Milton AcornThrough archival and private sources, many previously untapped, Richard Lemm connects Acorn? s self perpetuated image as a working class rebel, and his peculiar brand of communism, to his employment history and experience of war. The poet's troubled relationships with family members, his wife writer Gwendolyn MacEwan lovers, other writers and friends, and his chronic ill health are all explored as sources of both personal pain and inspiration.