 He eventually returned to his childhood home of Corner Brook, where he co-founded the March Hare, an annual poetry and music festival.Pittman's poetry and plays often address the sense of loss associated with the rural resettlement policies initiated by Joey Smallwood's provincial government in the 1960s.His best-known play "West Moon" is set in a resettled outport, where the ghosts of the dead lament the abandonment of their home.