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! Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all 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. 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… Childhood For Aracelis Girmay, “Childhood” is a place we can visit in our memories—and perhaps a place that moves on without us. I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. My Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. Autobiography of My Hungers A poem that explores private desire and longing, and the pain of homophobia. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all 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. Bad Brown Girl The poem tells the story of a young Arab woman caught between her culture and her North American upbringing. 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. Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. Famous In Famous, Naomi Nye speaks to the relationship between objects and the ideas they represent. She is as famous to the poem as the poem is famous its words. Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… 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. fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. 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… Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. Passing into Storm Through an objective lens, this poem, which could be a trailer for a horror movie, describes a white man deliberately walking into a snow storm. To what end? 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 From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. 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. World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. Let the Ponies Out In this poem, a dramatic monologue, the speaker implores their father to do something both real and more real in its imagining. How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? A Stone Diary A love poem to a stone takes on deeper, rockier meanings. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Language English