Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Poetic Obituaries: As well, tucked into the pages,

was an essay on Group of Seven artist Tom Thomson and a brief poem Jordan [Manners] had written in 2002: "I was outside walking in the snow/snow like a warm blanket/that warms the earth."

A 10-year-old boy from Jane-Finch who wrote poems and drew mature pictures and showed, from all indications, that he was a jewel, someone who could rise successfully from these mean and impoverished surroundings.

from The Toronto Star: 'Don't die, Jordan,' best friend pleaded

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