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- File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff…
- Date Range
- [1982 - 1984]
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 7
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- 5 / File
- Series
- II : Prose and research
- Reference Code
- M196 / II / 7
- Date Range
- [1982 - 1984]
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
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- File contains 8 pages of typed poems (photocopies) by Gordon Burles; includes 2 copies of “With Mr. Sanson” (one labeled “earlier version”), 2 copies of “Bill Peyto Old” (one labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “The Old Alpinist”, 1 copy of “Mrs. Stone Remembers”, 1 copy of “Lane Returns to Banff, 1918” (labeled “earlier version”), 1 copy of “Lane Johnson Returns to Banff, 1918”; dates on poems 1982-1984; poems are signed by author
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- File contains the following poems: 101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present 102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander 103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewan…
- Date Range
- 1986 - 1987
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 3
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Gordon Burles fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Series
- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 3
- Date Range
- 1986 - 1987
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
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- File contains the following poems: 101. The mining camp, 1986—subject: abandoned mining camp—original and revision present 102. For Katherine Mansfield, 1986, 1987—subject: author Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923), a New Zealander 103. Stewart Canyon, 1986—subject: Stewart Canyon, near Lake Minnewanka 104. Inglismaldie Creek, 1986—subject: creek flowing down from between Mt. Inglismaldie and Mt. Girouard; creek name is unofficial 105. Old Miss Hastings and the Rockies, 1986—subject: old age and nature 106. Poet’s night out, 1986—subject: poet 107. September dialogue, 1986—subject: love poem; later revised 108. At Bankhead, 1986—subject: Bankhead musings 109. Mountain awakening, 1986—subject: nature 110. To my wife, 1986—subject: love poem 111. A sunny day in October, 1986—subject: nature 112. Sleeping and waking, 1986—subject: sleep fantasy 113. Sundance Pass, 1986—subject: nature musings; original and revision present 114. The winter garden, 1986—subject: garden in winter—inspired by Cascade Gardens 115. The revelation, 1986—subject: nature musings 116. By Forty-Mile Creek, 1986—subject: love poem 117. Dawn judgment, 1986—subject: aged poet 118. The “Titanic”, 1986—subject: the shipwreck; revised later 119. The encounter, 1986—subject: poet’s father 120. The mountain traveler, 1986—subject: travel musings 121. Conrad Kain musing, 1986—subject: Conrad Kain 122. On Tunnel Mt. Drive, 1986—subject: childhood memory of Tunnel Mt. Drive 123. Winter near Fairholme, 1987—subject: musings near Fairholme Ranch site 124. Summit reverie in youth, 1987—subject: fantasy from Mt. Bourgeau 125. On Otter Street, 1987—subject: Otter Street musings 126. On the west road, 1987—subject: musings along Vermilion Lakes Road 127. After the movie, 1987—subject: memories of walking home from a movie with mother about 1956; movie was “Around the World in Eighty Days” 128. Changes, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 129. Chinook, 1987—subject: marital poem 130. Remembering, 1987—subject: memories of youth 131. After the “Titanic”, 1987—subject: lost love 132. Love story, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 133. The waterfall, 1987—subject: crane love poem 134. Mrs. Stone on the seventh day, 1987—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy 135. Early spring chinook, 1987—subject: chinook musings 136. Betrayal, 1987—subject: love lost 137. Dawn reverie, 1987—subject: dawn; rhyming poem 138. The flower of the deeper self, 1987—subject: nature musing; rhyming poem 139. The program tonight, 1987—subject: nonsense poem 140. Where Kathleen lives, 1987—subject: love poem 141. At the guest lodge, 1987—subject: guest lodge; revised later; inspired by Assiniboine Lodge 142. Blindness, 1987—subject: blind lady 143. At the cliff base, 1987—subject: climbing accident 144. Conquest on the meadow, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem 145. After the murder, 1987—subject: fantasy 146. Lover’s promise, 1987—subject: love poem 147. Love’s power, 1987—subject: love poem 148. Dream horse, 1987—subject: fantasy; rhyming poem 149. Our love, 1987—subject: love poem 150. September, 1987—subject: autumn musings
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- File contains the following poems: 401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings 403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback 404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge 405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nons…
- Date Range
- 1988
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 9
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- 5 / File
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- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 9
- Date Range
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
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- File contains the following poems: 401. On Edward Thomas, 1988—subject: based on English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917) 402. Reality, 1988—subject: rememberings 403. By a glade, 1988—subject: crossing a stream horseback 404. Near Skoki, 1988—winter near Skoki Lodge 405. Ectopia, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 406. Life’s logolithos, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 407. Against the night, 1988—subject: random musings 408. Cemetery, 1988—subject: children at a grave 409. A school for the heart, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 410. Moments alone, 1988—subject: mountain musings 411. A patchwork mausoleum, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 412. Soldier, 1988—subject: Saxon times 413. Melancholy, 1988—subject: nature fantasy 414. That breathless vision, 1988—subject: nature metaphor; original and revision present 415. Wigmore Creek, 1988—subject: based on ram’s horn suspended from small cliff just north of Wigmore Creek on the Cascade fire road 416. The old uncle, 1988—subject: based on story told of his uncle by Mac Moir, poet 417. Banff, 1900, 1988—subject: Victorian house imagined 418. Before dawn, 1988—subject: night musings 419. Now, dear Leander, 1988—subject: based on Bourgeau Lake 420. Mt. Brewster at night, 1988—subject: remembering attempted ascent of Mt. Brewster (northeast of Banff) in teenage years with Herb MacAulay 421. The knight, 1988—subject: nonsense poem in which Cemetery Tea House appears for the first time; original and revision present 422. The valley, 1988—subject: vision 423. The lynx, 1988—subject: vision based on Banff Springs Hotel 424. Saturday, 1988—subject: Saturday night 425. Waking, 1988—subject: cutting of birches; original and revision present 426. Schoolboy’s lament, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 427. Flowers for allosaurs, 1988—subject: nonsense poem based on early reptiles 428. Two friends, 1988—subject: based on author and Tor Brattland wandering around Bankhead 429. Near sunset, 1988—subject: musings based on Edward Thomas poem, “The Bridge” 430. Palliser Range, 1988—subject: musings based on Palliser Range seen from Banff 431. City, 1988—subject: vision of big city 432. In early May, 1988—subject: spring 433. Ballerina, 1988—subject: based on photo of Bea Lefroy seen in 1983 at her house on Buffalo Street, near cemetery; see poem # 41 434. Good morning, sir, 1988—subject: nonsense poem 435. What I saw, 1988—subject: interment, based on interment author witnessed in Old Banff Cemetery 436. Ambition, 1988—subject: wishful musings 437. Athenian girl, 1988—subject: imagining Greek statue 438. Vernal beauty, 1988—subject: spring evening 439. During the war, 1988—subject: Bill Peyto 440. Note to her, 1988—subject: author’s wedding in 1986; original and revision present 441. Fantasizing, 1988—subject: imagining success 442. Fairholme ridge, 1988—subject: musings 443. Hermione’s rodeo, 1988—subject: nonsense poem; original and two revisions present 444. Near Banff, 1946, 1988—subject: imagining young man hitchhiking to Calgary 445. The boulder, 1988—subject: quartzite boulder 446. Ordeal, 1988—subject: Mrs. Stone on Mt. Eon; see poems 134 and 43 447. Coelacanth, 1988—subject: “living fossil”, the coelacanth 448. The discovery, 1988—subject: finding fossil coelacanth 449. The cherry tree, 1988—subject: based on poster of cherry tree in blossom 450. Welcome back, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
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- File contains the following poems: 1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976 2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You a…
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1984
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 1
- Description Level
- 5 / File
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- Gordon Burles fonds
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- 5 / File
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- I : Poetry Manuscripts
- Reference Code
- M196 / I / 1
- Date Range
- 1970 - 1984
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
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- File contains the following poems: 1. The heron, 1970 – Subject: Nature. – Published in: Malahat Review, Number 20, October 1971; Around You Anthology, 1972 prize; Hints’n’prods Canadian Authors Association Magazine, 1976 2. When she walked by, 1970 – Subject: Love poem—published in Around You anothology, 1972 3. Biskobad changes, 1971 – Subject: Fantasy poem—published in Around You anthology, 1972 4. Striving stone, 1971 – Subject: Garden fantasy – published in Around You Anthology, 1972 5. The children on the hill, 1971- subject: fantasy- published in Around You Anthology, 1972 6. The old cabin, 1972—subject: backcountry—published in Crag and Canyon, unknown date 7. Vision for vision, 1972—subject: fantasy—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975 8. With her, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association , Calgary, 1976; revision and early version both present—published in Around You anthology, 1972 9. Rural roads, 1972—subject: love poem—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977 10. Bill Peyto alone, 1972—subject : Bill Peyto—published in : Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975; Canadian Alpine Journal, vol. 58, 1975; Western Profiles (textbook), Edmonton, 1979; Tales of the Canadian Rockies, Brian Patton ed., 1984 11. After the funeral, 1973—subject: love poem—published in Harbinger (OFY project), Calgary, 1973 12. Old Antophon remembers, 1973—subject: classical Greek—published in Storm Warning 2, ed. Al Purdy, 1975 13. A dream of moonlight, 1973—subject: fantasy—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Authors Association magazine, Calgary, 1976; Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974 14. Night and day, 1974—subject: backcountry fantasy—published in The Whole Apple, U of Calgary, 1974 15. The road home, 1974—subject: love poem 16. She goes away, 1974—subject: love poem—published in Storm Warning 2, Al Purdy ed., 1975; also in A Sense of Place (textbook), Edmonton, 1979 17. Love lesson, 1974—subject: love poem—Hon. Mention, Poets of Alberta contest, 1974 18. We sat here, 1975—subject: hiking 19. The hike, 1978—subject: hiking—published in Dandelion magazine, Calgary, 1977 20. Reunion, 1978—subject: love poem—published in : CVII, spring 1983; Writing the Terrain anthology, U of Calgary Press, 2005; printed as Reunion (for Eleonora) in Those Grand Poplars 21. Plato in the twilight, 1982—classical Greek—published in CVII, spring 1983 22. The horsemen, 1982—subject: backcountry—revised in 2003; both versions present 23. Funeral, 1982—subject: funeral 24. Bill Peyto old, 1982—subject: Bill Peyto 25. Spring, 1982—subject: Spring 26. Testament to a lover, 1982—subject: love poem 27. A promise of mountain days, 1982—subject: love of mountains—part of Exceptional Pass art show at Whyte Museum 1982; written for that show 28. Banff, 1982—subject: Banff area 29. After the concert, 1982—subject: experience in winter—revised before publication in Lords of Many Orchards, 2003 30. Mountain camp, 1982—subject: backcountry camping—written for Skyline Hikers competition after camp at Sunset Pass; got honourable mention 31. New love, 1982—subject: love poem 32. The wedding, 1982—subject: wedding fantasy—revised before self-publication later 33. Old age, 1982—subject: Helen Wells of Banff 34. Seeing Mt. Cascade from the Spray River, 1982-- subject: wilderness 35. Lane Johnson returns to Banff, 1919, 1983—subject: war veteran 36. With Mr. Sanson, 1983—subject: Norman Sanson 37. The old alpinist, 1983—subject: old alpinist—published in Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 58, 1975 38. Meeting a former love, 1983—subject: love poem 39. Among the poplars, 1983—subject: nature 40. Daybreak, 1983—subject: dawn 41. The ballerina, 1983—subject: death—inspired by photo in house of Bea Lefroy on Buffalo Street 42. The first snow, 1983—subject : nature—revised for self-publication later; both versions present 43. Mrs. Stone remembers, 1984—subject: Mt. Eon tragedy 44. Summer moments, 1984—subject: summer 45. Old Mrs. Wheeler’s garden, 1984, 1985—subject: old age—inspired by Walter Painter’s widow; revised many times 46. At the Banff Springs Hotel, 1984—subject: evening at Banff Springs Hotel 47. Plato dying, 1984—classical Greece 48. Snowfall, 1984—subject: evening in winter 49. The hermit, 1984—subject : the hermit of Johnson’s Lake 50. At the Chateau Lake Louise, 1984—subject: experience at Chateau Lake Louise
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