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The first book of poetry published in Canada following the formation of the new Dominion of Canada in 1867 was Dreamland by Charles Mair (1868).. A group of poets now known as the "Confederation Poets", including Charles G. D. Roberts, Archibald Lampman, Bliss Carman, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell, came to prominence in the 1880s and 1890s.
Wong's poetry often addresses her relationship with land and local watersheds. Her poems show a close connection with nature and a support for local product, while expressing distaste for genetically modified foods. In forage, her poem 'the girl who ate rice almost every day' encourages the reader to look up Monsanto in the US patent database ...
Bruce Hunter was born in Calgary, Alberta.He is the author of ten books, seven of them poetry, as well as a collection of linked short stories and a novel.In 2010, his seventh book, Two O'Clock Creek - Poems New and Selected won the Acorn-Plantos Peoples' Poetry Award.
David Bromige (1933–2009), Canadian poet living in the United States since 1962; Nicole Brossard (born 1943), francophone poet and novelist; Audrey Alexandra Brown (1904–1998) Ronnie R. Brown (born 1946), United States-born living in Canada for most of her adult life; Colin Browne; Charles Tory Bruce (1906–1971), poet, journalist and ...
The poem won Pratt the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for poetry in 1952. [1] It is written in an epic style, where characters engage in both verbal and physical struggle. The poem also has a political context, illuminated by the debates between Prime Minister John A. Macdonald (for the railway) versus Edward Blake ...
These inspirational nature quotes from writers, artists, and conservationists will breathe sunshine and fresh air into your day. 60 nature quotes that capture the beauty of our earth Skip to main ...
He only remained in Canada briefly after becoming ill, but returned for good in 1847. For two or three years he conducted a private school at Brantford. [ 3 ] In 1855, while staying with James Sackville in Bewdley, Ontario , north of Port Hope , he received news from Ireland of his mother being terribly ill.
Her first book of poetry, Bear Bones & Feathers, won the Milton Acorn People's Poet Award in 1996. [2] Blue Marrow was nominated for the Pat Lowther First Book Award . [ 18 ] In 1998, Blue Marrow was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Poetry , [ 19 ] the Saskatoon Book Award, and the Saskatchewan Poetry Award. [ 20 ]