Al Purdy Quotes

   1918 - 2000

Canadian  poet.  Born  in  rural  Ontario,  he  settled  there  again after   some  years   away.  He  published  nearly   30  volumes  of poetry,   including  The  Cariboo   Horses   (1965),  The  Stone  Bird (1981) and To Paris NeverAgain: New Poems (1997).

This is the country of defeat.

1965  The Cariboo Horses,'The Country North of Belleville' (revised1972).

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They had their being once and left a place to stand on.

Al Purdy
— 1968  Poems forAll theAnnettes,'Roblin Mills' (revised1972).

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