Minnesota State University Moorhead RED: a Repository of Digital Collections Convivio Student Publications Spring 1965 Convivio, volume 3, number 1, Spring (1965) Moorhead State College Follow this and additional works at: https://red.mnstate.edu/convivio Part of the Creative Writing Commons Recommended Citation Moorhead State College, "Convivio, volume 3, number 1, Spring (1965)" (1965). Convivio. 5. https://red.mnstate.edu/convivio/5 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Publications at RED: a Repository of Digital Collections. It has been accepted for inclusion in Convivio by an authorized administrator of RED: a Repository of Digital Collections. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CONVIV/0 Spring 1965 Volume III, Number 1 FICTION, POETRY, DRAMA, and ESSAYS by STUDENTS and FACULTY from MOORHEAD STATE COLLEGE Moorhead, Minnesota EDITORIAL BOARD John Whalen, Editor-in-Chief Dennis K . Lien, Associate Editor Richard Mikkelson Sylvia Paine FACULTY ADVISOR-Roland Dille COVER DESIGN-Roberta Erickson A FEELING OF THE DARK The sun stretches wide like an unborn dream the coldness of light clings to earth and to clouds a memory of warmth that will pass but stays fresh while the dead are still in their shrouds. The light disappears and the graves will be closed the wind makes one shiver aware of the cold a suicide urge of a jump in the dark but children will never be bold, While the darkness is heavy and closes one in and nobody's voice calls out in the night to the helpless who pray to the blind for a guide to show them the light. One tumbles and floats through a thick inky fog and signposts point every direction the ground disappears and depth becomes height like a drunken Dante's confection. The world's full of madness from everything made and people get lost and forget that the land gains a summer from things that are born. But wait, there's a light in the east. Here's my hand. phil skoda 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. STUDENT CONTRIBUTIONS: Phil Skoda Frontispiece: A Feelin g of the Dar k ................ 3 Gary Wolf Fall .............................................................................. 7 Nancy Berg Lov e i n the Rain So Still ...................................... 10 Oh Mad Girl .............................................................. 10 Poem ········································---- ································ 11 Deity ............................................................................ 12 False Dawn .. .............................................................. 12 Sto-rm ............... ......................................................... .. 13 Fun ................. ...... ................ ........•.............................. 14 See If You Can! ....................................................... 14 Words ......................... .................................................. 15 Death Song ...................•............................................ 15 Light ........................................................................, ... 16 When? ....................................... ................................. 16 Oh, Well ............................................. .......................... 18 Dennis K. Lien "Kingdoms Are Clay: " World-Spanning Imagery of Antony and Cleopatra ................ 19 Viola V. Rostad Tinfoil, Now Replaced ............................................ 22 Nancy Berg A Walking Shadow ................................................ 23 Daniel H . Holm An Overview of Bergsonian R eality in Music ·········-································----·· ······················ 27 Sam Brekke I Once Wal ked Through Fi elds ........................ 34 An April Poem: For Dean ········· ·······----················ 34 Ninegreen Dreams .................................................. 35 A Late-December Poem for a Gone- Away Friend ........................................................ 36 Dead of Winter : A January Poem ...................... 38 Fair Meeks Faust's Search .......................................................... 39 John Whalen One Sunday Morning ............................................ 42 John Manikowske A Discourse on Modern Art: Indiv idualism .... 43 5 Ruth Sheldon T he K eys Were M ore T han N otes to Him ...... 46 A T housand Rustling L eaves .............................. 4G Sunshine! .. ....................... .. ... .... ......... ......................... 46 "' Inspiration Came Quietly ........... ........... ................ 46 v It Sank Quietly ........................ ................................ 47 v Many Ways ,....... ........... ............... .. ............................. 48 'I T hose Words Cut Deeply --·· ·· ········ ························ 48 P. Forgive Me? ............................... .... ... .............. .......... 49 s Forgiveness ---· ················· ·· ···· ·· ··· ····· ·························· · 49 A Crushed H eart ..... .. .................................. ... .......... 49 Dennis K. Lien · "Find Out Moonshine:" An Analysis Qf Moon -Imagery in A Mid sum m e r Night's D1·eam ····················----··················· ···· ······· 50 Paul Skoda Ode to Genesis ..................... .. .. ............................... 53 Titles went Richard Leppert (Untitled S tory) ... .......... ......................................... 54 hands, pockets. Very. He could John Whalen Li Po, P oet of t he T'ang Dynasty ............ .. .. ... .... 59 faint crease brc throat. Ceremo: EyDi Davidson Attempt at Suicide .................. ... ...... .. .. ........... ........ 62 his knees. See That Window ....... .. ....................... .................... 62 Dover, Dov1 As a Century ................... .............. .............. .............. 62 Cchn:1g-chn Now I Wait for the Spring .................................. 62 again?" New Ameri T he Sky Feels S hiny ................. ........................... 62 Cchnng-chr I H ear Y ou Chanting ................ .... ........................ 63 Unreal lady She Got Married Next Year ... ... .......................... 63 It was rain First L ove ... .... .. ................. ......... ....... ........... .. ... ... ..... 63 polished the str· breath it put m Larry McCrank Nationalism-Our N ew R eligion? ................ .... .. 64 and soup and ci to stick . .. "Soup?" "Yes, plea. II. FACULTY CONTRIBUTIONS: Uncomfort~ droppings on hi T. J . Farnham On R evisions: Or What Professional His- "Your orde torians Really Do ................... ............................. 71 He pushed off his slacks o Marguerite H. Foster R eligion and the Humanities ......... ....................... 76 "Thank ym "May I sit 1 Ger ald J . Ippolito Saint Coriolanus ················---··· ····· ··· ··················· ····· 81 "No, no, ce He concent Stephen L. Wasby On a Christmas Concert in St. Paul's "They're n< Chapel ······································---- ······· ··· ········ ········ 85 "No, not t< America's Self-Image, the World, and the Political Process: A "T hink-Piece'' ........ 86 cheeks. "Do you w Catherine D. Rau " Al Cor Gentil" ........................................................ 90 "Yes, I (w: 6 tan Notes to Him ...... 46 Gary Wolf 'aves ............. ,......... .... .. 4G ............................ ,............ 46 "The violent, neat and practised skill I ................. , .. ..............•... 46 Was all he loved and all he learned; ......................................... 47 When he was hit, his body turned ······································ ··· 48 To clumsy dirt before it fell. I ...................................... 48 And what to say of him God knows . .......................................... 49 Such violence. And such repose." ......................................... 49 .......................................... 49 Richard Wilbur "Tywater" An Analysis Qf Midsummer ......................................... 50 FALL ......................................... 53 Titles went back past him to where large mirrors reflected ......................................... 54 hands, pockets. And among them he stood reverent and very still. Very. He could feel the roll of his collar on his neck. Not even a Dynasty ,...................... 59 faint crease broke that roll. He pinched his shirt together at the throat. Ceremoniously he checked the flawless slack of topcoat at ......................................... 62 his knees . ......................................... 62 Dover, Dover, Avon, Dell. .......................................... 62 Cchn:ng-chng. ring. "Than Kyoo." Voice cut foully. "Cawl .ng .................................. 62 again?" ......................................... 62 New American Library he took his place. his place . Cchnng-chng. my ring. 95¢. scratch . ................... .. .................... 63 Unreal lady and city. 'ear ............................. ... 63 It was raining a little outside. It sprayed on the awnings and ......................................... 63 polished the street. Restaurant looked like a hot, magical cave. The breath it put on the sidewalk drew him in, hotsmelling of sausage ~eligion? ...................... 64 and soup and cigars. Inside it was very close and the collar seemed to stick ... "Soup?" "Yes, plea.. " Uncomfortable rats ate his composure. Their legs plotted droppings on his emotional integument. Gilded hair-spines. 'rofessional His- "Your order, sir." ......................................... 71 He pushed off from his table and caught the correct yes break