Poem: Guy Arsenault
Voice: Jean-Philippe Raîche
Images & music: Louis-Philippe Chiasson
Listen to Jean-Philippe Raîche as he reads excerpts from Guy Arsenault’s work.
Find out more about Guy Arsenault: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Ars… —
Website: https://www.poesiemonctonpoetry.com
To cite this article:
Arsenault, Guy. "Tableau de backyard". Discours/e: Digital Catalogue for Atlantic Literatures and Cultures, 14/05/2021. https://discours-e.ca/en/2021/05/14/tableau-de-backyard-2/, viewed on 11/06/2026.
Guy Arsenault
Guy Arsenault (1954-2023) was an Acadian poet and visual artist born in Moncton, New Brunswick. His landmark poetry collection Acadie Rock (1973) brought the chiac dialect into literature, challenging traditional norms. As a painter, Arsenault extended his poetic themes of Acadian identity, cultural resistance and everyday life into visual form. His work remains significant in the Francophone Atlantic Canadian literary and arts scene.
