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! The Fish A dreamy poem diving into oceanic imagery, exploring time and change. 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. 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. susiya Music binds and refreshes community fluorine Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world. My sister cries the sea In this poem of environmental apocalypse, Mordecai pictures a divided planet as her sister, listening to the voices of plants and fish as they mourn habitat destruction in creole Sonoma A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway. 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. Homage to the Mineral of the Onion (I) Could a vegetable be the antidote to war? This poem 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. I Lost My Talk How can you speak your deepest truth in a language that doesn’t understand you? The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… Before the Birth of One of Her Children This frank, devout poem confronts the risks facing a 17th-century woman in childbirth. 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. 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. 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… Low Tide on Grand Pré The setting sun gives rise to a treasured memory of Grand Pré in this somber, rhythmic poem. 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. the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. 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. 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… Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all Modestine A woman writes a tender poem about her dad’s struggle with dementia. from “Road Shoulders” the shoulder of the road gleams with the poet's attention Guanahani, 11 This bracing ballad (re)considers the beauty and history of the Caribbean island where Christopher Columbus first landed. Application Form Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all. 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 Bow What flows through a name, and a name, and a name? From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. Pale Blue Cover In this nostalgic poem, the speaker reminisces about the author Matt Cohen. Too Negative Have your friends’ parents ever warned them away from you because they thought you were a bad influence? “Too Negative” is a poem about that experience. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Full Metal Oji-Cree That’s ok, our robomocassins will outlive you nine times over. A Stone Diary A love poem to a stone takes on deeper, rockier meanings. Planet Earth P.K. Page sings the praises of planet earth through extended metaphor and delightful constraint. Late Prayer Erin Robinsong delivers a quiet and fierce prayer for life on Earth in an age of ecological destruction and oligarchical domination Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English