Burritt's Rapids and Beyond
Louis Contant
n BURRITT’S RAPIDS AND BEYOND, “whatever flows, remains.” From Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, and rural Ontario, Louis Contant considers his place in the world. Fireflies, whip-poor-wills, squirrels, dragonflies, waterfalls, and the soulful notes of a sonata drift through these meditations on nature, spirituality, writing, love, family, friendship, and music. Louis’ poems inhabit sorrow and suffering yet are rich with praise, delighting in the comforts and joys of ritual and routine alongside brevity and ephemera. Whether considering the “alpine range” of Auden’s contributions to literature, the solitude of the poet, the “molded contours” of friendship, the possibility of life on other planets, or the cedar cottage sweetness of home, Louis reminds us that “what really matters is happening all the time / without us.”
With humour, wit, and humbleness, Louis confronts his own mortality and celebrates human connection in an age of technology and social unrest. Playful rhymes and uncompromising narratives are accompanied by the poet’s feisty resilience and tuneful undercurrents of grace.
Published posthumously, and compiled and contextualized by the poet’s wife, Wilma Brown, Burritt’s Rapids and Beyond showcases and pays tribute to the life of one wise and curious man. At its heart, this book asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it with pleasure and reverence, trying not to step on any wildflowers.
Duration - 2h 52m.
Author - Louis Contant.
Narrator - Steve Quinn.
Published Date - Saturday, 18 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2024 Louis Contant ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
n BURRITT’S RAPIDS AND BEYOND, “whatever flows, remains.” From Winnipeg, Vancouver, Montreal, and rural Ontario, Louis Contant considers his place in the world. Fireflies, whip-poor-wills, squirrels, dragonflies, waterfalls, and the soulful notes of a sonata drift through these meditations on nature, spirituality, writing, love, family, friendship, and music. Louis’ poems inhabit sorrow and suffering yet are rich with praise, delighting in the comforts and joys of ritual and routine alongside brevity and ephemera. Whether considering the “alpine range” of Auden’s contributions to literature, the solitude of the poet, the “molded contours” of friendship, the possibility of life on other planets, or the cedar cottage sweetness of home, Louis reminds us that “what really matters is happening all the time / without us.” With humour, wit, and humbleness, Louis confronts his own mortality and celebrates human connection in an age of technology and social unrest. Playful rhymes and uncompromising narratives are accompanied by the poet’s feisty resilience and tuneful undercurrents of grace. Published posthumously, and compiled and contextualized by the poet’s wife, Wilma Brown, Burritt’s Rapids and Beyond showcases and pays tribute to the life of one wise and curious man. At its heart, this book asks what it means to truly belong to this world, to live in it with pleasure and reverence, trying not to step on any wildflowers. Duration - 2h 52m. Author - Louis Contant. Narrator - Steve Quinn. Published Date - Saturday, 18 January 2025. Copyright - © 2024 Louis Contant ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Dedication
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Introduction
Duration:00:02:26
Louis Loved
Duration:00:01:41
BURRIT'S RAPIDS REFLECTIONS
Duration:00:00:35
Cottage Sanctuary
Duration:00:01:06
At Burritt's Rapids
Duration:00:00:49
A Rideau Reflection
Duration:00:00:40
Downstream
Duration:00:01:21
A Burritts’ Rapid
Duration:00:00:28
Blue Jay
Duration:00:00:32
Tennis
Duration:00:00:28
Eastern Phoebe
Duration:00:00:38
Screens
Duration:00:01:00
Wood Chopping
Duration:00:00:25
DEDICATIONS AND APPRECIATIONS
Duration:00:00:34
Tribute to Montague
Duration:00:01:02
Ashes From a Confirmation
Duration:00:01:12
The Friday Fund I
Duration:00:01:40
The Friday Fund II
Duration:00:01:04
Logger Rhythms
Duration:00:01:01
Martha’s Villanelle
Duration:00:01:26
Asleep On A Wakeful Sea
Duration:00:01:41
W H Auden
Duration:00:01:17
Clouds
Duration:00:00:52
Point of View
Duration:00:01:27
Transfer Point
Duration:00:00:51
To Say Hello
Duration:00:00:56
Magic Monk
Duration:00:01:18
Salute to ‘Mike’
Duration:00:01:38
Stage Fright
Duration:00:01:09
Hospital Visit
Duration:00:00:58
The Dancer
Duration:00:00:43
Gohier Park Walk
Duration:00:00:34
Cover Girl
Duration:00:00:43
Suprise
Duration:00:00:36
Magician I
Duration:00:01:17
Magician II Legerdemain
Duration:00:01:05
Cargo Carrier
Duration:00:00:42
A Praising Witness
Duration:00:00:51
Mountain Valley Storms
Duration:00:02:05
REFLECTIONS ON WRITING POETRY
Duration:00:00:54
A Strike in Winter
Duration:00:00:36
The Right Honourable Hilroy Gage
Duration:00:01:00
Formulation
Duration:00:00:37
An Occupation
Duration:00:01:04
Burning The Midnight Olivetti
Duration:00:00:32
“Let Your Words Be ”
Duration:00:00:19
National Arts Council
Duration:00:00:39
Upon An Island Rock
Duration:00:00:50
Poems That Do Not Boast
Duration:00:00:58
Private Press I
Duration:00:00:37
Private Press II
Duration:00:00:52
Private Press III
Duration:00:01:01
Table Top
Duration:00:01:32
Admit One
Duration:00:01:30
REFLECTIONS ON LIFE
Duration:00:00:03
Jurassic Clam
Duration:00:00:39
See What I Got
Duration:00:01:48
In The Wedge of an Hourglass
Duration:00:01:16
Pitch Fork
Duration:00:00:18
How Pleasant It Is to Have Money
Duration:00:02:03
Televangelists
Duration:00:00:26
Telephone
Duration:00:00:35
Apollo Eleven
Duration:00:01:21
Wall Street Seance
Duration:00:00:43
Academic Ditty
Duration:00:00:22
Toilet Papers
Duration:00:01:22
Visitation
Duration:00:01:23
Atop Mount Royal
Duration:00:00:54
Tavern Regular
Duration:00:00:41
Automat Apple
Duration:00:00:55
The Safety of Floor Plans
Duration:00:00:34
Treasure Trove
Duration:00:00:39
Awakenings
Duration:00:00:58
Neanderthal Man In The Street
Duration:00:00:33
Night Attendant
Duration:00:00:39
Typecast
Duration:00:00:59
Black December Seventy Two
Duration:00:01:03
Self Explanatory
Duration:00:01:09
Curiosity I
Duration:00:01:09
Curiosity II
Duration:00:01:17
Candle
Duration:00:00:56
Salvage
Duration:00:01:06
Caryatid
Duration:00:00:47
Chaldean Player
Duration:00:00:27
Participation
Duration:00:00:35
Ferris Wheel
Duration:00:01:06
Row on Row
Duration:00:01:01
If Once We See
Duration:00:00:34
Autumn Field Notes
Duration:00:01:12
And Yet
Duration:00:00:22
REFLECTIONS ON NATURE
Duration:00:00:03
Rainbow
Duration:00:00:53
Amaryllis
Duration:00:00:18
Kentucky Coffee Tree
Duration:00:00:26
Off Limits
Duration:00:01:25
Winter Spring
Duration:00:00:57
Spring I
Duration:00:00:18
Spring Uprising
Duration:00:00:35
Spring II
Duration:00:00:32
Greenwood Tower, Port Hope
Duration:00:00:54
Spring III
Duration:00:00:43
Wind and Trees
Duration:00:00:40
City Sparrow
Duration:00:00:40
Crescendo
Duration:00:00:52
On Attending an Aurora I
Duration:00:00:37
On Attending an Aurora II
Duration:00:00:48
Seagull
Duration:00:00:34
Maple Leaf
Duration:00:00:56
To a Dying Squirrel
Duration:00:01:30
Semiotics
Duration:00:00:40
October Idyll
Duration:00:00:36
October Leaves
Duration:00:00:59
Autumnal
Duration:00:00:30
Shadows of Night
Duration:00:01:12
Second Stanza
Duration:00:00:29
Roots Deeper
Duration:00:00:51
First Frost
Duration:00:00:42
Picture Windows
Duration:00:00:34
WEST COAST REFLECTIONS
Duration:00:00:16
Early Snapshot
Duration:00:00:30
Bowen Island
Duration:00:01:09
Broadway
Duration:00:01:50
Lighthouse Trail, West Vancouver
Duration:00:01:58
Vancouver Visit
Duration:00:01:17
SPIRITUAL REFLECTIONS
Duration:00:00:20
An Emancipated Prayer
Duration:00:00:58
Good Friday
Duration:00:01:48
Kohoutek's Comet
Duration:00:01:21
Mea Culpa
Duration:00:00:36
Instant Enlightenment
Duration:00:01:00
Christmas
Duration:00:01:30
Anticipation
Duration:00:00:58
Reclamation Mark
Duration:00:00:45
Headline Prophets
Duration:00:00:44
Responses
Duration:00:00:35
Road Obstruction
Duration:00:01:34
Holy Trinity
Duration:00:01:33
Canst Thou Send Lightnings
Duration:00:01:02
Way Station
Duration:00:01:05
The Provervial I
Duration:00:00:36
Last Will and Testament
Duration:00:00:58
REFLECTIONS ON MUSIC
Duration:00:00:03
Jazz Improvisation
Duration:00:00:23
The Soft Pedal
Duration:00:00:31
Recorder Practice I
Duration:00:00:35
Recorder Practice II
Duration:00:00:49
Recorder Practice III
Duration:00:01:03
Trumpet
Duration:00:00:17
Espressivo
Duration:00:00:27
Divertimento
Duration:00:01:07
Improvisation Take 1
Duration:00:01:22
Improvisation Take 2
Duration:00:01:18
Improvisation Take 3
Duration:00:00:56
Good Vibes
Duration:00:00:53
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
Duration:00:00:03
Candid Camera
Duration:00:00:26
Winnipeg Rivers
Duration:00:01:38
Aubade
Duration:00:00:48
The Angel and The Box
Duration:00:03:13
In Passing
Duration:00:01:00
Gaspé – Metis Beach
Duration:00:00:58
Silence
Duration:00:00:38
Complete and Return
Duration:00:01:06
Birthday Greetings
Duration:00:01:28
Winter Blizzard
Duration:00:00:44
The Gamble
Duration:00:01:39
Brasserie TP
Duration:00:01:19
Sidetracked
Duration:00:00:29
Woman On The Stairs
Duration:00:00:38
Snakes and Ladders
Duration:00:01:10
Under An Approach
Duration:00:00:43
Transcontinental
Duration:00:03:14
Spit and Polish I
Duration:00:00:35
Spit and Polish II
Duration:00:00:37
Spring IV
Duration:00:00:23
Morning Walk
Duration:00:00:55
Fair Warning
Duration:00:01:05
Evening News
Duration:00:00:54
Wounded Dawn
Duration:00:00:31
Stearman
Duration:00:00:40
Blindfold
Duration:00:01:26
Madeleine (December 16-24, 1920)
Duration:00:03:11
Acknowledgement
Duration:00:00:21
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:13