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E J Pratt

I lived from 1882-1964. I was from Canada, and am in the Americas category.

Edwin John Pratt (1882-1964) was born in Western Bay, Conception Bay. After leaving the province in 1907 to attend the University of Toronto, he published his first volume of poetry, Newfoundland Verse, in 1923. His writing career flourished and over the next 30 years he published some 13 volumes of poetry in addition to other works. Pratt became one of Canada's most prominent literary figures by the 1940s. He received three Governor-General's medals for poetry. Pratt is generally considered to be the premier Canadian poet of the first half of the 20th century.

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  • The Shark
    He seemed to know the harbour,
    So leisurely he swam;
    32 lines, 2 comments
  • Sea Gulls
    For one carved instant as they flew,
    The language had no simile—
    15 lines, 5 comments
  • Erosion
    It took the sea a thousand years,
    A thousand years to trace
    8 lines
  • The Titanic
        HARLAND & WOLFF WORKS, BELFAST, MAY 31, 1911
        The hammers silent and the derricks still,
    1289 lines
  • From Stone to Steel
    From stone to bronze, from bronze to steel
    Along the road-dust of the sun,
    23 lines
  • The Witches’ Brew
    Perched on a dead volcanic pile,
    Now charted as a submerged peak,
    96 lines
  • Newfoundland
    Here the tides flow,
    And here they ebb;
    87 lines
  • The Fog
    It stole in on us like a foot-pad,
    Somewhere out of the sea and air,
    15 lines
  • Before An Altar
    (After Gueudecourt)
    Break we the bread once more,
    15 lines
  • The Toll of the Bells

    We gave them at the harbour every token—
    35 lines, 1 comment
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