Lavender Leaf: 5 books

NATURE RESERVE ON THE CITY'S EDGE " In this book James E Garratt has written a love story, a tone poem... It's astonishing to think that something this relatively untouched still exists in the Anthropocene Age. But it's not in a fairy tale book, it's in Vaughan [Ontario, Canada]. Garratt...

Poem sequence based on a 1980's solo canoe trip in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Although the city itself is left behind, some things cannot be evaded, only seen from new perspectives. This is Volume 2 in my Algonquin Park Series, of which Poem To Algonquin Park is Volume 1, and which Shanty...

In Journeys Into Algonquin Park, Garratt explores interior and exterior landscapes that appear to exist outside the boundaries of space and time. Contains four poem cycles.and photos by the author, all pertaining to explorations within Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Print version is currently available at the Algonquin Park Visitor Centre Bookstore, km 43, Hwy 60.

Poem sequence inspired by the old-time logging era, which extended from 1893 into the 1970's, in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Today, scattered ruins tell of that past. Also, too, a kind of haunting music that is heard by those who visit the Park, and listen carefully.

In 2018 Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, quietly marked its 125th anniversary. The author has been exploring the Park for almost sixty of those years by canoe, camping and hiking. His most recent visit in the autumn of 2018, provided time for reflection, and inspired this poem sequence. It...