Since Mr. Dudek professes himself to be inured to misunderstanding and lack of appreciation from the Canadian public, it will come as no surprise to him to hear that a reviewer finds little resemblance to true satire in [Laughing Stalks, a] new book of satirical verses which resemble rather the rude noises and nose-thumbing gestures of a small boy bent on making himself objectionable to his disenchanted audience.

Mr. Dudek is sometimes betrayed by his own skill at parody. Not in the second volume under review, however. En México is another of the thoughtful, impressionistic, poetic ramblings that best suit his talent. Mexico seems to have been for the poet a traumatic experience which made him deeply conscious of the ironies implicit in historic time and in man's relation to time.

All aspects of Mr. Dudek's poetic personality merge here, as in his poem Europe, to express...