They had their being once and left a place to stand on.
Al Purdy Quotes
For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.
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| Birth: | 30th December, 1918 |
| Death: | 21st April, 2000 |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Profession: | Editor, Poet, Writer |
About
Alfred Wellington Purdy, OC OOnt was one of the most popular and important Canadian poets of the 20th century. Purdy's writing career spanned more than fifty years. His works include over thirty books of poetry; a novel; two volumes of memoirs and four books of correspondence. He has been called the nation's "unofficial poet laureate" and "a national poet in a way that you only find occasionally in the life of a culture."
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