Following the Plough, Recovering the Rural: Poems and Stories on the Land

David E. Kemp, a former professor of drama at Queen’s University, is
the author of The Pleasures and Treasures of the United Kingdom.

Celebrating the connection between themselves and the earth, the poets
featured in this captivating anthology demonstrate that there is a
profound attachment to the land rooted in the Canadian character. Some
of the poets remember the farm as it was; others document what has
become of it through neglect and abandonment; still others muse on how
the land has changed by the very act of cultivation. All see the land as
part of a continuing tradition. The poets themselves continue the noble
tradition established by such predecessors as Langland, John Clare, R.S.
Thomas, and Laurie Lee.