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! From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. For My Best Friend One way to grieve is to give tribute, perhaps even before the person you are grieving is completely gone. 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. Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. from “Road Shoulders” the shoulder of the road gleams with the poet's attention Modestine A woman writes a tender poem about her dad’s struggle with dementia. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. 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? 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.” At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. 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. The Blue Guitar In this glosa poem, P.K. Page strums out questions about being an artist and telling the truth. The Trick The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other. 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? Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. 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. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. 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. Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? My Brother at 3 A.M. A pervasive sense of paranoia threads itself through the quiet night of this poem. The Swimmer’s Moment Will you choose to observe from the rim of the whirlpool, or its centre? I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. Qawanguq with Fox Abigail Chabitnoy’s dreamscape of a poem depicts a coy little fox. susiya Music binds and refreshes community the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. 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. Sonoma A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. The Swimmer’s Moment Will you choose to observe from the rim of the whirlpool, or its centre? Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. 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. Late Prayer Erin Robinsong delivers a quiet and fierce prayer for life on Earth in an age of ecological destruction and oligarchical domination 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. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English