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! susiya Music binds and refreshes community sturgeon Intense with empathy, the poem places poet and struggling fish in direct physical relation. I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. from “Road Shoulders” the shoulder of the road gleams with the poet's attention An Innocent Little Girl • Favzieh Rahgozar Barlas captures a snapshot of child marriage, its cultural and economic context, and its physical and emotional aftermath. Reluctance Even after you’ve jumped all the fences, climbed all the hills, and looked at the world, it can be hard to accept how you feel… From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. 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. The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. Low Tide on Grand Pré The setting sun gives rise to a treasured memory of Grand Pré in this somber, rhythmic poem. 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. Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. 400: Coming Home You can’t help thinking about your life on a long stretch of highway. 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. Laurentian Shield This portrait of a rocky, silent Canadian landscape speaks to the country’s limitations and its potential. Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. 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. 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 Top The poet remembers a father lost long before his death. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? Late Prayer Erin Robinsong delivers a quiet and fierce prayer for life on Earth in an age of ecological destruction and oligarchical domination 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? Weed Killer Fiona Tinwei Lam moves from personal to universal and back to the personal in this chilling poem about the ecological destruction bequeathed from one generation to the next. World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. 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. Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. Money A museum coin collection prompts a reflection on the captivating nature of currency. Where There’s a Wall Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall. In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. 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’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. Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. Reluctance Even after you’ve jumped all the fences, climbed all the hills, and looked at the world, it can be hard to accept how you feel… Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English