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rfmcdonaldYesterday was beautiful weather for visiting the Toronto Islands: hot, generally bright, with humidity spiking only into some sprinkles of rain. I circumnavigated the Islands from east to west, Ward's Island to Hanlan's Point. At Ward's Island, among the houses, I visited a very new monument to Prince Edward Island-born poet Milton Acorn and his sometime partner and fellow poet Gwendolyn MacEwen. My parents had passed over the CBC report earlier.
Quill & Quire went into more detail, noting that the monument was at the intersection of Lakeshore Avenue and Second Street and identifying their home as 10 Second Street.
I think this is it.
The idea for the memorial came from Toronto's current poet laureate George Elliot Clarke. He is a fellow Maritimer who is fond of the love story between these two.
"They met in Toronto. They had a brief marriage, their whirlwind love affair and both of them still went on to have very influential and very distinct literary careers in Canada," said Candice McCavitt, the plaques and markers coordinator for Heritage Toronto.
The Heritage Toronto plaque will be located in a small park which is a short distance from their former home on Second Street on Ward's Island.
Acorn and MacEwen lived there because it was one of the more affordable places to live in the city at that time.
Quill & Quire went into more detail, noting that the monument was at the intersection of Lakeshore Avenue and Second Street and identifying their home as 10 Second Street.
I think this is it.
