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Great Blue Heron And Other Poems, Play and Prose

by Carl Cornelius Harnett

178 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #02-1116; ISBN 1-55395-401-7; US$17.83, C$20.50, EUR13.90, £9.21

Entertaining poetry and a play you must read. Poems for everyone, nature poems, love poems, sad poems

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About the Book Poems in this book portray deep emotions, vivid pictures, and life experience of an ordinary man. There are nature poems, protest poems, love poems and song lyrics - all thought provoking. Some poems paint pictures, others tell stories and describe situations, people and places. The one-act play about a man's doting love and passion for his only daughter, is a humorous and entertaining story with a beautiful conclusion. His short prose includes a humorous look at growing up.

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About the Author The author, Carl Cornelius Harnett , was born in Campbellton, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland. Upon the death of his father, this seventeen year old, five foot five, one hundred and fifteen pound lad was sent to work in a logging camp. At the age of twenty-two, he traveled to Toronto in search of a better life and, met and married Laurette Nolet in 1954. They settled in Scarborough, Ont. and raised three daughters. He went to night school, improved on his formal education and later studied accounting through Shaw Business Schools. He worked the next thirty-nine years in mid-management in the transportation industry as purchasing manager and cost accountant. He attributes his poetic and creative ability to his Irish ancestry. In recent years, his lifelong interest in writing poetry became more focused, resulting in this personal look at life - past and present.

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Excerpts

Whole

What is this beauty
that I gaze upon,
Which lights the dimmest corners of my
clouded soul
And for brief moments eases
all my pain?
Makes the world around me sing
In harmony again
and I am whole.

 

Who is the keeper
of this healing warmth,
That melts the icy fear which numbs
my mind
And for brief moments eases
all my pain,
Floods my world with radiance
aglow
With sunny days again?
and I am whole.

 

It is my lover
that is so empowered.
A miracle to make of common
things,
And for brief moments eases
all my pain;
Who lifts me to this apex of
delight
In ecstasy, again
and I am whole.

 

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron, silent stalker,
Rapier poised, long legged walker, ...

 

Newborn

I protest
Removal from my cozy nest.
I was warm and safe while there,
I felt no pain; I felt no fear.

 

I protest
The breaking of my soothing rest
That trust me in a world of pain.
I want my cozy nest again.

 

My mommy's love seems to take care
Of all my shock and pain and fear;
And when she holds me to her breast,
I again recall my cozy nest.

 

Quotes from the Play:

Part from Scene 4
Al: I'm sorry Angel, but if it gets rid of Old Dunbar..
Judy: Gets rid of! Dad I told you, I plan to marry him.
Al: (impassioned) But Judy! Baby! Angel! Please listen to your dad. You can't get serious about old Dunbar. I've pictured you with a handsome young prince of guy, not a decrepit old king. I've wanted to walk you down the aisle to a young man waiting there for you, not to old Stan being held up by his support hose. Hell Judy, he may fall over before we make it.
Part from Scene 8:
Al and Pete on Vacation in Australia
Al: Dull who are you calling dull? You're the one who wouldn't wrestle the crocodile yesterday.
Pete: Crocodile? What crocodile? For crying out loud, that was a little lizard on vacation from Arizona, (slight pause) crock my ass, ha! ha! I've seen bigger chameleons.

 

INDEX SOME FAVORITES Great Flue Heron Real Friendship Black Rose Beothuk's Demise The Buzzing of the Flies Gravity Attitude Father's Lament Newborn Dreams A Perfect Day Don't Cry Solar Eclipse Anger Divorced The Viking NEWFOUNDLAND Newfoundland Shining Pearl Campbellton, Nfld Town of My Youth Old Skater Sailor Boys A Child Finds God Dad's Work The Lumber Mill The Hammer Lew and Lane LYRICS Bury Me in Blue Jeans The Winding Dirt Road I Can't find My Way       Back Home My Home Wind Flashing Silver River My Four Leaf Clover Beatitudes Hugs and Kisses When We're Apart Heartache on My Mind The Aura of Your Smile My Beetle POEMS OF REFLECTION Ode to a Cemetery Epitaph My Own Eulogy Depression Breakthrough Stop The Pain Journey's End Spiritual Journey

LOVE/ROMANCE Welcome A Love Wish Lost Love Life's Companion Love I Love You Love Lucky Sleeping Beauty Touch of Love Feelings Charming Child Inescapable Love FANTASY Fantasy Mystic Maid Whole A Goddess Sleeping Beauty Passionate Dream Goddess The Embrace Mystery Lady Exotic Smile Life Eternal Oriental Rose NATURE Can't Wait Till Spring April At The Feeder It's May Summer Morn Just One Rose Roses By The River Whispering River Boyhood River Abandoned Swing Buttercups and Daisies Autumn Colors Northern Rain The Moose Chickadee The Beavers Are Talking Kitten In a Tree Mosquito To Kill a Mouse Wild Cats

FAMILY/FRIENDS The Child Gift of Roses Bubbles For Jenny Gentle Soul To a Granddaughter Judy Brenda Tender Flower My Sun My Wife My Girl My Queen Shared Fantasies Julia's Pets Family Christmas Tunnel Grandpa and Grandma My Friend Gentle Friend Dear Friends MORE POEMS Always a Tear What's In A Name A Brief Look at Life Hello An English Pub The Big TV Life's Contrast Illusions of Riches Infallible Law, The power       Of Will The Future The Storm The Stone Shutting Down The       Summer Cottage The Rubble Makers Crime High In the Park This Crazy World Save Our Star Imposters Man Against Nature Motivation Leaders Hope Colored Roses Gene is Gone ONE ACT PLAY Seasons and Reasons PROSE Hockey Heroes A Sign of Spring Chased by a Cloud Duplicate Religion, Your Solid Rock       My Sinking Sand

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