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! Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. Plenty Who would have thought a trip to the grocery store could be so full of beauty? The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. 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 Where There’s a Wall Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall. sturgeon Intense with empathy, the poem places poet and struggling fish in direct physical relation. Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden Buen Esqueleto With its allusions and repetitions, “Buen Esqueleto” speaks powerfully on behalf of families caught in the contemporary U.S. border conflict. grass In his short, funny poem, Ward Maxwell asks us to step on the grass, saying “it deserves it.” But isn’t that the point of grass? Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. 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. Thou Poem A poet reveals the happiest and unhappiest parts of their poetry – in conversation with a poem. Other In Other, Livesay breaks free of patriarchy’s hold and ventures into landscapes of mountain, cedar forests, night skies, and the fierce interior of her spirit. 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. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. The Swimmer’s Moment Will you choose to observe from the rim of the whirlpool, or its centre? Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Top The poet remembers a father lost long before his death. 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 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. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad What would you ask a knight if you found him alone and palely loitering along a barren path? 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. 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. Poor Speaker Yep, the speaker gets what you're trying to say. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? Picking Up a Dandelion A short and poignant poem, stretching out a brief moment of beauty. 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.” The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. 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. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. We Wear the Mask We Wear the Mask is a resilient and entrancing tug-of-war with external perceptions of self. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English