Great Blue Heron And Other Poems, Play and Prose

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.

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.