CONTRIBUTORS the BROGUE ����������� ������������������ ���������������� ������������ ���������� ������������� �������������� ��������������� �������������� ��������������� ��������������� ����������� 8 VOLUME 2008 ��������������� ��������������� ���������� ����������� ���������������� ������������� ������������� ���������� ������������� ����������� ��������� ��������������� ������������ ���������������� ���������������� ������������� ������������ �������������� �������������� ������������ ������������� the BROGUE 2008 VOLUME 8 �������������������������� ������������������� the BROGUE The Creative Arts Journal of Belhaven College 2008 Volume 8 Editor Andrew Hedglin Associate Editors Martha Krystaponis Christina Miles Art Editor Adie Smith Editorial Staff Jennifer Beard Ashlee Davidson Mary Hallberg Nicole Lewallen Annabell Plush Sarah Swenson Rebecca Yantis Kaitlin de Graffenried Faculty Advisor Dr. Randall Smith Layout, Design & Printing Bryant Butler Harvey Dallas Printing & Graphics Cover Artwork The Harvest (Glass, wood, aluminum) Lee Cason T H E B R O G U E Brogue (brog), n. 1. a marked accent, esp. Irish or Scottish, when speaking English: a sweet lilt of brogue in her voice. 2. any strong regional accent. 3. a rough shoe of untanned leather, formerly worn in parts of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands. 2 CONTENTS Contents From the Editor ....................................................................................................................5 Interview with Howard Bahr ....................................................................................... 81-82 The Brogue Awards for Highschool and Undergraduate ................................................143 Student Awards and Publications ............................................................................ 144-146 Contributor Biographies .......................................................................................... 147-149 Belhaven College Information ........................................................................................150 POETRY Of Summer Rambles, Sarah Swenson ...................................................................................7 Peace, Tony Peacock ...........................................................................................................13 King’s Ransom, Brandon Whitlock ......................................................................................16 Poems About Everything Have Already Been Written, Stacy Nott ..................................17 Questions Unanswered, Kaelen Zirbel ................................................................................20 Cheap Thrills, Adie Smith ..................................................................................................21 Sour Isn’t Enough, Martha Krystaponis ..............................................................................28 Camaro, an Ode to My Past, Andrew Hedglin ...................................................................31 The Fishwife, Brandon Whitlock .........................................................................................39 Balboa Court, Jessica Bishop ...............................................................................................44 On a Half-pint of Belhaven’s Best, Addie Leak ..................................................................52 My Family Terrorist, Christina Miles ..................................................................................56 Postcard from July, Stacy Nott ............................................................................................57 Hooded, Martha Krystaponis ..............................................................................................65 April 4, New York, NY, Sarah Swenson ....................................................................... 68-69 The Holy Innocents, Howard Bahr ....................................................................................85 Pill Bottle of Memories, Rebecca Yantis ..............................................................................86 Mariafel’s Fascination with Hands, Martha Krystaponis ....................................................87 I Heart You, Christina Miles ...............................................................................................90 Edinburgh, Addie Leak .....................................................................................................100 Jacob, Katie Shelt ..............................................................................................................101 Worn, Jessica Bishop .........................................................................................................104 Friendship 7, Andrew Hedglin ..........................................................................................112 Independence, Nicole Lewallen ........................................................................................119 Dear Witch, Christina Miles .............................................................................................120 Sophisticated Nonsense, Kaelen Zirbel .............................................................................126 Doctor/Patient, Lea Schumacher ............................................................................... 129-130 Implications for a Silent Waiting Room, Adie Smith .......................................................134 Star Gazing, Christina Miles .............................................................................................137 FICTION Past Ingénue, Brandon Whitlock ................................................................................... 10-11 Seeing Red, Lea Schumacher ........................................................................................ 23-27 The Valentino Dress, Mary Hallberg ............................................................................ 61-64 The Aviator, Howard Bahr ........................................................................................... 83-84 3 T H E B R O G U E The Fisher Variable, Jerry Barlow ................................................................................ 91-98 Where Is Thy Sting? Sarah Swenson ........................................................................ 105-111 A Fife Fishery, Martha Krystaponis ........................................................................... 123-125 NONFICTION Another African Night, Ashlee Davidson ............................................................................6 Squirrel Chasers, Stacy Nott ............................................................................................. 8-9 My High-School Romance, Christina Miles ................................................................. 14-15 The Poor in Spirit, Sarah Swenson ............................................................................... 18-19 His Eye Is on the Sparrow, Brandon Whitlock .............................................................. 29-30 In the Summer When It Sizzles, Addie Leak ................................................................ 32-37 Success and Failure, Lydia Diers ................................................................................... 40-43 Tracing a Root to Lithuania, Martha Krystaponis ........................................................ 45-46 Can’t Keep It in a Camera, Andrew Hedglin ................................................................ 48-51 Ophidiophobia, Lea Schumacher .................................................................................. 53-55 Muscle Memory, Christina Miles .................................................................................. 59-60 Cleaning Closets, Adie Smith ....................................................................................... 66-67 Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season, Andrew Hedglin ......................................... 70-72 An Aphid Infestation, Lea Schumacher ....................................................................... 88-89 Picture Perfection, Christina Miles ........................................................................... 102-103 Birdsong, Addie Leak ................................................................................................ 113-117 A History of Ugly, Stacy Nott .................................................................................. 121-122 Good People, Andrew Hedglin .........................................................................................127 I Talk to Trumpeter Swans, Brandon Whitlock ......................................................... 131-133 Invisibility Cloak, Martha Krystaponis ..................................................................... 135-136 ARTWORK Viaje Lluvia, Megan Prosper ...............................................................................................12 Aftermath, Danielle Temple ................................................................................................22 Dauphin Island Afternoon, Andrew Hedglin .....................................................................38 There was a boy…, Stephen Delatte ....................................................................................47 Untitled, Frances Faulk ......................................................................................................58 No Face Phase, Mia Ortiz ...................................................................................................73 Michael, Tyler Tadlock ........................................................................................................74