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Six Toronto Poets

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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

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Cotton Mather W.W. Eustace Ross 0:46
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Plunging Into W.W. Eustace Ross 0:37
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The Walk W.W. Eustace Ross 0:33
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The Saw Were Shrieking W.W. Eustace Ross 0:35
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The Snake Trying W.W. Eustace Ross 0:32
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Nox W.W. Eustace Ross 0:37
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The Spring W.W. Eustace Ross 1:47
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Catacombs W.W. Eustace Ross 0:22
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Gerard De Nerval W.W. Eustace Ross 0:22
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The Creek W.W. Eustace Ross 0:47
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White Water Lilly W.W. Eustace Ross 1:12
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Penelope Anne Wilkinson 0:38
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Nature Be Damned Anne Wilkinson 3:24
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In Praise of Burton Anne Wilkinson 3:29
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Lens Anne Wilkinson 2:10
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Noel Anne Wilkinson 1:01
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Tigers Know from Birth Anne Wilkinson 0:50
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The Pressure of Night Anne Wilkinson 0:49
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The Urge Raymond Souster 0:31
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The Six Quart Basket Raymond Souster 0:15
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The Rainbow Raymond Souster 0:18
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Downtown Corner News Stand Raymond Souster 1:04
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Rebirth Raymond Souster 0:36
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The Amusement Park Raymond Souster 1:06
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The Sleeper Raymond Souster 0:24
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The Creeper Along the House Wall Raymond Souster 0:38
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The Top Hat Raymond Souster 0:26
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The Quarry Raymond Souster 0:26
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Flight of the Roller Coaster Raymond Souster 0:59
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Bridge Over the Don Raymond Souster 0:53
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Dark Angel Raymond Souster 0:26
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The Seller of Roses Raymond Souster 0:47
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The Full Gospel Mission Raymond Souster 0:26
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The Swing Raymond Souster 0:25
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The Child's Umbrella Raymond Souster 0:17
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Happy Birthday Raymond Souster 0:16
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Excerpt from work in progress Margaret Avison 3:34
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Our Working Day May be Menaced Margaret Avison 3:02
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Tennis Margaret Avison 0:54
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Not the Sweet Cicely of Gerardes Herball Margaret Avison 1:56
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The Crow James Reaney 0:35
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The Heart and the Sun James Reaney 1:48
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Dark Lagoon James Reaney 1:35
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Klaxon James Reaney 1:01
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The Beauty of Miss Beatty James Reaney 1:03
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Lake Superior James Reaney 0:43
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The Katzenjammer Kids James Reaney 1:15
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Three Deadly Sins James Reaney 1:57
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The Fisherman: a book of riddles Jay MacPherson 0:22
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Storm Jay MacPherson 1:04
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Sun and Moon Jay MacPherson 0:30
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Whale Jay MacPherson 0:37
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Coral Jay MacPherson 0:39
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Mermaid Jay MacPherson 0:28
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Lung-Fish Jay MacPherson 0:21
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Egg Jay MacPherson 0:28
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Mandrake Jay MacPherson 0:30
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Phoenix Jay MacPherson 0:42
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Abominable Snowman Jay MacPherson 0:54
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Book Jay MacPherson 1:00
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Retina Jay MacPherson 0:19
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Reader Jay MacPherson 0:32
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The Fisherman Jay MacPherson 1:14

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW09806, FL 9806

Year(s) Released

1958

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

Poetry

Country(s)

Canada

Credit(s)

Sam Gesser - Producer
 Ronald Clyne - Designer
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