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Bishop’s University Library NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY CONSULTATION SUR PLACE The Mitre 2009 116 th Edition Bishop s University A literary tradition since 1893 LIBRARY Table of Contents Editor’s Note Chelsea Caillier- One, Two, Three............................ .... Cover Art Alexandra Eastland All the World’s Your Oyster... Leela Holt - Leaky faucet............................. 6 Many thanks go out to the people who helped and guided me into putting Claire Hefferon - Jingle Jangle Morning... 6 together this year's Mitre. I am deeply appreciative of all your support! Christopher Brandon - Entitled (Poem #1). 7 Michael Cestnik Untitled (Photo). 7 Frank Willdig- Fireflies ..., 8 Shawn Malley- thank you for asking me to be editor, and for your Michelle Barker Bonfire of Regrets .......................... .. 9 confidence in me. I've been dying for this opportunity for a long time Sabrina Courtemanche-Nouadir Untitled (Photo #1). 9 and I owe it to you for giving me the chance to do this. Frank Willdig The Death of Elephenor 10 Eleanor Brown ~ thank you for your limitless effort handling all of the Carolyn Rowell - Sailing to Krakatoa ... 11 Anabel Collin Red Ribbon 12 Mitre PR. and for showing me the ropes. Dimitri Vouliouris Rhea in the Garden of Delights 14 Carolyn Rowell - thank you for your expertise and for your endless Frank Willdig The Summer Girls ............................. 15 encouragement. You have been a great friend to me throughout this pro Marjorie Bruhmuller- To the Listeners...................... 16 cess and beyond. Jesus Alejandro Martinez Untitled (Photo #1).. 17 Tim Doherty- thank you for walking me through the land of computer Julia Matamoros - Convergence .......................... 17 software, for helping me with the business end of printing, and for fine- Michelle Barker - Strip me........ ............. ............ 18 tuning this edition. You simplified my life, for which I am very grateful. Eleanor Gang - The Sybil of Cumae ...................... 19 Claire Hefferon - Portrait of a Lady ..... 22 The SRC - thank you for your cooperation and for supporting the con Elyssa Bouabid - Quand on aime il faut partir..... 22 tinuation of Bishop's longest-running, student-run journal. Leela Holt - A Sad Reality ...... 23 Michael Cestnik and Galen Brown - thank you for your assistance, Gordon Lambie - Going Home 23 and for your company. Alexandra Eastland Wild Roses............................... 24 Kathryns Owen - a very belated thank you for your cover art on the Lynsey Hachey - Scene One............ ... 25 front of the 2007 Mitre, entitled Sunflowers. Elyse Gagne Persephone's Meals 25 Eleanor Gang It seemed like a good idea at the time ..... .....26 Most of all - thank you to all the contributors who submitted their Chris Fraser - NIGHT OF THE WOLVES .... 28 poems, prose, photography and artwork. It was a wonderful pleasure to Chris Fraser - DEATH OF THE WOLVES .... ..... 30 receive your pieces and I hope this year's edition makes you proud of Chris Fraser - SPIRIT OF A WOLF................. ..... 32 what you've done! Dayna Lowe Dinner in the Suburbs 33 Galen Brown - Untitled (Photo #1) ........... 33 To all readers: Enjoy! Michael Cestnik - Cup #12.......................... 34 Christopher Brandon Untitled (Poem #2) 34 Brenda Hartwell - Now ................................ 35 Maria Meindl - The Bastion ........................ 36 Olivia Anastasia Arnaud Chelsea Caillier TV on the Radio 39 Editor, 2009 Jesus Alejandro Martinez - Untitled (Photo #2). 40 Andrew Collymore - Karma 40 Etienne Domingue - Tisha B’Av 41 Jesus Alejandro Martinez - Untitled (Photo #3). 41 Leela Holt - There Is a Hole in the Ceiling .... 42 Etienne Domingue - Echoes. A Grey Room ................................... Michael Cestnik - Wait...................................................................... Elyse Gagne - Caught ......................................... Chelsea Caillier - Dog Face ............................................................... Christopher Brandon Untitled (Poem #3)............... ...................... All the World's Your Oyster Alexandria Loughlin Lessons in the Garden.......................... .... Chester Michelmas ~ Plain ............................................... - Alexandra Eastland Marjorie Bruhmuller- Having a Beer with Winter Ellen Goldfinch pink**flamingo23 ................... Kathryne Owen - Collage .................... In the great scheme of ocean Gordon Lambie - Thomas in the Sky with Rewind ..................... Corey T. Toohey - Sorry, we're Lost ............ The grain meets a shell Elyssa Bouabid Laissez- moi partir je ne veux plus me rendre Open to willingness Etienne Domingue - PHONE CONFESSIONS............................. Corey T. Toohey - Sticks & Stones ................................................. —If unaware— Benjamin Wylie - Untitled (Poem)................................................... And fosters a beginning Claire Hefferon - Desolation Row ................................................... Frank Willdig Father and Son Visit............................................... Equally unprecedented Carolyn Rowell Heart up a Tree.................................................. Maximilien Roy - Lennoxville at Night ........................................ And unexpected. Alexandra Eastland ~ In the Garden of a City ..................... Given the environmental conditions Michelle Barker - A Modern Day Fairy Tale .............................. Dimitri Vouliouris - Cinderella at the Wedding She may very well be thrown aside Sabrina Courtemanche-Nouadir Untitled (Photo #2).................. By those who judge her value Taylor Evans - Thunderous Blows ............................................. ... Marjorie Bruhmuller - Horned Owl............................................... Or Etienne Domingue Whither?- ................. Gordon Lambie - Untitled (Photo).................................................. —Because there is always an alternative— Christopher Brandon - Untitled (Poem #4)................... Embraced by those who wear proudly Galen Brown - Untitled (Photo #2)........................................... ..... Kathryne Owen - Insight .............. .......... The jewels of another being. Dimitri Vouliouris - Urban Rasta ....................................... ........... Let Her show you, now; Elyse Gagne - Trivial..... ......................... Michael Cestnik - Places that aren't here..................................... The shell, the flesh, the pearl. Julia Matamoros - The Fish...................... Following life's purpose Chelsea Caillier - Massawippi ........................................................ Olivia Anastasia Arnaud - On that day.......................................... In their process Michelle Barker - Congratulations on the Purchase of Your New Dishwasher ..................................... —Imitation clearly a higher degree of beauty— Sabrina Courtemanche-Nouadir - Untitled (Photo #3).................. As our pearls are harvested for no good use Brenda Hartwell - Prince Charming ............ Chester Michelmas - Neatly packed .............................................. But sprawled legs limp, and too small a nose. Rachel Morgan From the Can to the Ghan, With A Little Empire In Between .................. Dayna Lowe - Where No One Knows............. 5 Leaky faucet Untitled — Christopher Brandon Leela Holt I have gotten over my fear of thunder a dribble, a drop, tick-tock, tick-tock waves upon circles outwardly drawn Maybe— She stammered out as She jumped up a dribble. a drop, then all is stopped reaching out Her hands grey clouds left behind fragments cringe at the thought heavy, just out of reach as if they might strike Her down remembering the sound of mistaken dribbles and drops at any given moment, as if She could fly in, into sound. i was the only witness to Her Ascent, unless you count the lake, brooding and omniscient—forever. Her reflection getting tiny as She rose. the cold grey light touched Her pale skin with the wind that played music in Her hair, the Thunder Clapped, Untitled Michael Cestnik and so Jingle Jangle Morning ~ Claire Hefferon did i. -7- Fireflies Bonfire of Regrets - Frank Willdig ~ Michelle Barker If you stacked your regrets A cloud in Cygnus is a wisp like a bonfire of white feathers obscuring Deneb; would you have the courage and an orange tint slivers the west to drop the match? as the crepuscular descends into night. Could you stand * beside the fire Twilight games are the hardest games with a mug of cocoa for children to stop playing: and someone playing guitar? but tonight, in this field, fireflies surprise Could you allow yourself in the humid summer air, to feel the warmth? and like swirling constellations these myriads emerge Could you keep from running flickering in the evening's warm embrace, into the fire and like stars of varying magnitudes, and gathering this silent, somewhat mystical display every flaming stick? enchants the children, who gather and stop. Untitled transfixed in wonder. ~ Sabrina Courtemanche-Nouadir 9 The Death of Elephenor Sailing to Krakatoa i.m. M.S.P. - Carolyn Rowell - Frank Willdig In the Sunda Strait In the Iliad in the waters between Java and Sumatra we sail— the enormous Elephenor the dark-skinned fishermen muttering what could be charms of protection was one of the first to die. or curses for these foreign tourists —to the shore of Anak Krakatoa. He fell by Agenor’s hand, the little son who has risen from the destruction of the last century between the Dardan Gates and now