffrass carpet under the May blossoms But I cannot for Sun sees and glowers' Gay trees are startled Blushrng petals fall shatterrngs of a Chlnese vase Therr pungencw IS so heaxy It chokes me' I am forced to go on I must on and on for I am a shadow A lon shadow that sprawls over fr n w decked earth A shadow that has no O11 rn no pattern and I am the eudmg rn myself -Mant 'KHBPE iliarnhrnpa 1Heard From Mx Bedl By HUGO DI Ff1B1o 31 By THoM1xs LINNENBRIINK patter patter The falntrng scent of dylng roses drrfts And falters drrp patter drrp Rarndrops fall on the flat roofs slantln roofs flat earth In the softened arr wh1ch has taken on a glow Of colors And the w anlng fragrance softly srnks and fades In the shadows heaped earth plowed earth upturned leaxes folded leaxes gr err d SXKZLQIYI leaxes How I would lrke to be a leaf sl epy wrth ramdrops talkrn therr tmx talk upon me drlpprnq so sleepX drrpprn so sleepx so leepx sleepr drrpprnff Leaxlng rn ms lonels heart rnftrtlculare Sorrows 11119 .mll llhlll I1 .U. , D . D 'U D . .1 D . h .U . f, 1 v' 4- ' t D ' ... -1 , . . H' ' , . . Q, . r c , , 3 - 1 1 ' 1 v Y 1 . - ,31 . ,4 .- 4 .U ., , D V , . I ,' Av 6 4 L Y V, 'Z 'e e 'Q.f ' D V 1' -' - .U . ., , s , Q. .U ,... l v rl r 'D T l I' a 1- lrl . ll