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By Jane Munro. 2014
Award-winning poet Jane Munro draws on her well-honed talents to address what Eliot called "the gifts reserved for age." A…
beloved partner's crossing into Alzheimer's is at the heart of this book, and his "battered blue Sonoma" is an evocation of numerous other crossings: between empirical reportage and meditative apprehension, dreaming and wakefulness, Eastern and Western poetic traditions. Rich in both pathos and sharp shards of insight, Munro's wisdom here is deeply embedded, shot through with moments of wit and candour. In the tradition of Taoist poets like Wang Wei and Po-Chu-i, her sixth book opens a wide poetic space, and renders difficult conditions with the lightest of touches. Winner of the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. 2014.By Phil Hall. 2011
Poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes, essays that are not out to persuade so…
much as ruminate, invite, accrue. Includes memories of, and homages to Margaret Laurence, Bronwen Wallace, Libby Scheier, and Daniel Jones. Hall writes of the embarrassing process of becoming a poet, and of his push-pull relationship with the concept of home. Winner of the 2011 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011.By Margaret Avison. 2002
By Catherine Clinton. 2010
By Colette DeDonato. 2004
An anthology of poetry which celebrates the 10th anniversary of WritersCorps workshops, which bring creative writing instruction to low-income kids.…
More than 150 young people from ages 9 to 23 write about their lives and the state of the world. Includes poems about family, freedom, violence, inner peace, self-identity, and the writing process. Senior High. 2004.By Bronwen Wallace. 1991
One set of these poems is dedicated to Emmylou Harris, because they were sparked by a song on one of…
her albums. Another group of poems includes reflections on "everyday science." Some strong language. 1991.By Paul Fleischman. 1988
By Roxane Orgill. 2017
When Esquire magazine planned an issue to salute the American jazz scene in 1958, graphic designer Art Kane pitched a…
crazy idea: how about gathering a group of beloved jazz musicians and photographing them? He didn't own a good camera, didn't know if any musicians would show up, and insisted on setting up the shoot in front of a Harlem brownstone. Could he pull it off? In these poems, Roxane Orgill steps into the frame of Harlem 1958, bringing to life the musicians' mischief and quirks, their memorable style, and the vivacious atmosphere of a Harlem block full of kids on a hot summer's day. Grades 3-6. 2017.By Dennis Lee. 1983
By Rosanna Deerchild. 2015
A poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of the Canadian Aboriginal Residential School confinements in…
the 1950's, when thousands of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were placed in these schools against their parents' wishes. Many were forbidden to speak their language and practice their own culture. The author portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools problem has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today. 2015.By Joshua Whitehead. 2017
This poetry collections focuses on a hybridized Indigiqueer Trickster character named Zoa who brings together the organic (the protozoan) and…
the technologic (the binaric) in order to re-beautify and re-member queer Indigeneity. This Trickster is a Two-Spirit / Indigiqueer invention that resurges in the apocalypse to haunt, atrophy, and to reclaim. Following oral tradition, Zoa infects, invades, and becomes a virus to canonical and popular works in order to re-centre Two-Spirit livelihoods. They dazzlingly and fiercely take on the likes of Edmund Spenser, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and John Milton while also not forgetting contemporary pop culture figures such as Lana Del Rey, Grindr, and Peter Pan. 2017.By Cara-Lyn Morgan. 2017
By Jack Prelutsky. 2000
A collection of more than one hundred humorous poems with titles such as "Deep in Our Refrigerator," "Butterflies, You Puzzle…
Me," "We Are Plooters," and every child's lament, "Why Do I Have to Clean My Room?" For grades 2-4. 2000.By Eugenio Montale. 1980
This collection appeared in Italy during the former Nobel laureate's eighty-second year. The sardonic force of his shrewd observations of…
the contemporary scene remains unblunted even as the poet has become more involved with the everyday, more private, more self-revealing. 1980.By Billeh Nickerson. 2012
Published on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, these poems depict the tragedy in a series of…
snapshots. Based on historical research the author conducted in Belfast and his birthplace of Halifax, the poems document not only the history behind the ship's construction, but what life must have been like for those aboard her maiden voyage and in the years following her sinking. c2012.By Jean Little. 2003
Poems about the joys and pains of giving and receiving, many with a humorous twist. They feature a wide cast…
of characters from toddlers to teens, with an adult or two thrown in for good measure, and even an inanimate object mentioned here and there. Grades 3-6. 2003.By David Bouchard, Robb Terrence Dunfield. 1997
Paralyzed by a fall at age nineteen, Robb Dunfield is now an internationally acclaimed artist and founder of the world's…
first independent-living facility for individuals with high-level disabilities. "If Sarah Will Take Me" is inspired by Dunfield's message of hope and courage, written by Bouchard after a chance encounter with Dunfield at a speaking engagement at the high school where the author works. 1997.By Margaret Atwood. 1988
Margaret Atwood presents, with intense imagination, the human condition and a preoccupation with the passage of time. The sense of…
loss, pain and death are intertwined with her clear, close up representation of the natural world. She examines and observes fear, anger and sadness between the sexes, and the awareness of mortality. From the start to the finish of this vivid collection she remains resilient and insists that "we must learn to see in darkness". 1988.By Jordan Abel. 2016
Award-winning Nisga'a poet Jordan Abel's third collection is a long poem about racism and the representation of indigenous peoples. Composed…
of text found in western novels published between 1840 and 1950 - the heyday of pulp publishing and a period of unfettered colonialism in North America – he uses erasure, pastiche, and a focused poetics to create a visually striking response to the western genre. 2016. Uniform title: Poems.By Liz Howard. 2015
The mechanisms we use to make sense of our worlds – even our direct intimate experiences of it – come…
under constant scrutiny and a pressure that feels like love. The waters of Northern Ontario shield country are the toxic origin and an image of potential. A subject, a woman, a consumer, a polluter; an erotic force, a confused brilliance, a very necessary form of urgency – all are loosely tethered together and made somehow to resonate with our own devotions and fears; made “to be small and dreaming parallel / to ceremony and decay.” Winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize. 2015. Uniform title: Poems.