Robert Hackett

Born (‘47) and raised in Montreal. First poem printed in early high school. Others appeared in the 60’s in Bishop’s Univ.’s Mitre, of which I became editor after Michael Ondaatje. Coached there by Ralph Gustafson. Read my poems to Frank Scott and Louis Dudek in the 70’s and some were read on CBC’s Anthology. Years later read to a graduate class at Univ. of Montreal. Collected poems now number some 700, including Daylight Lowlevels, a long narrative poem about fighter pilot father’s WWII and Post War mishaps. Law practice put  stopper on attempts to publish. Will artsonglab be my springboard?