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Third poem “For a Branch of Almond Tree in Bloom, 1890” a sonnet responding to Vincent van Gogh’s iconic “Branch of Almond Tree in Bloom” (find now as “Almond Blossom”). Untitled mixing sound and poetry, begins with epigraph from review Smaro Kambourelli wrote of Phyllis Webb.\n- Recording includes prize draw by Jack Lewis (NeWest manager): Rudy Wiebe giving away his books (Wiebe helped organize the event), art prize.\n- Robert Kroetsch (read by bpNichol): Nichol qualifies to read Robert Kroetsch because his father was born in Alberta. Nichol notes that Kroestch seeks to displace the “I” in his poetry, and this is about as far as he can displace it. Reading from section Advice to My Friends, \"1: For a Poet Who Has Stopped Writing,\" \"14: I Find Myself Reading the Old Guys Now December 6th 1983,\" \"Sonnet #1,\" \"I'm Getting Old Now,\" \"Sonnet #5\"; reading from section Sounding the Name, \"Sonnet for My Daughters\"; reading from section The Poet's Mother \"1,\" \"3,\" \"Envoy, To Begin With.\"\n- Aritha Van Herk: Reading from No Fixed Address: something is playing in the background during the reading. Section pertains to characters going to poetry reading, feminist and ironic view of poetry by novelists.\n- Rudy Wiebe: Reading from The Temptation of Big Bear, the last and only speech of big Bear, post-conviction.\n"],"contents":["Doug Barbour  \n[00:00:56]\nReads \"Alone on the Road\".\nDoug Barbour\n[00:03:30]\nReads \"That Gone Tune\".\nDoug Barbour\n[00:08:25]\nReads \"For a Branch of Almond Tree in Bloom, 1890\".\nUnknown\n[00:09:45]\nUntitled [begins with epigraph from review Smaro Kambourelli wrote of Phyllis Webb].\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:20:15]\nReads \"1: For a Poet Who Has Stopped Writing\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:21:30]\nReads \"14: I Find Myself Reading the Old Guys Now December 6th 1983\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:22:31]\nReads \"Sonnet #1\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:23:32]\nReads \"I'm Getting Old Now\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:24:42]\nReads \"Sonnet #5\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:25:15]\nReads \"Sonnet for My Daughters\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:26:00]\nReads \"1\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:26:31]\nReads \"3\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nB.P. Nichol\n[00:27:05]\nReads \"Envoy, To Begin With\" by Robert Kroetsch.\nAritha Van Herk\n[00:30:57]\nReads excerpt from No Fixed Address.\nRuby Wiebe\n[00:47:04]\nReads excerpt from The Temptation of Big Bear."],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"\",\"type\":\"\"}]"],"Related_works":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"citation\":\"Kroetsch, Advice to My Friends. Van Herk, No Fixed Address. Wiebe, The Tempation of Big Bear.\"}]"],"_version_":1853670558525292544,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T15:00:02.734Z","score":4.6228104}]