Acorn, Milton

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Acorn
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 – August 20, 1986), nicknamed The People’s Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright.
    • He was born in Prince Edward Island, and grew up in Charlottetown. He joined the armed forces during World War II at the age of eighteen. During World War II, on a trans-Atlantic crossing, Acorn suffered a wound from depth charges. The wound was severe enough for him to receive a disability pension from Veterans Affairs for most of his life. He returned to Prince Edward Island and moved to Montreal, Quebec in 1956.
    • Acorn was awarded the Canadian Poets Award in 1970 and the Governor General’s Award in 1976 for his collection of poems, The Island Means Minago. In 1977, Acorn introduced the Jackpine sonnet, a form designed to be as irregular and spikey (and Canadian) as a jack pine tree, but with internal structure and integrity. Without a fixed number of lines and with varied line lengths, the Jackpine sonnet depends on interweaving internal rhymes, assonance and occasional end-rhymes.
  • Third Great Grandson of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=11
  • Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183521227/milton-james_rhode-acorn