Newfoundland Poet Publishes Book Of Poems
This week Mr Tidgar Aji Russell announced preparation for a Newfoundland poetry book featuring poems by Mr. nee Goodland of Elliston who has published 282 poems. Goodland won an honorable mention prize in 1943 for Ballad of Jian Jones Tag Trawler, and readers are urged to expect a timely collection. One poem titled The Sealer's Life appears, portraying sealing life with stark imagery of ice, blizzards, and the brutal realities of the work set in Newfoundland seas.
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Tidgar Aji Russell
Newfoundland
Nee Goodland
Elliston
Veral
Hay
Goodland
Goorland
Jian Jones
Svon
Priza
O’ Leary
Noefoundland
Wil
Mr Goodland
Davevarple
Sealer
Rawleighs Vacancy Ad in Twillingate and Districts
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Rawleigh
Twillingate
Montreal
Fragmentary scene of a crowded cafe encounter
A man named Aman Imuchwe is approached by a mad lady at the next table who hands him a lump of star, urging him to always carry some. She whispers instructions about a hidden plan and leaves him puzzled under dim lights.
Sealers Song 1950 and the Bowring Algerine Crew
A rugged nautical verse recounts Captain Wilf Barbour and Skipper Johan Roberts leading a sealing voyage aboard Bowring’s Algerine. The ship’s crew, including Chief Frankie Snow, cook Jimmie Ennis, and the lookout, prepares for a perilous hunt while two movie men and two taggers accompany the voyage for scientific study.
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Wilf Barbour
Bowring
Rise of Captain Barbour and Algerine at Exhibition
The text celebrates Captain Barbour and the Algerine ship with praise for success and a buoyant note linked to a red cross emblem. Mentions a hood with a tag and a wish for a bumper voyage amid a scene of display and social chatter.
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Red Cross
Barbour
Algerine
Exsoldier at reunion fears blister on his tonne
In a spirited exchange Tony and his wife joke about a blister the exsoldier claims to have, blaming the night’s toast with a hot-water bottle. The dialogue hints at a military reunion and light domestic humor.
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Tony
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