Dive In | Poetry in Voice

Not the Music

In Not in the Music, Crozier explores the inviolable: the sacred parts of ourselves that we cherish as personal sanctuaries.

In Flanders Fields

The dead summon us to action in this much-beloved poem of war.

The Days of the Unicorns

Phyllis Webb beautifully writes an ode to the majestic unicorn.

The Powwow at the End of the World

Sherman Alexie slams the environmental destruction of settler-colonialism as we travel on an upstream course towards the powwow at the end of the world.

Community Garden

Seeking to escape internet trolls the speaker turns her eye to the garden

Money

A museum coin collection prompts a reflection on the captivating nature of currency.

The Trick

The body and the mind are intimately linked and cannot be divorced from each other.

Homage to the Mineral of the Onion (I)

Could a vegetable be the antidote to war? This poem thinks so.

I Have Something to Tell You

In this surreal poem, a man made of cameras brings his unexpected concerns into sharper focus.

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.

Tide

Both stark and tender, this poem is about Reena Virk, a BC teen of South Asian descent who was assaulted and murdered by her peers in 1997.

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.

Where There’s a Wall

Both beauty and violence are just on the other side of the wall.

fluorine

Rita Wong uncovers the poisons in everyday life to teach us about our relationship to the natural world.

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.

Low Tide on Grand Pré

The setting sun gives rise to a treasured memory of Grand Pré in this somber, rhythmic poem.

The Bull Moose

A moose's final, tortured moments unfold in a series of brutal images.

Five Postcards from Jericho

Postcards to regret, to time, to anyone at all

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.

Salmon Courage

Deep bravery can emerge amid clashing familial hopes and truths. M. NourbeSe Philip shows us how.

The Blue Guitar

In this glosa poem, P.K. Page strums out questions about being an artist and telling the truth.

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.

World Town

Layers of memory paint a moving, vibrant portrait of one man’s time spent in a seaside town with his father.

April 30, 2014

One spring day, dreading an afternoon appointment that will dredge up all kinds of terrible memories, the speaker of the poem focuses on the natural world around her.

My Brother at 3 A.M.

A pervasive sense of paranoia threads itself through the quiet night of this poem.

the knowing

Connie Fife cryptically combines land and body in this poem exploring connection to place and past.

At the Centre

In this poem of a woman in deep repose, her seeds of self-care begin to blossom.

Not the Music

In Not in the Music, Crozier explores the inviolable: the sacred parts of ourselves that we cherish as personal sanctuaries.

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

dont worry yr hair

Having a bad day? This uplifting poem about the power of our inner potential should light a spark.

Buen Esqueleto

With its allusions and repetitions, “Buen Esqueleto” speaks powerfully on behalf of families caught in the contemporary U.S. border conflict.

Top

The poet remembers a father lost long before his death.

Dear Updike

Evelyn Lau powerfully describes the world around her in order to grieve the loss of a beloved writer.

Two Words: A Wedding

bpNichol presents life as a river of ever-changing words and asks us to step in.

Dulce et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen brilliantly uses rhyme and meter in this brutal poem about a poison gas attack during WWI.

Application Form

Identity is elusive. Maybe it doesn’t exist at all.

“Breathe dust…”

Nearly punctuation-free, this is a breathless journey through memories of a youth spent in rural Canada.

Sonoma

A dreamlike sense of the uncanny hangs over this poem of an encounter on a coastal highway.

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.