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! Salmon Courage Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how. The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. 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 The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Laurentian Shield This portrait of a rocky, silent Canadian landscape speaks to the country’s limitations and its potential. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… Thou Poem A poet reveals the happiest and unhappiest parts of their poetry – in conversation with a poem. 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 Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. 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. the ghosts of women once girls Poet Aja Monet reveals both gladness and sadness from a little girl enraptured by literature. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? 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! An Innocent Little Girl • Favzieh Rahgozar Barlas captures a snapshot of child marriage, its cultural and economic context, and its physical and emotional aftermath. 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 One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Qawanguq with Fox Abigail Chabitnoy’s dreamscape of a poem depicts a coy little fox. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. Cold Solace Even after many months in the freezer, a honey cake calls up strong memories. 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. World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. 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. Not the Music In Not in the Music, Crozier explores the inviolable: the sacred parts of ourselves that we cherish as personal sanctuaries. From Red Doc In this poem-as-a-conversation, a man and his mother consider how the past lives on in the present. These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! Poor Speaker Yep, the speaker gets what you're trying to say. The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… Modestine A woman writes a tender poem about her dad’s struggle with dementia. 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. My Brother at 3 A.M. A pervasive sense of paranoia threads itself through the quiet night of this poem. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. 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. The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all from Cross River . Pick Lotus Sometimes a simple wish granted, especially a final one, can change everything. From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. Pagination 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English