Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem.…
ca. 36.5 cm textual records + 9 CD-R (textual records). -- 7 photographs : prints, negatives.
History / Biographical
James Gordon Burles, b.1949, is a poet, surveyor and civil servant at Banff, Alberta, Canada. A native of Banff, Burles is a student of the Canadian Rockies. In Burles' own words, much of his poetry is inspired by four environments: the life and history of Banff National Park, the town of Banff, the Okanagan Valley, and Calgary.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists mainly of poems by Gordon Burles, 1970-2017. Manuscripts contain about twenty-seven hundred poems, mainly in free verse, some with revisions. Poems are numbered in chronological order. About 2016 Burles stopped numbering each poem. The year of creation is indicated with each poem. Some poems pertain to mountain personalities such as Bill Peyto, Norman Sanson, Margaret Stone, Walter D. Wilcox, Walter J. Phillips, Conrad Kain, and Georgia Engelhard. Many are surrealist or nonsense poems and many deal with the Cemetery Tea House, an imaginary teahouse frequented by various characters.
Fonds consists of three series: I : Poetry Manuscripts; II : Prose and research; III: Digital typeset copies of published poems
Some poems deal with Burle's parents and family. The collection also holds fifty-three books and booklets, self-published by the author from 1984 to 2017. The books published from 2003 to 2017 contain all the poems which the author considers worth preserving. Some in one book have been revised in a later book. Some poems were revised more than once. The three books published in 1984, 1986, and 1990 are considered by the author as early works. Only the poems in those books that the author considered worth publishing have been republished in the 2003-2017 books. Names in the poem titles are usually made up.
Some titles are tongue-in-cheek. There were so many poems that the author resorted to names like "Portrait for Bertrand Clerihew-Guggenheim" to make it easier. Some titles, of course, are obviously connected to the content of the poem. Many titles were long enough to preclude the difficulty of getting the graphic designer to centre the title over the poem! Also included are manuscripts, research materials, articles, and notes etc. regarding Bill Peyto, the Copper Mountain Mine, Banff National Park museum, logging roads in the Johnson Lake area, and the Sanson-Bethune connection.
Photographs pertain to remains of hay rake and wagon in the Third Vermilion Lake area (1975) and remains of the Queen of the Hills Mine, above Silver City (1977).
CD-ROMS's contain typeset copies of manuscripts by Gordon Burles in Pagemaker, In Design and .pdf file formats. Manuscripts include "The Jagged Harmony," 2005, "An Avenue Without End," 2005, "That Perfect Elsewhere," n.d., "Much Like A Dream," 2004, "All the Universe of Sight," 2006, "Those Grand Poplars," 2004, "Lords of Many Orchards: Selected Best Poems of Gordon Burles," 2003, "That trellis of tombs: Further Selected Poems of Gordon Burles," 2004, "The Closing of Many Doors: More Poems by Gordon Burles," 2006.
II : Prose and research includes "Life story of James Gordon Burles," 2022
Notes
Books of poetry published by Gordon Burles are located in the Whyte Museum Archives Library 05.1/B92.
In 2018 Gordon Burles compiled a listing of the original poems that were edited and re-published. This list is in the M196 document file, and is also a PDF attached to the fonds level record
CD-ROMs contains Digital typeset copies of published poems by Gordon Burles, the following poems:
1. Lords of many orchards : selected best poems of Gordon Burles 2003 Oct
2. Those grand poplars : a later selection of poems of Gordon Burles 2004 June
3. That trellis of tombs : further selected poe…
CD-ROMs contains Digital typeset copies of published poems by Gordon Burles, the following poems:
1. Lords of many orchards : selected best poems of Gordon Burles 2003 Oct
2. Those grand poplars : a later selection of poems of Gordon Burles 2004 June
3. That trellis of tombs : further selected poems of Gordon Burles 2004 Mar
4. Much like a dream : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Jan
5. The jagged harmony : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Mar
6. An avenue without end : more poems by Gordon Burles 2005 Oct
7. All the universe of sight : more poems by Gordon Burles 2006 April
8. That perfect elsewhere : new poems and revisions by Gordon Burles 2006 Aug
9. The orchard of humanness 2006 Dec
10. The closing of many doors : more poems by Gordon Burles 2006 May
11. Pangs of yesterday : more poems 2007 July
12. Light and dark remain : more poems 2007 Mar
13. The logic of light and dark : new poems and old favourites 2007 Oct
14. The glory in a fossil: new poems and old favourites 2008 April
15. Laneways of humanness : new poems and revisions 2008 Feb
16. The joy of poetry : new works by Gordon Burles plus some favourites from other authors 2008 July
17. If there were gods : more poems 2008 Nov
18. The dolorous rain : some favourite Cemetery Tea House poems 2008 Sep
19. The sublimity of a gate : new poems and old favourites 2009 April
20. That tyrant sun : new poems and old favourites 2009 Dec
21. Music which lasts forever : more poems by Gordon Burles plus poems by Edward Thomas 2009 Feb
22. The universe of dreams : more poems 2009 Jan
23. An ammonite amid flowers : new poems and old favourites 2009 June
24. The poignancy of being : new poems and old favourites 2009 Oct
25. The lilies of the sea : new poems and old favourites 2010 Dec
26. Death will be his bailiwick: new poems and old favourites 2010 Feb
27. That venerable honeysuckle: new poems and old favourites 2010 May
28. World without end : new poem and revisions 2010 Nov
29. The mystery in experience : new poems and revisions 2010 Sep
30. Strange plenitudes : new poems and old favourites 2011 Jan
31. Lengthening shadows : new poems 2011 June
32. Halcyon summers : revisions and old favourites 2011 Mar
33. The furious plenitude : new poems and revisions 2011 Nov
34. Wreathed in sadness : new poems 2012 Apr
35. The magic of experience : new poems 2012 Aug
36. Love and malice spent : new poems and revision 2012 Jan
37. Steal moments from the gods : new poems and revision 2013 Jan
38. The teeming world : new poems 2013 Jun
39. Summer’s remnants : new poems 2014 Apr
40. The hornet in the orchard : new poems 2014 Jan
41. The adoration of reality : new poems 2014 Jun
42. Past where all roads end : new poems 2014 Nov
43. Grand unknowingness: new poems 2014 Sep
44. Lichens persist triumphant : new poems and revisions 2015 Aug
45. The eternity within us : new poems and revisions 2015 Dec
46. Open upon eternity : new poems 2015 Jun
47. That adjacent pony wall : new poems and revisions 2015 Mar
48. Extravagant love : new poems and revisions 2016 Jun
49. Timeless moments : new poems and revisions 2016 May
50. Fine weather predicted : new poems 2017 Jan
51. A View Into the Past 2017 Aug
52. Fleeting Summer 2018 Feb
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…
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
File contains the following poems:
51. Crossing the pass, 1984—subject: mountain experience—used as title poem in book self-published in 1986
52. Mt. Rundle twilight, 1984—subject: love poem
53. The old trail, 1984—subject: nature experience
54. In the winter forest, 1984—subject: nature experienc…
File contains the following poems:
51. Crossing the pass, 1984—subject: mountain experience—used as title poem in book self-published in 1986
52. Mt. Rundle twilight, 1984—subject: love poem
53. The old trail, 1984—subject: nature experience
54. In the winter forest, 1984—subject: nature experience in winter
55. Twilight, 1985—subject: mountain dusk
56. The meeting, 1985—subject: love poem
57. Night-time parting, 1985—“end of love” poem
58. Mrs. Lewthwaite’s summer, 1985—subject: Irene Lewthwaite, who lived 412 Muskrat St. in Banff—published in Hints ‘n’ Prods, Canadian Author’s Association publication, Calgary, 1985
59. Walter Wilcox in Paradise Valley, 1985—subject: Walter Wilcox in Paradise Valley
60. September hike, 1985—subject: love poem
61. The night road, 1985—subject: mountain experience at night—inspired by Tunnel Mt. Drive
62. A July walk, 1985—subject: hiking in summer
63. Exhortation, 1985—subject: mountain experience
64. Banff dawn, 1985—subject: dawn in Banff
65. The meadow, 1985—subject: nature
66. Elegy, 1985—subject: death
67. Autumn at Johnson’s Lake, 1985—subject: Johnson’s Lake
68. The aspens, 1985—subject: nature
69. Burial, 1985—subject: death—original and revision both present; revised again later
70. The unknown woman, 1985—subject: old photograph—inspired by old photo of lady atop Sulphur Mt.
71. Reflection, 1985—subject: philosophy of nature
72. Dusk, 1985—subject: dusk
73. Lost love, 1985—subject: love poem
74. The crocuses, 1985—subject: death—inspired by hike up Tunnel Mt. with mother when I was four
75. At the zoo, 1985—subject: afternoon at zoo
76. Walking home, 1985—subject: nature
77. Fossil-hunting, 1985—subject: finding fossils—revised later
78. Musings from Mt. Cascade, 1985—subject: nature and philosophy
79. The birches, 1985—subject: love poem—inspired by birches on Vermilion Lakes Road
80. Autumn requital, 1985—subject: writing poetry
81. Manifestation, 1985—subject: nature—original and revision present
82. Two lovers in spring, 1986—subject: love poem—inspired by my 1986 marriage
83. Walter Phillips’ last dream, 1986—subject: Walter Phillips
84. Near Boom Lake, 1986—subject: nature musings
85. Husband and wife, 1986—subject: love—inspired by photo of Ernest T. Seton and his wife
86. Hypocrisy, 1986—subject: human nature
87. Avant-garde artist, 1986—subject: artist—inspired by art show at Whyte Museum
88. Night adventure, 1986—subject: nature musings
89. For Conrad Kain, 1986—subject: Conrad Kain
90. Darkling meditation, 1986—subject: night musings
91. To Edward Thomas, 1986—subject: English poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917)
92. On the road to Sundance Canyon, 1986—subject: nature musings
93. The death of the deer, 1986—subject: death musings
94. Alone, 1986—subject: lost love
95. Summer dusk, 1986—subject: dusk
96. The stream, 1986—subject: nature musings
97. Famous thinker, 1986—subject: a neighbor of mine
98. Menthenuena, 1986—subject: fantasy inspired by trail to Castle Mt. Lookout
99. Autumn dawn, 1986—subject: nature
100. First love, 1986—subject: love poem
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…
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
File contains the following poems:
301. The honeysuckle, 1987—subject: based on honeysuckle in Kidney House yard at corner of Muskrat and Wolf streets in Banff
302. Autumn, 1987—subject: based on autumn hike along Panorama Ridge north of Taylor Lake
303. Aubade, 1987—subject: dawn song
304. For W…
File contains the following poems:
301. The honeysuckle, 1987—subject: based on honeysuckle in Kidney House yard at corner of Muskrat and Wolf streets in Banff
302. Autumn, 1987—subject: based on autumn hike along Panorama Ridge north of Taylor Lake
303. Aubade, 1987—subject: dawn song
304. For Will Durant, 1987—subject: poem for American philosopher and historian, Will Durant
305. Anticipation, 1987—subject: philosophical musings
306. Day of judgement, 1987—subject: philosophical poem
307. Memorial, 1987—subject: death
308. Snow and rock, 1987—subject: based on road built on back of Stoney Squaw mountain in the nineteen thirties toward proposed ski area on Stoney Squaw
309. Fantasy, 1987—subject: nature fantasy
310. To a lover, 1987—subject: death
311. Saurian shore,1987—subject: dinosaurs; original and revision present
312. What it was like, 1987—subject: author remembers his youth
313. From the Rundle trail, 1988—subject: musings from trail up Mt. Rundle
314. Fay, 1988—subject: poem for poet’s ex-wife; author was married in 1986 and divorced in 1987
315. Buried alive, 1988—subject: being buried alive
316. Calgary Dinosaur Park, 1962, 1988—subject: the Calgary Zoo had a park with dinosaur replicas which the author loved to visit
317. Milk River, 1964, 1988—subject: finding dinosaur bones where the Milk River crosses the American border
318. The great glacier, 1988—subject: a glacier
319. Chinese Market Garden, 1956—subject: remembering a visit to the Sun Green House at Anthracite
320. Tunnel Mt. Campground, 1988—subject: imagining father and son in the Tunnel Mt. Campground; original and revision present
321. Uptown, 1988—subject: love poem
322. On the road, 1988—subject: driving back to Banff from somewhere
323. Xenophon remembering, 1988—subject: ancient Greeks
324. The walkway, 1988—subject: imaginings based on Banff Springs Hotel
325. The affair, 1988—subject: imagining an affair
326. Garen pond, 1988—subject: musings on water
327. Proclamation, 1988—subject: imaginings
328. The search, 1988—subject: nature fantasy
329. A nothing day, 1988—subject: imagining love affair
330. On Mt. Cascade, 1988—subject: based on author’s glissading on spring snow on front of Mt. Cascade
331. Meditation, 1988—subject: time and death
332. English road, 1988—subject: imagining England
333. Otter Street, 1988—subject: summer
334. Storm Mt. ,1988—subject: imagining death of surveyor on Storm Mt.
335. Evening Star, 1988—subject: dusk
336. Cathedral, 1988—subject: imagining cathedral
337. Memorial Drive, 1988—subject: imagining lady living on Memorial Drive in Calgary
338. Imperial peace, 1988—subject: imagining Queen coming to early Cave and Basin
339. Wandering, 1988—subject: nature imaginings
340. Wolf Street, 1988—subject: morning around the Kidney House
341. Desire, 1988—subject: nature imaginings
342. Child with parents, 1988—subject: remembering a childhood visit to a lady east of Edmonton
343. A recent vision, 1988—subject: vision
344. The road, 1988—subject: two sisters night-walking
345. Ascent, 1988—subject: summiting
346. To Fay, 1988—subject: vision involving author’s ex-wife
347. The Manor House, 1988—subject: imaginings based on C.M. Walker house near author’s house on Muskrat Street
348. Remembering her, 1988—subject: love poem
349. To Fay, once more, 1988—subject: divorce
350. Titanothere, 1988—subject: musings on large Oligocene mammal
Notes
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File contains the following poems:
601. To be oneself, 1988—subject: vision
602. Carcinogen 3, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
603. Wednesday, 1988—subject: the moon
604. The serried ranks, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense vision; original and revision present
605. Do this for me, 1988—subject: nonsens…
File contains the following poems:
601. To be oneself, 1988—subject: vision
602. Carcinogen 3, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
603. Wednesday, 1988—subject: the moon
604. The serried ranks, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense vision; original and revision present
605. Do this for me, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
606. Papa, 1988—subject: family and love
607. Winter evening, 1988—subject: winter night
608. Ranger Creek, 1988—subject: nature and humanness
609. Those Levantine days, 1988—subject: vision in the Holy Land; original and revision present
610. Lydia, 1988—subject: a beautiful lady; this is the first appearance of Lydia who figures so prominently in the Cemetery Tea House poems
611. La vie metropolitaine, 1988—subject: big city vision
612. Epistle, 1988—subject: nonsense poem
613. Jurassic days, 1988—subject: time travel
614. Letter to her, 1988—subject: love poem
615. Dream-city, 1988—subject: unfamiliar city
616. West Summerland, 1988—subject: imagining West Summerland, British Columbia where the author’s cousin lived
617. December, 1988—subject: semi-nonsense poem
618. Night tryst, 1988—subject: love poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
619. In the lodge, 1988—subject: nature
620. Metropolis, 1988—subject: remembering married life
621. Winter, 1989—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
622. Life-soldier, 1989—subject: war in the city
623. Red Earth Creek, 1989—subject: imagining wood carvings along Red Earth Creek
624. Historica, 1989—subject: imagining ancient Alexandria
625. Anglican days, 1989—subject: imagining London, England
626. China, 1989—subject: vision in China
627. Dream-garden, 1989—underwater vision
628. Lady Bagnell, 1989—subject: aged lady
629. Huay, 1989—subject: imagining author’s ex-wife in Taiwan
630. The sixties, 1989—subject: imagining the nineteen-sixties
631. Adriana, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
632. A new tao, 1989—subject: loss
633. Wind-song, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
634. Allegiance to dreams, 1989—subject: dreams
635. Sad news, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense rhyming poem; original and revision present
636. Bankhead, 1989—subject: Bankhead musings
637. The Buntiad, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
638. Strolling late, 1989—subject: love poem
639. January, 1989—subject: musings from the Banff Springs Hotel
640. Dracula, 1989—subject: humorous poem; original and revision present
641. Cuthead Creek, 1989—subject: ram’s skull near Cuthead Creek
642. Reading philosophy, 1989—subject: wisdom
643. Good intentions, 1989—subject: musings based on Mt. Inglismaldie, climbed by the author and his brother in September of 1963
644. Humanness, 1989—subject: humanness
645. Welcome to Banff, 1989—subject: humorous poem
646. Bankhead visit, 1989—subject: vision at Bankhead
647. Warrior and wife, 1989—subject: end of a battle
648. Finality, 1989—subject: dying fox
649. Ode to Punkinhead, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
650. Being human, 1989—subject: vision of humanness
File contains the following poems:
801. November, 1989—subject: nature musings
802. Vision from a landfill, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
803. Relief, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
804. Le grand hotel, 1989—subject: based on the Chateau Lake Louise
805. Sally, 1989…
File contains the following poems:
801. November, 1989—subject: nature musings
802. Vision from a landfill, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
803. Relief, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem based on Chateau Lake Louise
804. Le grand hotel, 1989—subject: based on the Chateau Lake Louise
805. Sally, 1989—subject: semi-surreal poem
806. Fern, 1989—subject: based on Fern Brewster
807. Steve, 1989—subject: portrait of a logger
808. Nightfall, 1989—subject: nightfall in the forest
809. Banff dream, 1989—subject: based on Cave Avenue
810. Anticipation, 1989—subject: author’s death
811. Somewhere in Attica, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
812. Cleanthes expostulates, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
813. For Anya, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
814. Sunday afternoon, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
815. An evening out, 1989—subject: based on the author’s evening out in the Caboose lounge
816. Deleterium, 1989—subject: surrealist poem; original and addendum present
817. After an outing, 1989—subject: author’s aloneness
818. Just one more palimpsest, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
819. Carotte, 1989—subject: nonsense poem; original and revision present
820. Rundle trail, 1989—based on trail up Mt. Rundle
821. On the south slope, 1989—subject: Plato
822. Piche Peak, 1989—subject: based on Mount Peechee
823. Habeas corpus, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
824. Epiphany, 1989—subject: Nature
825. November dream, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
826. Egypt, 1989—subject: vision of Egypt
827. Ancient days, 1989—subject: semi-surrealist poem
828. Sacrament, 1989—subject: vision of a temple
829. West road follies, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
830. Life’s like that, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
831. Such as it is, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
832. Aegean days, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
833. Isabel, 1989—subject: based on Isabel Brewster
834. Meditation in a canyon, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
835. In a ravine, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
836. In Fairholme’s shadow, 1989—subject: based on garden at Anthracite
837. The temple, 1989—subject: based on the Banff Springs Hotel
838. Hieroclus, 1989—subject: ancient Greece
839. One more hurrah, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
840. Home, 1989—subject: coming home
841. By the lake, 1989—subject: Lake Minnewanka; original and revision present
842. Monday, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
843. Ripeness is all, 1989—subject: Cemetery Tea House; original and 2 revision copies present
844. Soldier-poet, 1989—subject: Edward Thomas, English poet (1878-1917)
845. The canyon, 1989—subject: semi-nonsense poem
846. Bow Valley cadenza, 1989—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
847. Lewis Crescent, 1989—subject: surrealist poem
848. Murk, 1989—subject: nonsense poem
849. Museum days, 1990—subject: semi-nonsense poem
850. The refuge, 1990—subject: alpine retreat
File contains the following poems:
2551. Tableau of April for Eleanor, 2009—subject: old age
2552. Memoir for Kathleen, Annie, and Mary, 2009—subject: city at night
2553. End of a love affair, 2009—subject: city at night
2554. Meditation in spring, 2009—subject: based on flagstone path at author’s…
File contains the following poems:
2551. Tableau of April for Eleanor, 2009—subject: old age
2552. Memoir for Kathleen, Annie, and Mary, 2009—subject: city at night
2553. End of a love affair, 2009—subject: city at night
2554. Meditation in spring, 2009—subject: based on flagstone path at author’s house
2555. Incident in late May, 2009—subject: based on meeting with Reg Hope
2556. Poem in spring for Lucinda Mayhope, 2009—subject: semi-surrealist poem
2557. We are etched upon darkness, 2009—subject: Night Council; city at night
2558. A Banff moment, 2009—subject: based on incident in Banff coffee shop
2559. Tableau for Kiristelle in autumn, 2009—subject: based on Okanagan Lake
2560. Tableau for Sandra Mortenson, 2009—subject: spring
2561. Letter to Kristelle Upton, 2009—subject: cemetery
2562. Memoir for Huay Tsin Tsu, 2009—subject: based on Okanagan Lake
2563. Tableau for Christabel, 2009—subject: Reverend Jellicoe; unnumbered revision is included here
2564. Letter to Huay, 2009—subject: collage-like poem
2565. Memoir of October, 2009—subject: Lydia and cemetery
2566. Another letter to Huay Tsin,2009—subject: Mum’s wisdom
2567. Remembering Kathleen, 2009—subject: photo of Mum in album; revision without number is included here
2568. Winter incident, 2009—subject: shovelling snow and musing
2569. Portrait for Anya, 2010—subject: winter
2570. Incident for Katarina, 2010—subject: surrealist poem
2571. Immanuel Can’t, 2010—old philosopher
2572. Incident in late spring, 2010—subject: based on house on Buffalo Street; two unnumbered revisions are included here
2573. No abbreviated attire, 2010—subject: surrealist poem
2574. Tableau in late Spring, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House poem
2575. Portrait for Gisela, 2010—subject: city at night
2576. Tableau for Michelle Audet, 2010—subject: poet in garden
2577. Tableau for Augustine, 2010—subject: fossil shop
2578. Portrait of a sunny day, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House poem
2579. Tableau for Etherspear Dodgson, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2580. Narrative for Wallace, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House poem
2581. Experience in May, 2010—subject: spring; revision of earlier poem
2582. Hallowed be the night, 2010—subject: Reverend Jellicoe
2583. Tableau for Mayumi, 2010—subject: theodolite; Cemetery Tea House poem
2584. Incident for Mayumi and Wallace, 2010—subject: summer
2585. Corn-on-the-cob for Eckie, 2010—subject: nonsense poem; four unnumbered revision are included here
2586. Portrait for Persephone, 2010—subject: based on Summerland, B.C.
2587. Tableau for Lousandra, 2010—subject: Lydia, Myrmidon
2588. Tableau for Kathleen, 2010—subject: marquis travelling
2589. Portrait for Natalia, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2590. Tableau for Deirdre Wasserman, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revised later
2591. The kingdom of the free mind, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revised later
2592. Tableau for Jensen Hylake, 2010—subject: surrealist poem
2593. Portrait of morning for Hadrian, 2010—subject: road to cemetery
2594. Portrait for Lousandra Upham, 2010—subject: based on Park Museum
2595. Tableau for Nigel Westmacotte, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2596. Portrait for Hortensia, 2010—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2597. Penultimate tableau for Ouida, 2011—subject: autumn; four unnumbered revisions here
2598. Tableau for Madeleine, 2011—subject: based on Okanagan Lake
2599. Tableau for Anzia Black, 2011—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2600. Homage to the uncreated, 2011—subject: Helen Jellicoe’s funeral
File contains the following poems:
2601. Tableau for Huay Tsin, 2011—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
2602. Portrait for Sibyl, 2011—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2603. Memoir for Suzanne, 2011—subject: group of friends
2604. Tableau for Hilary, 2011—subject: Lydia
2605. Incident for Amanda, 2011—subject: …
File contains the following poems:
2601. Tableau for Huay Tsin, 2011—subject: Mt. Inglismaldie
2602. Portrait for Sibyl, 2011—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2603. Memoir for Suzanne, 2011—subject: group of friends
2604. Tableau for Hilary, 2011—subject: Lydia
2605. Incident for Amanda, 2011—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revision of earlier poem; three unnumbered revisions are included here
2606. Another portrait for Madeleine, 2011—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revised later
2607. Tableau for Jacinda, 2011—subject: shadowy bistro
2608. In Memoriam, 2012—subject: Mum and Dad
2609. Tableau for Veronique, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revised later
2610. Portrait for Lucinda, 2012—subject: Nocturnal Council
2611. Words of Lydia, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2612. Tableau of August, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2613. Tableau for Nathan, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2614. Portrait for Andrea, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2615. Tableau for Lynne, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2616. Portrait for Lathom, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2617. Tableau for Huinme, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2618. Motor on, Lucinda, 2012—subject: fossil shop
2619. Tableau for Chehiro, 2012—subject: cabin, Myrmidon
2620. Portrait for Latimer Wesley, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2621. Lydia’s Tea House memories, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2622. Tableau for Sarah Upton, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2623. Hold ‘er, Newt, 2012—subject: semi-surrealist poem
2624. Portrait for Lousandra Weston, 2012—subject: Reverend Jellicoe
2625. Autumn twilight, 2012—subject: remembering mother
2626. Tableau for Nathan, 2012—subject: Lydia and the mason
2627. Tableau for Jackson Caulderwood, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2628. The fossil, 2012—subject: based on ammonite in rock shop at the Banff Springs Hotel
2629. Cemetery Tea House memories, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2630. Mum and the comet, 2012—subject: based on incident, watching comet with Mum
2631. Recollection of a day in June, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2632. A portrait for Mariko and Natsuko, 2012—subject: Cemetery Tea House; revision of earlier poem
2633. None need apply, 2012—subject: surrealist poem
2634. Vision for Kathleen, 2013—subject: city at night; revised later
2635. Incident for Katrin, 2013—subject: semi-surrealist poem
2636. Portrait for Charlotte, 2013—subject: Cemetery Tea House poem
2637. Portrait for Karyn, 2013—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2638. When I was young, 2013—subject: cutting firewood with Dad
2639. June epiphany, 2013—subject: based on Banff Park
2640. Exhortation in May, 2013—subject: rhyming poem; death
2641. Lydia’s memoir, 2013—subject: based on research station just south of Summerland, B.C.
2642. Not to mention Lathom, 2013—subject: surrealist poem
2643. Portrait for Huay Tsin, 2013—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2644. Tableau for Lousandra, 2013—subject: Reverend Jellicoe
2645. Tableau for Angelika, 2014—subject: cold day in Banff
2646. Portrait for Shigeru, 2014—subject: summer
2647. Tableau for dear old Wallace, 2014—subject: surrealist poem
2648. Portrait for Youngsook, 2014—subject: Cemetery Tea House
2649. Drawing comment from the populace, 2014—subject: Reverend Jellicoe
2650. Tableau for Nigel Annisette, 2014—subject: Reverend Jellicoe