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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 NELLIGAN, Émile (1849-1941): "Autumn Evenings" IN: Glassco, 43. Comment: Originally written in French. Transl. P.F. Widdows. Domesticated rural scene. "Evening Bells" IN: Glassco, 45. Comment: Originally written in French. Transl. P.F. Widdows. Focuses on "That evening countryside whose glow I see again". NEWLOVE, John (b. 1938): "The Double-Headed Snake" IN: Newlove, 160-161. Comment: An interesting poem manifesting a sophisticated response to the beauty and terror of the Prairies and Rockies: "but I/ remember plains and mountains, places/ I come from, places I adhere and live in." "In the Forest" IN: Litteljohn & Pearce, 111; Cooley, 218-219. Comment: The forest as a setting for nightmare. "The Prairie" IN: Cooley, 237. "Ride Off any Horizon" IN: Bowering, Vol. III, 237-241. Comment: Anti-nature poem. Respect for conventional responses to nature is denied. Worth discussing. NICHOL, bp (b. 1944): "Prologue: 1335 Comox" IN: Bowering, Vol. IV, 252-253. Comment: Poem about autumn. Unromantic. NOWLAN, Alden (1933-1983): "The Bull Moose" (1970) IN: Atwood, 299; Daymond & Monkman, II, 531-532; Grady, 253-254; Litteljohn & Pearce, 253-254. Comment: Animal poem. Worth exploring. "Canadian January Night" (1971) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 536. Comment: "this is a country/ where a man can die/ simply from being/ caught outside." "The Fresh-Ploughed Hill" (1967) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 535. Comment: A sower seen as "clawing/ at the earth". The episode could be interpreted symbolically. NUTTING, Leslie: "The First Generation" IN: Basmajian, 56-57. Comment: Awareness of the exploitation of the land. Sarcastic in tone? |