Al Purdy
Al Purdy

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

I don't think I do have a soul.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

I started writing when I was about thirteen.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.

Al Purdy
Al Purdy

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.