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! 400: Coming Home You can’t help thinking about your life on a long stretch of highway. “Breathe dust…” Nearly punctuation-free, this is a breathless journey through memories of a youth spent in rural Canada. Last Visit This poem invites you to discover the forms that outrage can take. 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. Plenty Who would have thought a trip to the grocery store could be so full of beauty? I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? i am graffiti This poem vibrates with anger and defiance in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 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. 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. Full Metal Oji-Cree That’s ok, our robomocassins will outlive you nine times over. The Blue Guitar In this glosa poem, P.K. Page strums out questions about being an artist and telling the truth. 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. Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. 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. A Stone Diary A love poem to a stone takes on deeper, rockier meanings. Happy Birthday Moon “Happy Birthday Moon” is a pantoum poem that captures a tender moment of a father reading a story with his deaf son. A Stone Diary A love poem to a stone takes on deeper, rockier meanings. 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… Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. Dinosaur Economics In this poem, playful romanticization meets a stark awakening Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. 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. 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 The Bull Moose A moose's final, tortured moments unfold in a series of brutal images. fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Community Garden Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? I Carried My Father Across the Sea An elegy, both surreal and heartfelt, that explores a son’s grief over his father’s death. 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. I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. In Exile I Draw the Tower Card A poem that explores the loss of taken-for-granted abilities that lead to existential questions about oneself. The New Experience Join the speaker on a whirlwind journey towards a surprising realization. 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? 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. Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without 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. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English