Tim Lander is a street musician, book artist, and poet born in 1938 in the United Kingdom. He is widely published in Canada and elsewhere.
Scope and content
The collection consists of the following items: several books, titled "It's all just as we expected it to be except that you're here and that makes it completely strange," Edmonton, 1971, "Romantic Manifesto for the Last Ditch," Edmonton, 1972, "A Contemplative Journey," Nanaimo, 1987, "The Ballad of Jonnie Walker" Port Townsend, Washington, n.d., "The Myth of Adam and Eve," Port Townsend, 1995, "Les Petite Animaux," Port Townsend, 1996, "Pecunia Non Olet" printed by Ed Varney, Vancouver, n.d., "Street Heart Poems" Nanaimo, 1993, "Penny Poems," Nanaimo, 1992, "Faces - A Poem," Vancouver, 1975, "Meditations of Caliban," Vancouver, 1973, "The Caterpillar on the Leaf," Nanaimo, 1997, "National Registration Identity Card," Nanaimo, 1996, "Self Publishing and the Culture of Poetry," Nanaimo, 1996, "The Twelve Characters for Love," 1988, "Language Poem for Steve Duncan," 1996, "Funny Poem," 1996, "The Death and Apotheosis of Ronnie Walker," 1994, "Occidental Verse," 1981, "2 Poems for the Word and the Street Festival," 1995, "Poem for the One Eyed Carpenter," 1992, "'Chapmen' for OED," "Faces P & I, 1972-73," "Travellers," 1980, "The Harmonious Biosphere," 1995, "Coal Mining," "Gold Mining," "Railroad Work," "The Law," "On Boards Ship," and "Dinner is Ready" taken from Chinese texts, originally published in 1892, now in Nanaimo, 1990, "The Glass Book," 1984, "Like Stepping Stones above the Traffic," 1989, as well as three broadsides: "Going North," "Who will Tell Secrets," "Lighting a Cigarette," 1995, and a poem, Halifax, 1995, and one video recording made at Banff of "Action Poetry," sixty minutes, 1994.
