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Scott reading\n\t\t\t-\tThree Laurentian poems \n-\t– “Surfaces”\n\t\t344\t-\t- “Lakeshore”\n\t\t378\t-\t- “Laurentian Shield”\n\t\t404\t“The Bird”\n\t\t414\t“Caring”\n\t\t424\t“Bonne Entente”\n\t\t433\t“Memory”\n\t\t445\t“Will to Win”\n\t\t460\t“Conflict”\n\t\t479\tLouis Dudek – reads two poems from his book Europe poem 19 “the commotion of these waves…”\n\t\t496\tPoem 95 “the sea retains such images…”\n\t\t510\t“To an unknown in a restaurant”\n\t\t525\t“A crackerjack”\n\t\t544\t“The pomegranate”\n\t\t585\t“Line and Form”\n\t\t618\tA.M. 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