Canadian - Poet | December 30, 1918 - April 21, 2000
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.
Al Purdy
BirdManFlowersMeBeastAlive
Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.
BadRunOverThingsRabbitsUs
'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.
SurvivalTestimonialPoemsEither
I don't think I do have a soul.
SoulThink
At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.
AgePeopleYouWillAlwaysTake
I started writing when I was about thirteen.
WritingStartedThirteenAbout
In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.
MindMy OwnKidOwnDesperateSort
I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.
WorldUnhappyTryingAdjust
I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.
GodSenseReligiousFormalAny
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