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Picking Flowers

Picking Flowers – Poems by Thurlow Gowan with tributes and poems by friends

A 2012 MSA Poets Potpourri Society Project

Picking Flowers – Poems by Thurlow Gowan with tributes and poems by friends

This 160-page volume is a time capsule, with poetry reflecting the history and changes observed by its almost 100-year-old writer over at least 70 years of writing. Gowan’s fifty-plus poems are divided into sections titled Biographics, Flin Flon, Old Days, Relationships, Philosphics, and West Coast. Black-and-white photographs add nostalgia and realism.

MSA PPS members and others contributed writings to the Tribute section. Member poems make up the last 36 pages of the book.

Title: Picking Flowers – Poems by Thurlow Gowan with tributes and poems by friends
Editors: Alvin Ens & Violet Nesdoly
Publisher: MSA Poets Potpourri Society (Printed by First Choice Books), Paperback 160 pages.
ISBN: 978-0-9731163-3-5
Price: $20.00

To purchase contact Alvin Ens

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