Christmas Greetings and All Good Wishes for the New Year

This Christmas greeting card, signed by E. Cora Hind in 1938, includes poetry by Edna Jaques, Christina Willey, and Helen Bowes.

“A Little Wooden Cross,” by Margaret Clarke Russell

Russell, Margaret Clarke. “A Little Wooden Cross.” McMaster University Monthly 28.4 (January 1919): 53.

 

“Easter,” by Lily Crawley

Crawley, Lily. “Easter.” Winnipeg Free Press (8 April 1939): 6.

Acadian Summers (1954), by Ellen M. Fulton

Fulton, Ellne M. Acadian Summers (Penobscot, ME: Tampa UP, 1954).

Long ago, I posted a digital edition of Ellen M. Fulton’s Along the Northumberland Strait. After promising then to scan in her second book of verse, which Anne Sproull lent to me then, I have finally managed to complete the task.

 

“Brother O’Mine,” by Margueretta M.S. Taylor

Annette Fulford, who writes the Canadian War Brides of the First World War blog, has introduced me to another blogger who shares our mutual interests: Lucy London, who writes the Female Poets of the First World War blog.

Ralph Gustafson’s Little Anthology of Canadian Poetry

It is indeed little, and out of fifteen poets, only two are women: Kay Smith and P.K. Page.

Gustafson, Ralph. A Little Anthology of Canadian Poetry (Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943).

Margaret Laurence’s poem upon Clara Thomas’s retirement, 31 May 1984

Michael Peterman, “Clara Thomas and her Literary Ladies,” Peterborough Examiner (9 January 2021).

“After the Rain,” by Fredelle Bruser

Here’s the second of the three poems that were published in the Poets’ Corner in April 1939, along side Beatrice Rowley’s article about Victoria, BC. The third, entitled “Easter,” will for obvious reasons appear later this year.

Fredelle Bruser later became Fredelle Bruser Maynard.

Bruser, Fredelle. “After the Rain.” Winnipeg Free Press (8 April 1939): 6.

“Wind Waifs,” by R.H. Grenville (Beatrice Rowley)

Here’s one of the three poems that were published in the Poets’ Corner along side Beatrice Rowley’s article about Victoria, BC. R.H. Grenville was a popular author this week.

Grenville, R.H. (Beatrice Rowley). “Wind Waifs.” Winnipeg Free Press (8 April 1939): 6.

“Warning,” by R.H. Grenville (Beatrice Rowley)

Grenville, R.H. (Beatrice Rowley) “Warning.” Saturday Evening Post (30 March 1957): 77. Retrieved from the Readers’ Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 online.