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   PAGE, Darren: "Dead Trees and Poisoned Water" IN: Canadian Chamber of Contemporary Poetry, 466. Comment: Harsh criticism of the ecological devastation of North America.   PAGE, P.K. (b. 1917): "Cook's Mountains" (1967) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 336. Comment: Appropriation of landscape by naming it.   "T-Bar" (1953, 1974) IN: Atwood, 185-186. Comment: Interesting poem containing many minute perceptions of electric cables fastened to t-bars, riding across the high mountains. What is the speaker's attitude? Bride and bridegroom figures introduced. Mystery and fascination.   "Stories of Snow" (1946) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 327-328. Comment: Reflection on the snow-motif in popular myth.   PAUL, Kevin (b. 1958): "A Pheasant on Deer Mountain" IN: Crozier, 136-137. Comment: Paul is a First-Nation American. Imaginative interaction with a pheasant.   PICKTHALL, Marjorie (1883-1923): "Quiet" (1922) IN: Sullivan, 37-38. Comment: A small poem in a reflective mood, the basic theme being nature as a reminder of mutability.   "Snow in April"(1927) IN: Daymond & Monkman, I, 459. Comment: Major theme is spring   POLSON, Don (b. 1934): "An April Lyric" IN: Forrie, 191. Comment: Spring motif.   "December Twilight" IN: Forrie, 192-193. Comment: Relates to natural environment, recording emotions and moods.   PRATT, E.J. (1882-1964): "Erosion" IN: Litteljohn & Pearce, 66. Comment: Landscape described as a woman's face on which earth-time has chiseled its sculpture.   "Newfoundland" (1923) IN: Gooch, 301-303. Comment: Topographical poem.   "The Precambrian Shield" (1952) IN: Atwood, 80-82; Grady, 17; Litteljohn & Pearce, 17; A.J.M. Smith (1968), 156-157. Comment:Uncanny feeling of ubiquitous threat. Precambrian Shield presented as though it had been given birth to by a monster. This text is important because it deals with Canada's geography.   "Sea-Gulls" (1932) IN: Litteljohn & Pearce, 141; Daymond & Monkman Vol. II, 12. Comment: Interprets, creates meaning. Relates sea-gulls to flowers.   "The Shark" (1923) IN: Atwood, 66; Daymond & Monkman Vol. II, 11. Comment: Exact phenomenological observation. One of many animal poems.   PRÉFONTAINE, Yves (b. 1937): "Country to Let" IN: Glassco, 238-239. Comment: Originally written in French. Transl. G.V. Downes. Correlation of the humans psyche and the landscape: "I am part of cry all around me/ stone with no language/ steep cliff/ bare blade in my winter heart"   "The River's Blood and Sap..." IN: Glassco, 239. Comment: Originally written in French. Transl. G.V. Downes. Poem of protest against the first peoples' deprivation: " ... I shall be ... a living flame whirled by the winds from tree to tree, until ... a whole forest is burning."   "The Harsh Country" IN: Glassco, 240. Comment: Originally written in French. Transl. G.V. Downes. Spiritual relationship with the land is reclaimed.   PURDY, Al (b. 1918): "Borderlands" (1976) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 373. Comment: Metophorical journey in a landscape covered by snow.   "The Country North of Belleville" (1965). IN: Atwood, 212-213; Brown & Bennett, II, 53-55; Daymond & Monkman, II, 365-367; Grady, 86-87; Litteljohn & Pearce, 86-87. Comment: Grasps the reality of the landscape. "This is the country of defeat", "meaningless sky". Poem worth exploring in some detail.   "Landscape" IN: Carman, 449-450. Comment: Complex emotional stance. Mystification of the landscape experience. Relativizes the human position in the world.   "Remains of an Indian Village" (1962) IN: Atwood, 208-209. Comment: Dealing with a white Canadian's interest in the culture of North America's First Nations. Imaginative reconstruction of a foregone lifestyle.   "Trees at the Arctic Circle" (1957) IN: Brown & Bennett, II, 55-56; Daymond & Monkman, II, 367-368; Litteljohn & Pearce, 188-189. Comment: Like all Purdy's poems, this one, too, would be worth studying more thoroughly.