A little stuck on the Lake District, England?



It blew me away!
Searched poetry.com
For some favourite
North American poets…

E. Pauline Johnson (next to nothing; brilliant aboriginal princess)
Al Purdy
Archibald Lampman* (decent listing but…)

Duncan Campbell Scott      https://youtu.be/l4OK47jrCe8

Irving Layton*** (nothing??? Some say Canada’s best)

Rienzi Crusz (a gentle personal acquaintance in my City)

Robert W. Service (minimal representation. The Klondike rhymer.)

Philip Levine (pulitzer prize, 1995)

Rod Mckuen

Leonard Cohen**

Robt. Penn Warren (pulitzer prize, Promises 1957; https://naturesode.blogspot.com/2022/09/chief-joseph-of-real-people-nez-perce.html.  )

Margaret Atwood (writer of The Handmaid’s Tale)

Michael Ondaatje.



Found so very little
What gives?


* I attach a link to a you tube video giving the poem, The Violinist by Lampman. What a name for a nature and inspirational poet…LAMPMAN. Rivals Wordsworth, methinks.

https://youtu.be/NqiRxyUc8hM

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** https://youtu.be/RF3SJerPG7g

https://youtu.be/Slo9oP5p36E

for leonard cohen

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http://histocall.blogspot.com/2022/08/tuning-in-irving-layton.html

About this poem

Good as they are, the old English poets cannot stand up on the pinnacle alone. The world is full of verse. And fine verse too…Wayne Blair https://canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca/canpoetry/index_poet_19th.htm

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Written on March 28, 2023

Submitted by dougb.19255 on March 28, 2023

Modified by dougb.19255 on March 28, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAB XAA B A A X X C C CX B X
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,123
Words 175
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1

Wayne Blair

Born in London. Graduated law 1976 Practised eleven years, Married Hilary 1974 Two kids Lauren 1980 And Jordan 1987. Business failed 1987. Moved not knowing whither. Happy hills of Waterloo Region. Mennonite Country. Thirty four years in Industry. No complaints. Poet, photographer, nature hiker. Harmonica busker. http://puffnchord7.blogspot.com/ more…

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