These poems each have a set of guided questions, related videos that allow for deeper investigation, and suggested writing activities. We'll be adding more poems here soon! The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home The Fatigue Fatigue is often the first sign something is wrong with one's body. Fatigue looms larger than life in this poem which grapples with meds, family, and coping. Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. The Problem With Being a Box Too Small for Its Contents Misch expounds the unbearable work needed after a breakup: to separate from your lost love and “rejoin yourselves…even when you don’t want to.” The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. An English Speaking Doctor Translates the Concerns of his Patient with Google/Un Docteur Anglophone Traduit Les Inquiétudes De Son Patient Avec Google This bilingual poem expresses the limitations of understanding across languages when experiences become lost in translation. My Poem Without Me in It Imagining herself removed from her own poem, a poet realizes how poetry gives her the space to create herself. But I’m No One But I’m No one is a reflection on our tendency to fear death and the manifestation of this fear through uncanny beliefs. susiya Music binds and refreshes community Late Prayer Erin Robinsong delivers a quiet and fierce prayer for life on Earth in an age of ecological destruction and oligarchical domination Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. Laurentian Shield This portrait of a rocky, silent Canadian landscape speaks to the country’s limitations and its potential. The Lonely Land In this free verse poem, snapshots of a wild landscape show that beauty and conflict are not mutually exclusive — and that one may be derived from the other. Famous In Famous, Naomi Nye speaks to the relationship between objects and the ideas they represent. She is as famous to the poem as the poem is famous its words. fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. April 30, 2014 One spring day, dreading an afternoon appointment that will dredge up all kinds of terrible memories, the speaker of the poem focuses on the natural world around her. Echolalia Exploring the tension between desire and satisfaction, this is “a poem that you have to kiss your way through without being kissed,” says Williams. Too Negative Have your friends’ parents ever warned them away from you because they thought you were a bad influence? “Too Negative” is a poem about that experience. The Visions of Stone Carrier In this dreamlike piece exploring memory and primogeniture, N. Scott Momaday casts a haunting spell that transports the reader through mystery and reminiscence. Modestine A woman writes a tender poem about her dad’s struggle with dementia. Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. “Breathe dust…” Nearly punctuation-free, this is a breathless journey through memories of a youth spent in rural Canada. Fast Commute Laurie Graham weathers an incongruous ice storm in this poem-excerpt that asks us to pause and understand that we are present here, “and with this understanding to start to hear.” Thou Poem A poet reveals the happiest and unhappiest parts of their poetry – in conversation with a poem. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without My Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. The ABG (Able-Bodied Gaze) The abled-bodied gaze is an intrusive force in this poem, making a spectacle of a disabled body and attempting to reduce them to their impairment. the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. I saw a perfect tree today Lillian Allen praises the rampant diversity of trees in Northern Ontario and asks us to see perfection in difference. I’ll Teach You Cree By sharing with us the untranslatable aspects of Cree culture, Scofield immerses the reader with the sensorial experiences that deepen the bonds of community. people arrived Tracing and traveling with Kaie Kellough’s verse, the people in this poem plead to have their pulses read out loud. Declaration of Intent Rita Wong invokes the "sacred bond" of water in this poem that invites us to learn from watersheds, and to act in their defense. The Trick The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English