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! Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong In this tender poem of healing, care and remembrance, Ocean Vuong reaches out to his younger self. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. 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 Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. 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. 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 niya A physical encounter with a stranger ignites a fire of emotions about how to express the trauma of settlement and life in a colonial, urban environment. 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? World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Full Metal Oji-Cree That’s ok, our robomocassins will outlive you nine times over. I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. Homage to the Mineral of the Onion (I) Could a vegetable be the antidote to war? This poem thinks so. My Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom at Sears A clash of cultures in a department store bathroom showcases pride and power in the towns matrons as well as the space in the middle where the speaker lives 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. 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. My Brother at 3 A.M. A pervasive sense of paranoia threads itself through the quiet night of this poem. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all people arrived Tracing and traveling with Kaie Kellough’s verse, the people in this poem plead to have their pulses read out loud. 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. For My Best Friend One way to grieve is to give tribute, perhaps even before the person you are grieving is completely gone. Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! The Problem With Being a Box Too Small for Its Contents Misch expounds the unbearable work needed after a breakup: to separate from your lost love and “rejoin yourselves…even when you don’t want to.” Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. Sonoma A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway. Dear Updike Evelyn Lau powerfully describes the world around her in order to grieve the loss of a beloved writer. Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. 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. sturgeon Intense with empathy, the poem places poet and struggling fish in direct physical relation. 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. Top The poet remembers a father lost long before his death. The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. Letters In this tender poem tracing a lost love, the speaker holds on by letting things go… Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden The New Experience Join the speaker on a whirlwind journey towards a surprising realization. The Powwow at the End of the World Sherman Alexie slams the environmental destruction of settler-colonialism as we travel on an upstream course towards the powwow at the end of the world. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English