Sir Adam Beck Secondary School - Lacedaemon Yearbook (London, Ontario Canada)

Page 76 text:

FIFTH REPORT ON GRIEVANCES By Gord Bagley Standing starkly On a darkened shore of despair. Watching, afraid and lustful; Time scumming towards eternal fires. Watching sadly, as the hills Of nothing scrape the cancered Brains of decay. Blindly I cry, while Curdled ears slither stealthily Past the meaning of oblivion. Walking silently, superficially, Laughing, at comical sighs of love; Staring at the claws of society Scratching into the cavernous depths Of what the world has meant. Listening, quietly crying At the cascading sounds Of anarchy and death. Watching, while they pour Filth onto the pornigraphic pumpkins That lie rotting on the borders of war. Tear ing tearfully, Flesh from the ravaged skeleton Of a tarnished eagle. Where has the glory gone? Apollo has deserted the Smelling gardens of God. The children are growing in the ways of Hell and Lucifer smiles. Standing starkly, deftly mute; Sounds are silence to my sodden ears. Downs of stoney Mondays in my mind, Outside, the great chase slackens on.

Page 75 text:

HAIKU i Haiku. • Haiku is a Japanese verse form, three lines. Because of its length it is very- compressed and expresses a i single thought to arouse ' a dis- jtinct emotion and suggest a ■ specific spiritual insight. It has [been said that a good haiku can I be written only in Japanese, but | we who have English as our ! native tongue try. yi Mg jL itt $» % HOKKU So short you whirled o ' er the heath Vanished And became the grass. Small toadstools growing in a circle around me. I wait for you there. From my windows I can see the mountains Today I shall not climb them. HAIKU 2 HAIKU 6 A long dress with lace Rustles as she passes by The lady is old. The dawn comes early Visits me in a golden dress And hurries off.

Page 77 text:

ATHLETICS OMO Pooh „ who H » OfcC oeO To B « KflrtG , wans STlU »T Trtt Sfti«or PLRCfc om rue top a 1 Trtf FoRfesr, v w«cTisiK»«. Jvm ,.