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! 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. 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. 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. Homage to the Mineral of the Onion (I) Could a vegetable be the antidote to war? This poem thinks so. people arrived Tracing and traveling with Kaie Kellough’s verse, the people in this poem plead to have their pulses read out loud. 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. Not the Music In Not in the Music, Crozier explores the inviolable: the sacred parts of ourselves that we cherish as personal sanctuaries. 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. 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? What Is Poetry Using only the letters in the title’s question, Holbrook generates a smorgasbord of weird and delightful answers. the ghosts of women once girls Poet Aja Monet reveals both gladness and sadness from a little girl enraptured by literature. susiya Music binds and refreshes community Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. Chemo Side Effects: Memory The stop-start, grasping form of this poem mirrors the speaker's struggle to reconcile herself with one of the side effects of cancer treatment. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all From One and Half of You Trying on traditional clothing and finding how it fits. Or not. Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. From Red Doc In this poem-as-a-conversation, a man and his mother consider how the past lives on in the present. 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. From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. 400: Coming Home You can’t help thinking about your life on a long stretch of highway. How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong In this tender poem of healing, care and remembrance, Ocean Vuong reaches out to his younger self. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. Low Tide on Grand Pré The setting sun gives rise to a treasured memory of Grand Pré in this somber, rhythmic poem. These Poems, She Said Can an argument be the foundation of a love poem? Robert Bringhurst certainly thinks so! 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. Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. Salmon Courage Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how. I Have Something to Tell You In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus. Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. In Flanders Fields The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war. Northern Light A poem about belonging when one doesn't feel like they are completely at home Mantra of No Return It is possible to travel home when one has never been there. This poem does. dont worry yr hair Having a bad day? This uplifting poem about the power of our inner potential should light a spark. “Breathe dust…” Nearly punctuation-free, this is a breathless journey through memories of a youth spent in rural Canada. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English