The Essential Dorothy RobertsThough she lived most of her adult life in the eastern United States, Roberts’s poetry is rooted in the sights and sounds of her native New Brunswick. Her work exhibits a keen intelligence as well as a tough-minded tenderness, echoing the power and beauty of her beloved Maritime Canadian landscape and communicating her longing for the waterways and forests of her homeland. The Essential Poets Series presents the works of Canada’s most celebrated poets in a package that is beautiful, accessible and affordable. The Essential Dorothy Roberts is the seventeenth volume in the increasingly popular series. |
Contents
Foreword Songs for Swift Feet 1927 | 7 |
The Jungle | 11 |
Outburst of | 12 |
Dazzle | 13 |
Cold | 14 |
The Farm | 15 |
Veranda Spinsters | 16 |
A Dance with Peace | 17 |
Bus into Night | 22 |
Autumn Drive | 23 |
The Gorge | 24 |
House in the Past | 25 |
Rain Builds | 26 |
A Pattern | 27 |
Now That My Father | 28 |
Two Years | 29 |
A Son Enters Forestry | 18 |
Spokesman | 19 |
Companions 20 Private | 20 |
Early Morning | 21 |
Before Marriage | 30 |
Swimmer Returned | 31 |
Sisters | 32 |
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