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 Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… Modestine A woman writes a tender poem about her dad’s struggle with dementia. From the Catalogue of Cruelty “From the Catalogue of Cruelty” reminisces on a series of hurtful acts the speaker committed in her childhood and folds in generational violence, state violence, and Greek myth. Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. Qawanguq with Fox Abigail Chabitnoy’s dreamscape of a poem depicts a coy little fox. Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Two Hours on the Train In this deceptively simple poem, a poet on a journey transcends time. Marshlands Quietly pause to take in the colours and sounds of a marsh. The Blue Guitar In this glosa poem, P.K. Page strums out questions about being an artist and telling the truth. Aliens Visit the Islands In “Aliens Visit the Islands,” Terese Mason Pierre describes an extraterrestrial landing in the Caribbean that subverts familiar sci-fi tropes. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… 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 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? Editing the Prairie If the prairie was a written story, imagine the rejection letter it might get! 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 Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. Yellowjacket “Yellowjacket” explores the eerie way the dead make themselves at home in our lives. What Is Poetry Using only the letters in the title’s question, Holbrook generates a smorgasbord of weird and delightful answers. 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. At the Centre In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom. The Problem With Being a Box Too Small for Its Contents Misch expounds the unbearable work needed after a breakup: to separate from your lost love and “rejoin yourselves…even when you don’t want to.” Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI. The Tyger In the woods at night, the speaker talks to a magical animal… Homage to the Mineral of the Onion (I) Could a vegetable be the antidote to war? This poem thinks so. Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. 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? From Correspondences Anne Michaels challenges us to find new maps to think about old experiences. 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. Fear of Snakes The life of a snake and the memory of girlhood trauma are told in sinuously entwined language. 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 the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. Pagination « First First page ‹ Previous Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 Language English