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Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)

Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)

Date5/18/1970
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  • Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right(...)
  • Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right) at Grossman's Tavern on Spadina Ave. Saturday night. Four-hour celebration was staged by friends who felt Acorn should have won Governor-General's medal for his latest volume, I've Tasted My Blood.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Poet's people gather round, Poet Milton Acorn is presented with cheque for $1,000 and medal by fellow poets Irving Layton (left) and Eli Mandel (right) at Grossman's Tavern on Spadina Ave. Saturday night. Four-hour celebration was staged by friends who felt Acorn should have won Governor-General's medal for his latest volume, I've Tasted My Blood.
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Irving Layton: Tonight's lowkey TV documentary captures poet's private moods.
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10/16/1981
Tales of the robin, and other small birds : selected from the British poets, for the instruction and amusement of young people
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1815
Acorn's Wake celebrates the life and works of the late poet Milton Acorn with readings, dramatic performances and music Sunday, 8 p.m., at Theatre Pas(...)
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Acorn, Milton
11/28/1972
Jennifer Dickson with The Poet's Device: Struggling to overcome her upbringing
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10/19/1978
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Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans
1840
The casquet of gems : choice selections from the poets.
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Unknown
1864
Nursery poems, from the ancient and modern poets.
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J.G. Rusher
1840
The children of the poets : an anthology from English and American writers of three centuries
The children of the poets : an anthology from English and American writers of three centuries
Robertson, Eric S. (Eric Sutherland)
1888
Hopping and headstands: Leonard Cohen was recently in Granada to film a video for Small Viennese Waltz, his offering on Poets in New York, an alburm celebrating Federico Garcia Lorca
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Bull, Ron
5/20/1983
The Harp of Canaan : or, Selections from the poets on Bible historical incidents
The Harp of Canaan : or, Selections from the poets on Bible historical incidents
Borthwick, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1832-1912
1866
Mr. D.C. Bell, of Dublin, professor of elocution, ... will deliver the following selection of readings and recitations from the works of Shakespeare, modern poets and humorists
Mr. D.C. Bell, of Dublin, professor of elocution, ... will deliver the following selection of readings and recitations from the works of Shakespeare, modern poets and humorists
Bell, D. C.
1878
Elegant selections in verse : from the works of Scott, Byron, Southey, and other popular poets, chiefly of the present age
Elegant selections in verse : from the works of Scott, Byron, Southey, and other popular poets, chiefly of the present age
A. Brown and Co.
1818