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Al Purdy
Canadian
Poet
Born:
Dec 30
,
1918
Died:
Apr 21
,
2000
Kid
Me
My Own
Own
Sort
Trying
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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
Me
Man
Bird
Beast
Alive
Vividly
Triumph
Marvel
Vast
Perfectly
Most
Supreme
Flowers
I don't think I do have a soul.
Al Purdy
Soul
Think
I started writing when I was about thirteen.
Al Purdy
Writing
About
Started
Thirteen
I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.
Al Purdy
God
Sense
Religious
Any
Formal
At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.
Al Purdy
You
Age
People
Will
Other
Uncertain
Take
Always
How
Certain
Certain Age
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