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! How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? Chemo Side Effects: Memory The stop-start, grasping form of this poem mirrors the speaker's struggle to reconcile herself with one of the side effects of cancer treatment. 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? These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! From Red Doc In this poem-as-a-conversation, a man and his mother consider how the past lives on in the present. Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. 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. 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. 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 A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. Late Prayer Erin Robinsong delivers a quiet and fierce prayer for life on Earth in an age of ecological destruction and oligarchical domination Money A museum coin collection prompts a reflection on the captivating nature of currency. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Salmon Courage Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how. The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. 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. 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. sturgeon Intense with empathy, the poem places poet and struggling fish in direct physical relation. From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. Picking Up a Dandelion A short and poignant poem, stretching out a brief moment of beauty. people arrived Tracing and traveling with Kaie Kellough’s verse, the people in this poem plead to have their pulses read out loud. 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. Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. Laurentian Shield This portrait of a rocky, silent Canadian landscape speaks to the country’s limitations and its potential. Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden 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. Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. 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. i am graffiti This poem vibrates with anger and defiance in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. from Exhibits from the American Water Museum Natalie Diaz mourns the violence committed against the Mojave people (and by extension, Indigenous people across North America) and bodies of water, inextricably connected I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. 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. 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. a good day The poet recalls the day she heard her father would die. 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. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English