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Page 11 — FEATURES
Spelman Spotlight
November 3,1980
POETRY CORNER
Featuring Gregg H. Brown & Sincerae B. Smith
Towers In The Sky
By Sincerae B. Smith
Golden towers with minarets,
> In the clouds their eyes set.
Holy muezzin in jeweled robes.
Call with melody to their abode.
People of Muhammad’s land.
Stand up, rise up and all join hands.
Turn toward Mecca in the desert sun.
Thousands of heads bowed down as one
Traveling through teeming bazaars,
Sly young merchants sell painted jars.
They all smile with ivory white teeth,
Some are no better than a common thief.
Veiled women walk back to their tents,
Bedouin husbands are their hearts’ content.
Shepherds stand on sandy hills,
Their job is old, let it stand still.
Dark-eyed young men look at pretty girls,
Their mothers look at them and pull their curls.
Old men talk and say religious chants,
Sitting on Cairo’s streets in clean white pants.
You Are (Woman)
By Gregg H. Brown
You are woman,
You are queen,
You are African,
You are serene
You are warm,
You are kind,
You are sweet,
You are fine,
You are intimate,
You are sensitive,
You are fulfilling,
You are positive,
You are universal,
You are infinity,
You are eternal,
You are feminity,
You are gently,
You are angelic,
Yoy are sentimental,
You are mystic,
You are sharp,
You are chic
You are authentic,
You are unique
You are space,
You are time,
You are etheral,
You are divine,
You are spirit,
You are true,
You are love,
You are you.
Quiet fishermen on the Nile,
Pursuing fish and crocodile.
All these people stare in one direction,
Living in truth, complete prefection.
Those golden towers with minarets,
In the clouds their eyes set.
Holy muezzin in jeweled robes,
Call with melody to their abode.
Golden towers with minarets,
In the clouds their eyes set.
Holy muezzin in jeweled robes,
Call with melody to their abode.
People of Muhammad’s land,
Stand up, rise up and all join hands.
Turn toward Mecca in the desert sun,
Thousands of heads bowed down as one
Ebony Flower
By Gregg H. Brown
She is a black unfolding flower,
her love is her growing power,
She expresses life creatively
and her spirit lives eternally,
From deep inside her soul within
unknown truths she comprehends,
She’s a thought of peace crystallized,
the reflected image of believing eyes,
She illuminates mellow madness
like a drop of beauty immersed in sadness,
An innocent ebony flower of wisdom
encaged inside an impoverished prison,
But she speaks of a love that’s free
ever perpetuating “Ebony” purity,
With a peace of mind in a world absurd
her silent voice is often heard,
She has reached her rainbow’s end
and through time and space her love transcends,
For she is an Ebony Flower that blooms,
Deeply rooted in nature’s womb.
Class of '82 Brings
New Wave to Campus
By Lisha B. Brown
Feature Editor
The Ms. Junior Pageant for the 1980-
1981 term was entitled “New Wave for
the Eighties.” Never has a theme been
more fitting as the eight contestants,
dynamically introduced by junior Vemell
Kimborough, danced new wave style on
to the stage. Melanie Blocker, Bridgette
Boggan, Melanie Bradford, Lysa Hall,
Marilyn “Pucci” Hill, Pearl Davis, Letty
Hardy, Janessa Grady, and Catherine
Morse, dressed in elaborate outfits, daz
zled the audience with t-shirt dresses,
tights, and jerky new wave dance steps.
The contestants’ talent, which was all
included in a classroom skit entitled
“Life 351”, ranged from song to dramatic
reading to piano selections. After the
final question and answer period, the
audience was entertained by the group,
“Magic Dream” featuring Morehouse’s
keyboard master, Willie Greene. The
group has backed up singers such as At
lanta’s own new singing group, “Padre’s
Children” and fellow Spelmanite, Gret-
chen Gayle. Junior talent throughout the
pageant consisted of singing duo Sherne
Williams and Johnny Thompson, dancer
Alison Willis and comedian Greg Parks.
This entertaining evening was con
cluded with the announcement of Ms.
Junior and her court of 1980-1981. Ms.
Melanie Blocker was chosen for Ms.
Junior; her first runner up was Ms.
Melanie Bradford; and the second run
ner ups were Ms. Pearl Davis and Ms.
Lysa Hall.
We shall all commend the Junior
class of Morehouse for presenting a new
and innovative production to bring in the
80’s. Again, congratulations to the More
house class of ‘82. You have shown that
the junior class is definitely the high tide
of the “new wave” era.
"A Senior Spectacular"
Is
By LaRonda Morris
Feature Editor
The Ms. Senior Pageant held on Sep-
I tember 26,1980, in Martin Luther King
| Chapel was “A Senior Spectacular!” Mr.
Craig Marberry served as the Master of
Ceremonies which added a ray of light
I to the occasion. The gala event began
with an introduction followed by thirteen
segments and a conclusion with time
allotted to finally declare the queen and
her court.
The contestants were Myla Calhoun,
Vivian Fannings, Tanya Jones, Maria
Moffitt, Karen Pyles, Anita Reynolds,
Sheryl Sutton and Rahmelle Thompson.
Incorporated in the show was the view
ing of the contestants with their escorts,
two separate group talents, bathing suit
competition, formal wear and ques
tion/answer period. A last look at the
ladies was given in order that the seniors
Black Cat’s
could choose their queen and court
selectively.
During the entire show superb talent
was displayed by Lamar Alford, Barring
ton Books, Daryl Dixon, Mark Ford, An
thony Hawkins, William Liptrot, Sherry
Williams, Flemister & Co, Jazz En
semble, Jacobs School of Dance and the
Mellow Constituents.
Finally the time for crowning Ms.
Senior and her court arrived. After an
ticipation, hopes for friends, vague
guesses, and high expectations for the
winners, these three young ladies were
chosen to represent the senior class of
Morehouse 198L Ms. Karen Pyles, 2nd
attendant, Ms. Tanya Jones, 1st atten
dant, and Ms. Anita Reynolds reigns as
the queen.
This show performed by Morehouse
in conjunction with Spelman re-em
phasizes again that “the class of ‘81 is
doing it all the time.”