David Newman School St. John's-Kilmarnock School By this poet Lesson PlanComprendre la poésie lyrique Lesson PlanUnderstanding Lyric Poetry Earle Birney Born in Calgary, Alberta, and raised on a farm in British Columbia, Earle Birney twice won the Governor General’s Award for his poetry. He studied… Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks was an acclaimed and widely read poet, author, and teacher. Her book-length work about a Black girl growing to adulthood, Annie… Walter De La Mare Born in Kent, the English poet Walter De La Mare (1873-1956) wrote horror stories, novels, and works for children in addition to poems. His poems—…