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Meet Gregory Cook, a man with a mission editor, is a man with a mission. University of Waterloo Writer of Residence for 1990â€"91, he‘ll conduct writer‘s workshops for on and off campus for local writers and work on his anthology, My Diary of Dreams. Born in Yarmoth, N.%..kamakt" Vm Woolfville, N.S. ‘Not _East UI% Today, as Cook sits in his tiny office at St. Jerome‘s College, he reflects on what the Second World War means to the students he will be tutoring; how they will relate to the war poems â€" poems about a war they have only dealt with through history assignments, grandfather‘s recollection or glamorized movies. "! know the war seems far removed from their lives, and the lives of my children. | don‘t remember the war myself, but there is a definite meaning there for me . . . my father did not return. | have one of his service medals | wear when | read my war poems. ‘‘For all those of the third generation, | hope my poems will help them realize that we must search for better ways to solve differences than go to war. Lies, deception and aggressive behavior will lead to confrontation. We have been negotiating in the Middle East unâ€" successfully for years, and now we‘re so close to war.‘‘ From the poem, Dear Sons, addressed to his children: Begin with music, words, the vote, and resort to tactics they will not recognize as the brokers are melted down by the power they The colllection of poems, Love in Flight deal with Cook‘s family and the death of his father in the Second World War. Cook said that 39 years later, he felt compelled to travel to Holland and see where his father had fought and died. ‘"‘My father was killed in 1944 during the liberation of Holland. When i was there I talked to veterans and survivors â€" they were so helpful. | wrote the first draft for Love in Flight, in Holland,"" he said. Horwood, has UW had a Writerâ€"inâ€"Residence from the East Coast. Former W in Rs, Grahame Gibson, Susan Musgrave, Seanâ€"Virgo, Sandra Birdsell have been from various parts of Canada. Many of the peoms, My Parents, My Family and Daughter read like miniâ€"geological records of the Cook family. Accompanied by family photos, they peeeesssasuum a -¢--â€"â€"--;-.='h' x3 e MicCW Q}S\\g}fis'\.y _A eflni\-.\k?téh‘efier'l V Reeey ***/ C I 666 yictorla sys ~”â€"â€""â€"â€" ndbormedtinerieAmert cars‘ ~ .omiminiiatininbSndartd 11001 0. MUL L.--------------.---..--..I Gregory M. Cook, poet, teacher, lecturer anq ut, V g # . demonstrate Cook‘s concerns as a citizen, family man and spiritual guru. _ C ids e C A fourth collection, My Diary of Earth, is the first in a new series of poetic diaries, praising nature and decrying a fouled earthâ€"nest. From the poem, My Country: My country has mined its future sold its quotient of yellow ore for the species‘ last birthday cake. A longer poem, Dreamstones, deals with preâ€" history among our native people. "‘I was inspired to write this poem when a team of archeologists found a clay pipe in New Brunswick that had come from Ohio. | tried to imagine how it got there. As the pipe was passed on and smoked, probably a gift from an Ohio tribe, it kept on giving . . . making stories."‘ Its fired clay holds the life of every touch since it left Ohio for Miramichi. Although Cook insists he is not a historian in the literal sense, his inner voice conveys a sense of place connecting the past to the present. ‘‘Much of today‘s history appears to us in newspaper, on the radio and TV. The formal written history tells so little of our lives. The oral telling of history is being forgotten but we are obliged to tell our children their family history. There is a threat today that individuâ€" als will not tell us what they know. To understand, we must be given the information we need. If we are deceived with lies and misinformation, we are not communicating effectively. The past must be told to us in terms of the present,"‘ he says. Gregory Cook is not a man of shallow conscience. He is passionately in love with life the way it is and he is determined to depart this attitude to others. His parting advice firmly enforces his purpose as a writer. ‘‘Writers must tell the truth . . . tell it as it really is. Sometimes we even censor ourselves, but we must not allow this to happen.‘‘ Hours: Monâ€"Wed 9â€"6; Thurs, Fri. 9â€"8; Sat. 9â€"5 ANSWERING MACHINES I honine s Gon rorest 140°7222 HFADLINES in n on un on Same mm o Mon.Pri. Book For Your | mapane Christmas | | Sat. l 5 Parties Now! 74Aâ€"0660_ 3