"1923-03-30Z"^^ . "Acorn, Milton"@en . "Canadian poet" . "1986-08-20Z"^^ . "1923Z"^^ . "1986Z"^^ . "Milton James Rhode Acorn (March 30, 1923 \u2013 August 20, 1986), nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright. He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Acorn was a World War II veteran. On a trans-Atlantic crossing, he 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 in 1956."@en .