Family Band Format:PDF He returned to Canada in

He returned to Canada in 1944

When war was declared

not a tower or its view

dug a pit in a new subdivision

each essay is an expression of Ormsby’s own romance with language

Family Band Format:PDF He returned to Canada inWhat was there to do but to play music? Thus begins the title poem of Matthew Gwathmeys Family Band. What follows describes becoming a family of seven (It Seemed That We Had Hardly Begun And We Were Already There), complete with made up bedtime stories (Mars Exploration), bird watching (Bird Cartographers), road trips (Stargazing), pastimes like gardening (Lilacs) and fishing (Salmon Fishing), games (Hide & Seek), museums (The Annex), more games (The