Hart Rouge: A New Collection of Poems and Short ProseFrom the Introduction by Rob Rolfe: Hart rouge is another name for red osier dogwood (cornus stolonifera). The inner bark of this plant was dried and often mixed with tobacco by First Nations and Metis people, to be smoked for pleasure or ceremonial purposes. Today, red osier dogwood grows all along the post industrial east shore of Owen Sound Bay. Here, many French speaking Metis once lived, in a part of Owen Sound known as Mudtown. For me, the