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! 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. 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. the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. How Not to Spill Do you hold your hands shut, or do you let everything spill out? The Potato Harvest This lonely poem is about so much more than a bare field. Sweet Like a Crow This tumbling, outrageous list poem is a backhanded ode to a child’s less-than-melodious singing voice. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all Beat! Beat! Drums! With rich bombastic language and Whitman's trademark sprawling lines, this poem rallies troops for war. the knowing Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past. Five Postcards from Jericho Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all Money A museum coin collection prompts a reflection on the captivating nature of currency. a good day The poet recalls the day she heard her father would die. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… The Days of the Unicorns Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn. Dear Updike Evelyn Lau powerfully describes the world around her in order to grieve the loss of a beloved writer. The Bull Moose A moose's final, tortured moments unfold in a series of brutal images. A Breakfast for Barbarians Come sit at this mythical table where guests eat the world’s mysteries for breakfast. 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 Vancouver Lights This wartime poem looks out at Vancouver’s nighttime skyline and contemplates humanity. I Feel the Sun This poem articulates the poet’s intense feeling about the sunlight after going through a long winter. 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 Salmon Courage Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how. 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. Blank Sonnet Set in Halifax of the 1930s, this sensual, inebriated love poem plays with the sonnet form. Regardless This vibrant list poem celebrates the right to just Be. i am graffiti This poem vibrates with anger and defiance in the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Where There’s a Wall Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall. The Trick The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other. I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without The Dead This sonnet considers the fragmented, elusive way the dead resurface in our lives. 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.” I Am The speaker longs to escape himself and to find freedom from within and without Poor Speaker Yep, the speaker gets what you're trying to say. Sometimes a Voice (1) On a hot summer afternoon, Danny jumped off the boathouse roof without thinking of the consequences. Two Words: A Wedding bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in. One Art When loss feels inevitable, sometimes the only thing to do is write it down… Insomnia A dark, playful twist on what someone would do if they could only sleep… 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 Laurentian Shield This portrait of a rocky, silent Canadian landscape speaks to the country’s limitations and its potential. The Blue Guitar In this glosa poem, P.K. Page strums out questions about being an artist and telling the truth. Pagination 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next › Next page Last » Last page Language English