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! 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 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. Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. Tide Both stark and tender, this poem is about Reena Virk, a BC teen of South Asian descent who was assaulted and murdered by her peers in 1997. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. 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? In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. 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… Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden From the Catalogue of Cruelty “From the Catalogue of Cruelty” reminisces on a series of hurtful acts the speaker committed in her childhood and folds in generational violence, state violence, and Greek myth. 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.” Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home 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 We Wear the Mask We Wear the Mask is a resilient and entrancing tug-of-war with external perceptions of self. Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. a good day The poet recalls the day she heard her father would die. Sonoma A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway. Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Letters In this tender poem tracing a lost love, the speaker holds on by letting things go… Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. from Cross River . Pick Lotus Sometimes a simple wish granted, especially a final one, can change everything. Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. Salmon Courage Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how. From Red Doc In this poem-as-a-conversation, a man and his mother consider how the past lives on in the present. 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 We Wear the Mask We Wear the Mask is a resilient and entrancing tug-of-war with external perceptions of self. 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. 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 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.” 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. From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English