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English Bay

William I. Atkinson

Jan 2, 1982

English Bay

The ships lie out on English Bay Bright-lit like floating beacons Vancouver with her spangled hands And accents of exotic strands

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Sonnet: Fall

William I. Atkinson

Jan 2, 1980

Sonnet: Fall

My distillate of summer, that red mane Learned color from a dawn-exploding sun; And smooth stream-polished pebbles of green jade That glow..

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The Man in the Moon

William I. Atkinson

Jan 2, 1979

The Man in the Moon

The man in the moon Slouched up through the sky And he heaved up his shoulders And gave such a sigh That the stars in their spheres

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A Christmas Ode

William I. Atkinson

Dec 25, 1973

A Christmas Ode

The bells split distance as the night air splits Our breaths’ dim shadows from the forest floor, Making of each moonlit exhalation

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Faculty of Graduate Studies - York University, Toronto

National Speakers' Bureau / Global Speakers' Agency: Keynote addresses - Sarasota, San Francisco, Montréal &c

Novelist (Sun's Strong Immortality, River Under Rain, Tommy &c)

Frequent contributor, Toronto Globe & Mail

Dalhousie University Prix d'Excellence

30 Best Business Books (Nanocosm)

Finalist, Canadian Science Writers' Award (Nanocosm)

Finalist, National Business Book Award (Prototype)

© 2019 by William Illsey Atkinson.

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