The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse was first published (as a Pelican book ) in 1942. It was edited through a number of revised editions by Ralph Gustafson .
Poets in The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse, 1984 edition
Milton Acorn - George Amabile - Patrick Anderson - Margaret Atwood - Margaret Avison - Alfred G. Bailey - Doug Beardsley - Earle Birney - bill bissett - George Bowering - Elizabeth Brewster - Robert Bringhurst - George Frederick Cameron - Wilfred Campbell - Bliss Carman - Leonard Cohen - Don Coles - Isabella Valancy Crawford - William Henry Drummond - Louis Dudek - R. G. Everson - Marya Fiamengo - Robert Finch - R. A. D. Ford - John Glassco - Oliver Goldsmith - Eldon Grier - Ralph Gustafson - Charles Heavysege - David Helwig - John Frederic Herbin - Pauline Johnson - George Johnston - George Jonas - D. G. Jones - Lionel Kearns - Leo Kennedy - A. M. Klein - Raymond Knister - Robert Kroetsch - Archibald Lampman - Patrick LanePatrick Lane (born March 26, 1939, Nelson, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet. He first had his poetry published while he was a nomadic logger in northern British Columbia. He has lived for many years with fellow poet Lorna Crozier. They live in Saanich - George T. Lanigan - Irving LaytonIrving Layton (born March 12, 1912) is a Canadian poet. He was born as Israel Pincu Lazarovitch in a small village in Romania to Jewish parents. His family emigrated to Montreal in 1913 and they settled in the vibrant Jewish section of that city. Layton v - Dennis LeeFor the inventor, see this Dennis Lee entry. Dennis Lee (born August 31, 1939) is a Canadian children's writer and poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario. Lee has a bachelors and masters degree in English from the University of Toronto. While a serious poet, - Douglas Le Pan - Kenneth Leslie - Charles Lillard - Dorothy Livesay - Malcolm LowryMalcolm Lowry ( July 28, 1909 June 27, 1957) was a novelist. Lowry was born in Cheshire, England and was educated at Cambridge University. He lived in the United States ( 1935), Mexico ( 1936), and Dollarton, British Columbia ( 1937- 1954). His most famou - Pat LowtherPat Lowther ( 1935- 1975) was a Canadian poet. Born Patricia Louise Tinmuth she grew up in North Vancouver, British Columbia. Her first published poem appeared in the Vancouver Sun when she was ten years old. In 1963, she married Roy Lowther. In 1968, her - Gewnolyn MacEwen - Tom MacInnes - Jay Macpherson - Charles Mair - Eli Mandel - Tom Marshall - Seymour Mayne - John McCraeJohn McCrae ( November 30, 1872 January 28, 1918) was a Canadian poet and doctor during World War I, who wrote the famous war memorial poem " In Flanders Fields". McCrae was born in Guelph, Ontario, attending the Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute - Don McKayDon MacKay (born 1942) is a Canadian poet who lives in Victoria, British Columbia. His most acclaimed work is Another Gravity which won the 2000 Governor General's Award for poetry and was nominated for the lucrative Griffin Prize. Works: Lependu 1980 Lig - Alexander McLachlan - George McWhirter - John NewloveJohn Newlove ( June 13, 1938 December 23, 2003) was a Canadian poet who lived in Ottawa, Ontario for several years before his death. Works: Moving in Alone 1965 Black Night Window 1968 The Cave 1970 Lies 1972 (winner of the ( 1972 Governor General's Award - Alden Nowlan - Michael Ondaatje - P. K. Page - Marjorie Pickthall - E. J. Pratt - Alfred Purdy - James Reaney - Charles G. D. Roberts - Theodore Goodridge Roberts - Joe Rosenblatt - W. W. E. Ross - Charles Sangster - Duncan Campbell Scott - Frederick George Scott - F. R. Scott - Robert W. Service - Virna Sheard - Robin Skelton - A. J. M. Smith - David Solway - Raymond Souster - John Thompson - Peter Van Toorn - Miriam Waddington - Bertram Warr - Tom Wayman - Phyllis Webb - Anne Wilkinson
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