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! I’ve Tasted My Blood In this thunderous poem, the speaker proclaims his rage, anguish, and hope in the face of war and oppression. I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? Full Metal Oji-Cree That’s ok, our robomocassins will outlive you nine times over. The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. World Town Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father. The New Experience Join the speaker on a whirlwind journey towards a surprising realization. 1992 Sometimes a scent or a site or a taste can sweep you up into the past. This finely honed narrative poem knows what that’s like. 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. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without 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. The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. Yellowjacket “Yellowjacket” explores the eerie way the dead make themselves at home in our lives. A Fixed Idea Musical and haunting, Amy Lowell’s “A Fixed Idea” is a sonnet that speaks to pain and conflict. 400: Coming Home You can’t help thinking about your life on a long stretch of highway. The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. The Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. My Papa’s Waltz The poet writes a complex poem about his relationship with his father. The Swimmer’s Moment Will you choose to observe from the rim of the whirlpool, or its centre? Childhood For Aracelis Girmay, “Childhood” is a place we can visit in our memories—and perhaps a place that moves on without us. Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. 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 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. 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. From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. 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? Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! 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. In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. The Trick The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other. Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. Not the Music In Not in the Music, Crozier explores the inviolable: the sacred parts of ourselves that we cherish as personal sanctuaries. 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… Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English