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! Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all An Innocent Little Girl • Favzieh Rahgozar Barlas captures a snapshot of child marriage, its cultural and economic context, and its physical and emotional aftermath. Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. Letters In this tender poem tracing a lost love, the speaker holds on by letting things go… Journey of the Magi One of the three wise men who travelled to Bethlehem upon the birth of Jesus Christ describes his version of the story and the emotional upheaval he experiences from witnessing a miracle that shatters his previous beliefs and way of life. We Wear the Mask We Wear the Mask is a resilient and entrancing tug-of-war with external perceptions of self. Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. Dinosaur Economics In this poem, playful romanticization meets a stark awakening Where There’s a Wall Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall. Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong In this tender poem of healing, care and remembrance, Ocean Vuong reaches out to his younger self. What Is Poetry Using only the letters in the title’s question, Holbrook generates a smorgasbord of weird and delightful answers. 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. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! My sister cries the sea In this poem of environmental apocalypse, Mordecai pictures a divided planet as her sister, listening to the voices of plants and fish as they mourn habitat destruction in creole from “Road Shoulders” the shoulder of the road gleams with the poet's attention Weed Killer Fiona Tinwei Lam moves from personal to universal and back to the personal in this chilling poem about the ecological destruction bequeathed from one generation to the next. aubade for the BPD subreddit user who wrote can people with BPD love? The stunningly cruel comments of an internet forum reverberate throughout a sleepless night Thou Poem A poet reveals the happiest and unhappiest parts of their poetry – in conversation with a poem. The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. 1992 Sometimes a scent or a site or a taste can sweep you up into the past. This finely honed narrative poem knows what that’s like. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Opus 75, Sestina in B-flat for the Glockenspiel A silent glockenspiel plays out a teenage girl’s anxieties about growing up and fitting in. Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. a good day The poet recalls the day she heard her father would die. From Red Doc In this poem-as-a-conversation, a man and his mother consider how the past lives on in the present. Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… Death of a Young Son by Drowning Blurring time but clarifying feeling, this poem gives voice to a mother who loses a son and gains a country. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman Alexie slams the environmental destruction of settler-colonialism as we travel on an upstream course towards the powwow at the end of the world. How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. 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. Top The poet remembers a father lost long before his death. The New Experience Join the speaker on a whirlwind journey towards a surprising realization. Cold Solace Even after many months in the freezer, a honey cake calls up strong memories. 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. 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. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English