from In Hardy Country

1993

From: New And Collected Poems

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in hardy country – a fairy tale – riddle – still life – devil at the dance – the bogey man – solstice, outport childhood – uncle – peppermint rock – one fall night – outport christmas – on small island – boatman – caretaker – a day in ’45 – the dead boy – summerplace – abandoned outport – at western arm – dark morning – the mummer – the old man and the moon – figures from ancestral landscape – the bear – communion – evening, bareneed, conception bay – the watcher – the naked man – the widow and the butcher boy – peggy – marsh – vortex – cape shore woman – stage – top of the world – a consecration – in a small cove – the french shore man – bonfire night – the ballad of flora – in picasso’s “madman” – haiku (1) – haiku (2) – haiku (3) – haiku (4) – haiku (5) – on cuslett brook (1979) – edwardians (old photograph) – back road – the veteran (1) – the veteran (2) – wild geese – sandpiper – if sonnets were in fashion – “struggle into light”: a poem to john clare – alders – methodists – bitch – calling the children – daedalus – daedalus at garden wall – seabird – hide and seek

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Tom Dawe

Tom Dawe was born in long Pond/manuels, conception Bay, newfoundland. He has worked as a high-school teacher, professor of english, visual artist, editor, writer, and poet. He is the author of eighteen books, including poetry, fiction, dramatic script, folklore, and children’s literature.