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Poems Listed Alphabetically by Name of Author A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y | Z ACORN, Milton (b. 1923): "Whale Poem" (1969/1975) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 408-409. Comment: Observation of dancing whales. ALGONKIAN: "Hunter's Song" IN: Colombo (1983), I, 25. ALISON, William Talbot: "O Amber Day, Amid the Autumn Gloom" IN: Carman, 169. Comment: Indian summer motif. ALLAN, Adam (1757-1823): "A Description of the Great Falls, of the River St. John, in the Province of New Brunswick" (1798) IN: Daymond & Monkman, I, 62-63. Comment: The river and falls excite the idea of danger in summer, and of beauty in winter. The poem reminds the modern reader of Edmund Burke's (1729-1797) notion of the sublime. ALLEN, Robert (b. 1911): "Meadow Flowers" IN: Harris, 23-25. Comment: Interest in flora. "Mole" IN: Harris, 17-18. Comment: Animal poem. Empathy. "The Newt's Song" IN: Harris, 17. Comment: Animal poem. AMABILE, George (b. 1936): "Prairie" IN: Cooley, 1-2. Duncan, 11-12. Comment: Essence of prairie well captured. Prairie understood as being constituted by words that lend themselves to its characterization. Compare this poem with John Newlove's ”The Prairie” (IN: Cooley, 237). ANGUS, Anne Margaret (b. 1901): "West Coast" IN: Creighton, 8. Comment: Topographical. ARMSTRONG, Jeannette: "First People" (1991) IN: Fife, 12-14; Platz et al., 131-132. "History Lesson" (1991) IN: Moses, 203-204; Platz et al., 224-225. ARNASON, David (b. 1940): "Marsh Burning" IN: Lenoski, 257-317. ATWOOD, Margaret (b. 1939): "Cyclops" IN: Litteljohn & Pearce, 114 Comment: Ecological awareness of human intruder? "The Immigrants" IN: Geddes/ Litteljohn & Pearce, 175-177. "Journey to the interior" IN: Newlove, 21-22. "November" IN: Atwood, 351. Comment: This is one of the many November poems that would be worth exploring. In this connection see also Francis Sparshott, "Three Seasons", IN: Atwood, 259-260. That poem has a November section, too. There is a kind of correspondence between the world within and without. "Procedures for Underground" (1970) IN: Brown & Bennett, II, 472-473; Daymond & Monkman, II, 634-635; Geddes/ Litteljohn & Pearce, 178-179. "Progressive Insanities of a Pioneer" IN: Brown & Bennett, II, 459-461; Geddes & Bruce, 170-175 Comment: Poem has been given much attention by literary critics. Key poem. "The Settlers" IN: Newlove, 22-23. AVISON, Margaret (b. 1918): "Snow" (1960) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 348. Comment: Sonnet set in China. Imagery suggests diverse patterns of meaning. |