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Ryan Pollard
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a film my father made, "A Wake For Milton," was recently added on the NFB website www.nfb.ca/film/a-wake-...

nfb.caA Wake for MiltonCanadian poet, Milton Acorn, is remembered with feeling and eloquence in this tribute that takes the form of a wake. Cedric Smith acts as the singer of Acorn's …
Craig Baird-Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social

On this day in 1986, Milton Acorn died. Born in 1923 in Charlottetown, PEI, he co-founded the Georgia Straight newspaper, won a Governor General's Award for his poetry collection The Island Means Minago, and created the Jackpine sonnet style. 📸 Kent Nason

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