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Poet

Earle Birney was a Canadian poet known for his unique style and profound insights into Canadian culture. His work covers a wide range of themes, including nature, history, and human nature.

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Famous Earle Birney Quotes

“Mature art, I think, emerges when there's a certain balance of tensions, when there's neither neurotic prostration nor cold rationality, but an aura of energy and a drive to grasp personal "truths" still emerging into perception. To grasp and to shape them.”

Thinking Art Stills Certain Energy Cold Balance Shapes Perception Tension Mature Rationality Neurotic Emerging Auras Prostration Personal Truth

Book:The cow jumped over the moon: the writing and reading of poetry

Source: The cow jumped over the moon: the writing and reading of poetry

“Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.”

Time Cold Bears Devotion Hold Me Whiteness Old Time Evergreens

Book:The Essential Earle Birney

Source: The Essential Earle Birney

About the Author

Born: May 13, 1904
Died: September 3, 1995
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 8

Books & Sources

One Muddy Hand: Selected PoemsRelated source material

The Essential Earle BirneyRelated source material

The cow jumped over the moon: the writing and reading of poetryRelated source material

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