Quote of the day
A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be with and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
Al Purdy

Born: December 30, 1918
Died: April 21, 2000 (aged 81)
Bio: Alfred Wellington Purdy was a 20th-century Canadian free verse poet. Purdy's writing career spanned fifty-six years.
Known for:
- Beyond remembering (2000)
- A splinter in the heart (1990)
- Poems for all the Annettes (1962)
- Reaching for the Beaufort Sea (1993)
- Rooms for rent in the outer planets (1996)






