Epitaph
By Merritt Malloy. When I dieGive what’s left of me awayTo childrenAnd old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry,Cry for …
September 2020
Speaking To You (From Rock Bottom)
By Michael Ondaatje, b.1943, Canada. Speaking to youthis hourthese days whenI have lost the feather of poetryand the rainsof separationsurround us tocktock like Go tablets …
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Note from web author: One of the best things about retiring my small physical poem board (on the side of our road back in August) …
Come, Rest Awhile
by Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1874-1942, Prince Edward Island. Come, rest awhile, and let us idly strayIn glimmering valleys, cool and far away. Come from the …
Rivers of Canada
By Bliss Carman, 1861-1929, New Brunswick. O all the little rivers that run to Hudson’s Bay,They call me and call me to follow them away.Missinaibi, …
All She Wanted
By Atticus, Canadian poet.
A Portrait in Greys
By William Carlos Williams, 1883-1963, U.S. Will it never be possibleto separate you from your greyness?Must you be always sinking backwardinto your grey-brown landscapes—and treesalways …
When Great Trees Fall
By Maya Angelou. Words by one remarkable woman, posted here to honour another remarkable woman: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933-2020. When great trees fall,rocks on distant …
No Difference
By Shel Silverstein. Small as a peanut,Big as a giant,We’re all the same sizeWhen we turn off the light. Rich as a sultan,Poor as a …
Give All To Love
By Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, U.S. Give all to love;Obey thy heart;Friends, kindred, days,Estate, good-fame,Plans, credit and the Muse,—Nothing refuse. ’T is a brave master;Let …