A year ago Masters student Corrina Lobbezoo shared her poem “On the Excellencies of Dana Porter Library.” Now the Library is celebrating another one of her humourous and Library-inspired poems, “The Calm Before the Storm: Reflections on DP at the Start of a New Term.”
The Calm Before the Storm:
Reflections on DP at the Start of a New Term
‘Twas two weeks past Christmas but all through DP
Scarcely anyone stirred (except to buy coffee).
The students had crammed and labored over essays;
Though Term 2 has begun, they remain in a daze.
The staff waits, enjoying a little respite
For hordes of undergrads will soon surge into sight,
Start storming the library (which looks like a fortress),
Bearing coffee, assignments, laptops and stress.
The quiet lobby, the vacant seventh floor
Will soon be buzzing with scholars galore;
For midterms come quickly, assignments even faster;
DP collecting dust would signal disaster.
So back to old Porter, we will flock, we will flee,
Finding refuge in her walls to gain that degree.
Corrina Lobbezoo is currently working on a Masters in History at Waterloo. She has her Bachelor degree in History and Linguistics from McMaster University and has taught in China, as well as at Columbia International College in Hamilton.
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