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! The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. Sonoma A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway. Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. 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. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. 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. From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. The Swimmer’s Moment Will you choose to observe from the rim of the whirlpool, or its centre? I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. 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. 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. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. from “Road Shoulders” the shoulder of the road gleams with the poet's attention Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all Where There’s a Wall Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall. A Stone Diary A love poem to a stone takes on deeper, rockier meanings. April 30, 2014 One spring day, dreading an afternoon appointment that will dredge up all kinds of terrible memories, the speaker of the poem focuses on the natural world around her. Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? An Innocent Little Girl • Favzieh Rahgozar Barlas captures a snapshot of child marriage, its cultural and economic context, and its physical and emotional aftermath. 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 These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home 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 Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. I’ve Tasted My Blood In this thunderous poem, the speaker proclaims his rage, anguish, and hope in the face of war and oppression. Jesse’s Farm Sadiqa de Meijer reckons with environmental degradation and motherhood in this poem that asks whether showing our children “the beloved world” is enough. Thou Poem A poet reveals the happiest and unhappiest parts of their poetry – in conversation with a poem. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without Un Docteur Anglophone Traduit Les Inquiétudes De Son Patient Avec Google/An English Speaking Doctor Translates the Concerns of his Patient with Google This bilingual poem expresses the limitations of understanding across languages when experiences become lost in translation. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. My Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. The Trick The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other. 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. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! the ghosts of women once girls Poet Aja Monet reveals both gladness and sadness from a little girl enraptured by literature. fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English