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   WADDINGTON, Miriam (b. 1917): "Green World" (1945) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 340-341. Comment: Unrhymed sonnet. Symbolic self-transcendence of the green world theme.   "Green World Two" (1966) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 342-343. Comment: Continuation of "Green World". Ageing is associated with winter. The "green world" is saved as a mental presence.   WAH, Fred (b. 1939): "Breathe dust ..." (1981) IN: Atwood, 374-375. Comment: One of Wah's prose poems.   "Lardeau / Summer 1964" IN: Bowering, IV, 308-309. Comment: Implied protest against the romantic tradition.   "Outside It's Snowing" IN: Bowering, IV, 318. Comment: Writing against the convention. A young she-bear is cut up while it is snowing. Against the traditional associations of snowfall.   "The Plan of a Tree" IN: Bowering, IV, 312.   WAYMAN, Tom (b. 1945): "The Ecology of Place: For Paul Bryant and Benton Mackaye" (1973) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 709-710. Comment: Awareness of the ecological implications of settlement in North America. Mathematical conception of a tree.   WEIER, John: "The Common Loon" IN: D.B. Smith, 76-77. Comment: Bird-watching scene.   WEIS, Lyle: "Black Widow" IN: Forrie, 348. Comment: Animal poem.   "Hawk in the Snow" IN: Forrie, 249-250. Comment: Bird motif.   WETHERALD, Agnes Ethelwyn (1857-1940): "The Humming-bird" (1895) IN: Gerson & Davies, 315. Comment: Bird motif.   "June Apples" (1895) IN: Gerson & Davies, 315. Comment: Imaginative dialogue with growing apples.   "October" (1895) IN: Gerson & Davies, 314. Comment: Sonnet praising the Indian summer: "A storm of fiery leaves are out at play/ Around the lingering sunset of the wood."   "A Winter Picture" (1907) IN: Gerson & Davies, 316. Comment: The title explains what the small poem is about.   WHEATLEY, Patience: "Skywatchers" IN: D.B. Smith, 78-79. Comment: Eclipse of the sun.   WHIPPLE, George (b. 1927): "Indian Summer" IN: Forrie, 253. Comment: Seasonal motif.   WILKINSON, Anne (1910-1961): "Easter Sketches, Montreal" (1955) IN: Brown & Bennett, I, 528-529; Daymond & Monkman, II, 262-264. Comment: Religious feelings evoked by spring.   "The Great Winds" (1951) IN: Brown & Bennett, I, 526-527. Comment: Enlarges on the romantic correspondence between natural and mental phenomena.   "In June and Gentle Oven" (1955) IN: Atwood, 143-144; Brown & Bennett, I, 530. Comment: Love poem set in a landscape in June. Landscape not presented for its own sake.   "Nature Be Damned" (1957/1968) IN: Brown & Bennett, I, 531-532; Daymond & Monkman, II, 267-268. Comment: Poem reminiscent of William Blake's (1757-1827) Songs of Innocence.   "Poem in Three Parts" (1955) IN: Daymond & Monkman, II, 265-266. Comment: Ecological awareness of the evolution of life in terms of earth time.