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! a good day The poet recalls the day she heard her father would die. Low Tide on Grand Pré The setting sun gives rise to a treasured memory of Grand Pré in this somber, rhythmic poem. Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. My Brother at 3 A.M. A pervasive sense of paranoia threads itself through the quiet night of this poem. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. For My Best Friend One way to grieve is to give tribute, perhaps even before the person you are grieving is completely gone. These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! Common Magic Do you ever wonder how anything gets done when we’re all swirling in our own galaxies of thought and experience? This poem does too. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Money A museum coin collection prompts a reflection on the captivating nature of currency. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! Dear Updike Evelyn Lau powerfully describes the world around her in order to grieve the loss of a beloved writer. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. 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 Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? An Innocent Little Girl • Favzieh Rahgozar Barlas captures a snapshot of child marriage, its cultural and economic context, and its physical and emotional aftermath. Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. 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. people arrived Tracing and traveling with Kaie Kellough’s verse, the people in this poem plead to have their pulses read out loud. 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. Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. 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. i am graffiti This poem vibrates with anger and defiance in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong In this tender poem of healing, care and remembrance, Ocean Vuong reaches out to his younger self. Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Buen Esqueleto With its allusions and repetitions, “Buen Esqueleto” speaks powerfully on behalf of families caught in the contemporary U.S. border conflict. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. My Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. 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. sturgeon Intense with empathy, the poem places poet and struggling fish in direct physical relation. Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. Letters In this tender poem tracing a lost love, the speaker holds on by letting things go… 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? Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears A clash of cultures in a department store bathroom showcases pride and power in the towns matrons as well as the space in the middle where the speaker lives Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English