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Shen, Jane

Jane Shen fonds

Box 1

F.1       Correspondence
December 10,1970 from Alphabet (James Reaney), TL (copy) l p. + encl. [Spring 1970?] from Atlantic Monthly, l p. copy.
March 24,1970 from CBC (Robert Weaver), TLs. l p.
December 2,1970 from CBC (Robert Weaver), TLs. l p. [Spring 1971] from J.R. Colombo, ALs. l p.
July 8 and August 25,1970 from McClelland and Stewart, TLs. l p. + note.
[n.d.] from Robert Medhurst, ALs. l p.
[n.d.] from Prism International, printed note.
May 20, 1969 from Bob Rodgers, ALs. l p.
February 25,1969 from Sunyata Magazine (Tyndale Martin), TLs. (copy) with MS. note.
[n.d.] from Ian Young (Catalyst), TLs. 1 p.
January 1,1971 from Ian Young, TLs. l p.

F.2
Poems 18 p. hand-sewn volume
Poems 19 p. hand-sewn volume
"Bird. .." 4 p. hand-sewn volume

F.3
A Sheaf of 50 Poems - projected volume
TMs. with corrections, p. 2, 4-9, 11-12, 15, 17-23, 25, 27-29, 32-46, 48, 50 (2 copies)

F.4      Ten Poems - projected volume, Apri1,1969, TMs. 7 pp.

F.5
Untitled volume of poetry
TMs. p. l, 3-7, 9-12, 14, 18, 20, 22-28, 30-33 (3 copies), 35-38, 40
TMs. (car.) p. l, 3-5, 7-9, 11, 13-22, 25-29, 31-34, 36-40

F.6      Parts of projected volumes, TMs. with corrections, 18 pp.

F.7      Individual poems, in alphabetical order:
"Alchemy of the Mountains" HMs. 1 p.
" Along Dark Hopes" Tms. 2 pp.
"Awful Questions" TMs. 6 pp.
"Beneath the early snow" HMs. l p.
"Bird" TMs. 2 pp.
"The Birds Too Look Homeward. .." HMs. 4 pp.
"The bread of sky. .." HMs. 21 pp.
"Chance plays life. , ." TMs. l p.
"A Character of Horse" Tms. 2 pp.
"Character of Human Teeth" TMs. l p.
"The Character of Man" TMs. 2 pp.
"The Character of the Human Heart" TMs., l p.
"The Chicken" TMs. with notes, l p.
"The concubine of Kublai Khan" TMs, l p.
"Crab Claws" TMs. 3 pp.
"Death"s Dark Mask" HMs. 2 pp.
"Double Focus" TMs , 4 pp.
"...Earth..." HMs. l p.
"Fantasia of Space" TMs, 3 pp.
"For Earthlings on a Rural Ride" HMs. 5 pp
."A Forest Suite" TMs. l p.
"Heart. ..tosses the mind. .." TMs. with corrections, 4 pp.
"Hieroglyphs ..." TMs. 5 pp.
"Hieroglyph of the Ghost" TMs. with corrections, l p.
"The Homer bird. .." TMs. l p.
"I love to dream. .." TMs. 2 pp.
"In a grotto" TMs. with corrections, l p.
"In a poem" HMs. 2 pp.
"In meadows of flame" TMs. l p.
"In Minute Entirety" TMs. 2 pp.
"In pursuit of Logic" TMs. 2 pp.
"In the corner of...garden " HMs. 5 pp.
"In the Dark Spring" TMs, l p.
"In Vortex" TMs. 3 pp.
"An Invitation to Dinner" TMs. 3 pp.
"An Isle" TMs. l p.
"A Journey Downstream" TMs, 3 pp.
"A keg of stuffed flowers. .," TMs. l p.
"Li Po" TMs. 3 pp.
"Looking to the bluffs" TMs., 8 pp.
"Love encircles..." TMs. 1 p.

F.8
"Meeting a Taoist Genie " TMs. 2 pp.
"A Mirror of Stone" TMs. l p.
"The moon peers..." TMs. 1 p.
"A mouse..." TMs 1 p.
"Muttering circles of cry..." HMs. 3 pp., TMs. 2 pp.
"The night cascades. .." HMs. 4 pp .
"On a wave of river..." TMs. with corrections, l p.
"On looking at the [course] of "67" HMs. l p.
"On your order of. .." TMs. 2 p.
"Perhaps" TMs. l p.
"The Picture" HMs. 8 pp., TMs. 3 pp.
"A Poem: for 2 voices" TMs. with corrections, l p.
"Of a poem" TMs. with corrections, l p.
"A Poet" HMs. 1 p., TMs. 3 pp.
"A prelude" TMs. 1 p.
"A reaction to your entertainment" TMs. 5 pp.
"Reflections" TMs .4 pp.
"Reflections before Break / feast "69" Hms. 1 p.
"A Renaissance Cowboy" HMs. 1 p., TMs. 2 pp.
"Safran de Venus" TMs. 1 p.
"The Scholar" HMs. 1 p.
"A Simple Abode" TMs. 9 pp.
"Sister on her Silver Flute" HMs. 1 p., TMs. 3 pp.
"A Sit-In Cat" TMs. 4 p.
"Siva" TMs. 5 pp.
"Snow in a Night Raven's Eye" TMs. 1 p.
"Solitary thoughts" TMs.1 p.
"A Spring Morning" TMs. 1 p.
"St. Valentine's Day (Beetles of a mongul Emperor)" TMs. 9 pp.
"Street Corners" TMs. 1 p.
"Such is heart"s realm" TMs. 1 p.
"Summer" HMs. 1 p.
" Sun and Moon" TMs. with corrections, 17 pp.
"Thoughts along the way" TMs. 2 pp.
"Under the rooftop. .." TMs. with corrections, 1 p.
"An Upward Whirl" TMs. with corrections, 1 p.
"Van Gogh"s. ..On Monmarte" TMs. 2 pp.
"A Vignette" (see also Inscape to Autumn) TMs. with corrections, 3 pp.
" A Vision" TMs. 1 p.
"Walls of a Waste-land" TMs. 3 pp.
"War" TMs. 2 pp.
"Winter Mail Service" TMs. 3 pp.
"You ask of love" TMs. 4 pp.

F.9      Chinese character poems, HMs. 4 pp., TMs. 82 pp.

F.10    Concrete poems, 24 pp.

F.11    "An inscape to Autumn" (also called "A Vignette"), TMs. 14 pp.

F.12    Poems 1971, TMs. 16 pp.

F.13    Poems concerning alchemy, TMs. 4 pp.

F.14    Poems to be included in an anthology of women poets, TMs. Table of contents, p. l, 3-4, 6-7,9, 12-16 (pages 11, 16-19 damaged)

F.l5     Poems (several poems on each sheet), HMs. & TMs. 33 pp.

F.16    Poems, rough notes.

F .17   "Source material for poetry" - various notes.

F.18    About Jane Shen, and Catalyst Spring 1969.

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