Six Toronto Poets

This collection of poetry features six poets living or working in Toronto, Canada, in the mid-1950s. As noted in poet Jay MacPherson’s introductory remarks, the poets represented in this recording do not constitute “a particular sub-group or tradition within … Canadian poetry, but a kind of cross-section of it.” The settings, themes, and approaches taken by the six are varied and resist easy categorization. Subjects range from memories of childhood, both real and imagined, to nature and reflections on Greek and Roman mythology. The text for all 63 poems is included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	Cotton Mather	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:46
102	Plunging Into	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:37
103	The Walk	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:33
104	The Saws Were Shrieking	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:35
105	The Snake Trying	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:32
106	Nox	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:37
107	The Spring	W.W. Eustace Ross	01:47
108	Catacombs	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:22
109	Gerard De Nerval	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:22
110	The Creek	W.W. Eustace Ross	00:47
111	White Water Lilly	W.W. Eustace Ross	01:12
112	Penelope	Anne Wilkinson	00:38
113	Nature Be Damned	Anne Wilkinson	03:24
114	In Praise of Burton	Anne Wilkinson	03:29
115	Lens	Anne Wilkinson	02:10
116	Noel	Anne Wilkinson	01:01
117	Tigers Know from Birth	Anne Wilkinson	00:50
118	The Pressure of Night	Anne Wilkinson	00:49
119	The Urge	Raymond Souster	00:31
120	The Six Quart Basket	Raymond Souster	00:15
121	The Rainbow	Raymond Souster	00:18
122	Downtown Corner News Stand	Raymond Souster	01:04
123	Rebirth	Raymond Souster	00:36
124	The Amusement Park	Raymond Souster	01:06
125	The Sleeper	Raymond Souster	00:24
126	The Creeper along the House Wall	Raymond Souster	00:38
127	The Top Hat	Raymond Souster	00:26
128	The Quarry	Raymond Souster	00:26
129	Flight of the Roller Coaster	Raymond Souster	00:59
130	Bridge Over the Don	Raymond Souster	00:53
131	Dark Angel	Raymond Souster	00:26
132	The Seller of Roses	Raymond Souster	00:47
133	The Full Gospel Mission	Raymond Souster	00:26
134	The Swing	Raymond Souster	00:25
135	The Child's Umbrella	Raymond Souster	00:17
136	Happy Birthday	Raymond Souster	00:16
137	Excerpt from work in progress	Margaret Avison	03:34
138	Our Working Day May Be Menaced	Margaret Avison	03:02
139	Tennis	Margaret Avison	00:54
140	Not the Sweet Cicely of Gerardes Herball	Margaret Avison	01:56
141	The Crow	James Reaney	00:35
142	The Heart and the Sun	James Reaney	01:48
143	Dark Lagoon	James Reaney	01:35
144	Klaxon	James Reaney	01:01
145	The Beauty of Miss Beatty	James Reaney	01:03
146	Lake Superior	James Reaney	00:43
147	The Katzenjammer Kids	James Reaney	01:15
148	Three Deadly Sins	James Reaney	01:57
149	The Fisherman: A Book of Riddles	Jay MacPherson	00:22
150	Storm	Jay MacPherson	01:04
151	Sun and Moon	Jay MacPherson	00:30
152	Whale	Jay MacPherson	00:37
153	Coral	Jay MacPherson	00:39
154	Mermaid	Jay MacPherson	00:28
155	Lung-Fish	Jay MacPherson	00:21
156	Egg	Jay MacPherson	00:28
157	Mandrake	Jay MacPherson	00:30
158	Phoenix	Jay MacPherson	00:42
159	Abominable Snowman	Jay MacPherson	00:54
160	Book	Jay MacPherson	01:00
161	Retina	Jay MacPherson	00:19
162	Reader	Jay MacPherson	00:32
163	The Fisherman	Jay MacPherson	01:14