jay macpherson (b. 1931)
Ordinary People in the Last Days
The Marriage of Earth and Heaven
Phoenix
Abominable Snowman
The Fisherman
The Beauty of Job’s Daughters
101
102
102
103
103
104
david wevill (b. 1935)
The Birth of a Shark
I Think I Am Becoming Myself
A Legend
August
Diamonds
106
109
109
111
111
daryl hine (b. 1936)
A Bewilderment at the Entrance of the Fat Boy into Eden 115 Psyche 116 Patroclus Putting on the Armour of Achilles 118 Total Immersion 118 Summer Afternoon 119 An Adolescent 119
from Stilt Jack john thompson (1938‒1976)
eric ormsby (b. 1941)
Flamingos
Origins
The Caliph
Adages of a Grandmother from Hommage à Robert Melançon
123
128
130
130
131
133
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Modern Canadian Poets
