(Signed softcover, Fiddlehead Poetry Books, 1980; cover by Alice van Wart)
Fred (William) Cogswell (1917-2004) was a popular, prolific NB poet who was born in East Centreville, NB. He served as an English prof at UNB from 1952 to 1983. This man of letters was the founder of the famed Fiddlehead Books (now Goose Lane Editions) and was made a member of the Order of Canada for his contributions toward Maritime-Canadian culture. I selected his poem “Like Two Slant Trees” for inclusion in the original Inside Poetry anthology.