Milton Acorn

Milton Acorn (March 30, 1923 - August 20, 1986), nicknamed "The People's Poet" by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Published Works, in Chronological Order

• In Love and Anger (1956)
• Against a League of Liars (Broadside, 1960)
• The Brain's the Target (1960)
• Jawbreakers (1963)
• I've Tasted My Blood (1969)
• I Shout Love and On Shaving Off His Beard(1971)
• More Poems For People (1972)
• The Island Means Minago (1975)
• The Road to Charlottetown (w/ Cedric Smith, 1977)
• Jackpine Sonnets (1977)
• Captain Neal MacDougal & the Naked Goddess (1982)
• Dig Up My Heart (1982)
• Whiskey Jack HMS Press(1986)
• A Stand of Jackpine (w/ James Deahl, 1987)
• The Uncollected Acorn (1987)
• I Shout Love and Other Poems (1987)
• Hundred Proof Earth (1988)
• To Hear the Faint Bells (1996)

(those with an asterisk were published posthumously)

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