โ Scribed by Howard White; Emma Skagen; Steven Heighton
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
"... without a doubt the greatest poet English Canada has ever produced."
--Dennis Lee
"A hundred years from now, one of the few Canadian poets whose work will still be read will be Al Purdy."
--Maclean's
Al Purdy (1918-2000), known as Canada's unofficial poet laureate, wrote poetry that anyone could read. Having come from working-class roots with little in terms of formal education, he wrote in a colloquial style and with a rowdy yet sensitive poetic persona that has captured the hearts of many. Purdy was exceptional in the attention he paid to the geography and history of Canada; rather than using his Canada Council grant to write from Europe like many of his contemporaries, he took a trip to Canada's Arctic where he wrote some of his most well-loved poems. His self-built A-frame in the Ontario township of Ameliasburgh also connected him to the land and history of that place, a literary legacy that lives on through the A-frame...
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