HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-12-22, Page 20What comes next
With university and college applications rapidly cirtulating
throughout the school, graduating students are confronted with
that all important decision of - what is the next step?
More than likely within a few months we will separate, go on
to different schools and meet new people, adopt the new life
styles and see everything in such a totally different light it will
probably amaze even us.
This will likely be a time of lormatory parties .and water fights,
new styles and city shopping, classes and frustrations. The
excitement of learning and interacting. The determination to
compete and win against the shiny steel-grey office buildings
and thousands of unknown, searching faces.
Something else will happen too; a time to go back: back home.
We have been expecting to 'leave and carefully preparing
ourselves for the changes, but how do you get ready to return?
Will we have to pretend nothing has happened? Try to hide our
"findings" to avoid rejection? And what do you do with the n ew
. feelings you experience upon returning when things seem so
miniature and sileht? .
What about "old friends"? The ones who have drifted apart;
both in locale and their way of thinking. When there is nothing to
say really? It's frightening.
I don't believe that you can ever really go back. Things
change, but not really, because actually it is you. There will be
an inevitable difference in what you see upon looking at your
home and family and that tiny cluttered room which you claimed
as your own a long time ago.
It's sad in a way.
Tit is sad that nothing stays the same for very long - but perhaps
just as pathetic is the fact that we want them -to.
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Tim Inkster
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(By Marilyn Congram)
To me, at least, those people
singled out in our Canadian
society as writers, of our history,
reflectors of our culture, symbol-
izers of our identity, or our lack of
it, appear abstract. They are
aloof. They are in some way
above us; for we represent their
heroes and their heroines; their
characters live in our setting; they
experience our experiences, and
they feel our feelings. And the
Canadian writer controls , them,
and so indirectly controls us.
Last Friday,• met a genuine
Canadian poet. Yes indeed, he is
for real; he has several books to
his credit, including Miss
Grundy, The Crown Prince Waits
for a Train, and Letters, his latest
work, The truly sad part is that
genuine though he may be, he is
not all that different from you and
I. Tim Inkster is a printer and a
poet from Erin, Ontario, about
forty miles southwest of Toronto.
As he explained to the students of
grade 12 and 13 English classes,
poetry is not so much a delightful
Editorial
ocenpation as it is a compulsion to
Write. Mr. Inkster explained that
to him, poetry was painful, but it
is a necessary part of his life.
After spending as much as a
twelve hour day at his printing
presses, he sits down to write
around eleven p.m., and if all
goes well, a poem will be
completed in a month,
Poetry was not his ambition.
Born in Montreal, he attended the
University of Toronto intending to
become an English teacher.
Through a series of events, he
wrote a short ,story about a
talented jazz musician who was
playing in bars around Toronto,
Through a friend, the story was
published in a school newspaper.
That was the beginning. Since
then, he has developed into a'
respected poet in Canadian
circles and a printer who has won'
several awards for his ' print
designs. When asked if he had a
favorite poet, he replied that he
enjoyed reading James Rean ey.
"The Porcupine Quill," the name
of his printing company, was
responsible for the• printed
posters for Reaney's acclaimed
play on the murder of the Black
Donneliys.
For most of us, Tim Inkster's
poems seem somewhat obscure.
He justified this by saying that to
"get something" from a poem, it
is not necessary to totally under-
stand every word. There are
many messages in a poem and the
reader may only identify with one
or' two of the images the poet
presents.
H1 themes run from death to
trains to a main symbol he uses in
several poeths "The raven." My
favorite poem is entitled "A Kind.
of Love Poem." The poem tells of
To live or
not to live
(By Julie King 12D)
One major social 'Problem
which must be dealt with
humanely and intelligently is
abortion. Lately, our neighbours,
the United States, were
confronted with this issue during
their recent presidential election.
Abortion on demand, has been
legal in the U.S. since 1972, and
now with the proabortion Demo-
crates holding power it is hard to
imagine the result.
Fortunately, our government
has not,followed suit. In Canada it
is legal for a ' woman to have an
abortion only if pregnancy would
or would be likely to endanger her
life or health.
Many young men and women
are becoming aware , of the
abortion issue and are ready to
strongly voice their opinions to
protect what is rightfully ours -
Life!
To live or not to live - which
would you prefer?
One of the most current topics
our society is "abortion on
demand." Once .abortion is legal-
ized then killing becomes "okay"
- except in some cases, of course.
For example, when Capital
Punishment was in effect, people
were being killed for crimes they
had committed. You say - so what
does that have to do with
abortion? 'Killing is killing. At
least the, ,murderer has had a
chance to defend himself and tell
the court why he thinks he's
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his encounter with •an old girl
friend who has changed greatly
since their last meeting. He felt
he had to 'write the poem to
explain why he couldn't talk to
her. .
,In any event ,Tim Inkster is an
interesting man. He faces the
crisis of fixing printing presses
without a mechanical mind; and
he copes with problems like
keeping warm in 'a house with no
insulation. But through his
poetry, he links himself to that
aloof group of people who write
about us, and try to explain our
character to us. He is a genuine
Canadian poet alright. To me, at
least.
Madill
Mirror
As people
everywhere
reverently
celebrate the
Birth of Christ
we pause and
give thanks for
His wondrous
teachings.
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