The Essential Kenneth LeslieIn a career that spanned more than half a century, Kenneth Leslie published six books of poetry, including By Stubborn Stars, which won the Governor-General’s medal in 1938. He also created The Protestant, one of the more controversial political publications of the 1930s and ’40s, which earned him a national reputation in the United States as well as the unwanted attention of the FBI. ‘God’s Red Poet’ also produced a mass circulation anti-fascist comic book, and composed the words and music for ‘Cape Breton Lullaby’, a well-known popular song. Among his less successful ventures were a ‘Broadway’ musical, which collapsed in rehearsals, and a few dozen other songs which did not sell in Tin Pan Alley. |
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Open Lading | 11 |
New Song | 12 |
By Stubborn Stars | 13 |
Success | 27 |
The Preacher | 28 |
Halibut Cove Harvest | 29 |
The Hill Heart | 30 |
Lowlands | 45 |
Beauty Is Something You Can Weigh in Scales | 47 |
Cape Breton Lullaby | 48 |
Rorys Praise of Elspeth | 49 |
Jesus Thought Long | 50 |
Guide | 51 |
The Old | 52 |
Tasseled Thought | 53 |
The Word Had Need of Flesh | 31 |
Cobweb College | 32 |
Tea with the Professor | 38 |
Harlem Preacher | 39 |
The Candy Maker | 40 |
Windward Rock | 41 |
It Cannot Be Easy | 42 |
Sorrow Must Sing | 43 |
To My Father Drowned at | 44 |
Early Summer Storm | 54 |
Requiescam | 55 |
Lirs Daughter | 56 |
The Computer | 57 |
Last Sleep | 58 |
No Poem Is Ever Ended | 59 |
About Kenneth Leslie | 61 |
About Zachariah Wells | 63 |
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