An Acadian Easter
The
Collected Poems of Francis Sherman
178 pages
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ISBN 1-896133-11-8
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"Francis Sherman's work is rich both in nature and humanity. He never forgot, in his passionate pursuit of subtle rhythms and the fastidiousness of his diction, the old burden of humanity. Color, contour and cadence unite to work their magic, yet everything is clear. Enchanted isles and unearthly paradises there are, but they do not preempt the place of living realities. Clear he ever was; at times his lines are almost naked in their simplicity, and all for one purpose - that man himself might shine through."
"Francis Sherman's work is rich both in nature and humanity. He never forgot, in his passionate pursuit of subtle rhythms and the fastidiousness of his diction, the old burden of humanity. Color, contour and cadence unite to work their magic, yet everything is clear. Enchanted isles and unearthly paradises there are, but they do not preempt the place of living realities. Clear he ever was; at times his lines are almost naked in their simplicity, and all for one purpose - that man himself might shine through."
From the Memoir of Francis Sherman by Lorne Pierce, from the introduction to An Acadian Easter.
Copyright © by Borealis Press Ltd. and Francis Sherman,
1992 - 2001.
About the Author
Francis Sherman was born in 1871
in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and knew such fellow Canadian authors as
the famous brood of cousins Charles G.D. Roberts, Theodore Goodridge Roberts,
and Bliss Carman.
Many of these poems were written while he worked in the Royal Bank of
Canada, when he became an assistant general manager, in Havana, Cuba from
1899-1912, and in Montreal from 1912-1915. He served in the Canadian Army
from 1915-1918, and was a Major on release from service. He died in 1926.
An Acadian Easter includes a memoir by Lorne Pierce and
a foreword by Sir Charles G. D. Roberts.
"A Canadian poet of the first rank - of the rank of Carman and Lampman
... Life has marked him inescapably. The tragedy of his great love and
his great loss inspires every one of these twelve poems, but always it
is expressed interpretatively in terms of the changing seasons, and always
with that reticence of expression which is so much more poignant than ungoverned
out-pourings of grief. Always there is the long dwelling upon the gladness
of the remembered love-and then the short, sharp awakening to the irremediable
loss."
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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Sherman, Francis, 1871-1926
An Acadian Easter : the
collected poems of Francis Sherman
Includes bibliographical
references
ISBN 1-896133-11-8 (pbk.)
Copyright © by Borealis Press Ltd., 2000, 2001, 2002.
Updated: January 18, 2002.
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