In a Springtime Instant: The Selected Poems of Milton Acorn

Milton Acorn remains one of the most important Canadian poets of the twentieth century. This new volume of his Selected Poems solidifies Acorn’s reputation and confirms his place in Canadian literature. As James Deahl, the book’s editor asserts in his Introduction, “Milton Acorn’s poetry stands among the most challenging work produced during the last half of the twentieth century. His ability to see connections between a strange assortment of things is striking. And the reader is called up to be as agile as the poet in jumping from one idea to another.” Acorn remains a conundrum for many. He was both a communist and a traditional conservative, not at different times, but at the same time. This volume has been masterly arranged and edited by James Deahl, Acorn’s long-time friend, an accomplished poet, essayist, and publisher in his own right.