Best Canadian Poems
Below are the all-time best Canadian poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of canadian poems written by PoetrySoup members
Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders FieldCourage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field
(A Tribute)
Tough as nails young man with a red right hand
red-fire and whiskey ran in his blood.
Courageous seed...
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Categories:
canadian, conflict, death, fate, sorrow,
Form:
Sonnet
Walk TallI was born and raised in a little town by the name of Calder
That was just twenty miles south of the Canadian border
As a boy I...
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Categories:
canadian, america, death, drink, drug,
Form:
Narrative
Under the Same Moon -3-Way-Collaboration-~Under the Same Moon~
P.D.
Our days are different, living under the same moon
Down here in TEXAS, life carries a different tune
This world spins on its lovely...
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Categories:
canadian, friendship, lifeworld, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
Categories:
canadian, appreciation, beauty, father, inspiration,
Form:
Monoku
Terra IncognitaPeering beyond reach of human capacity
I revolve around the sun in a solar orbit,
Looking deep in space for origins of bygone
Going way beyond anyone has...
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Categories:
canadian, science, space, stars, universe,
Form:
Personification
Sweet BreezeThe sweet breeze through the window
asks nothing as unseen birds call.
It asks nothing of the sun
as it sweeps across yards,
yet it whispers to waking dreams.
My...
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Categories:
canadian, bird, good morning, loneliness,
Form:
Verse
Convoy of HopeGovernments have been intent on
eradicating our rights one by one
Backing us in a corner with countless
threats with nowhere to run
Under the disguise...
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Categories:
canadian, hope, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
canadian, butterfly, dedication, poems, poets,
Form:
Light Verse
O' Cenobite, Dar'Est Thy Soul AwaitO' Cenobite, Dar'est Thy Soul Await
Alas! By what right is such assailing
amidst uproar, then half-truths a'telling
Does not morn gift upon grass falling dew
yet truth perseveres...
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Categories:
canadian, creation, humanity, metaphor, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
I Am the GrinchI am the Grinch
I am I am, you know that I am
The Grinch of Grinch's and so
Don’t call me Sam
For Sam I not am
I am...
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Categories:
canadian, children, christmas, life, love,
Form:
Classicism
The Rail Ties That BindA little girl
She comes to a land of ghosts
Almost empty streets
She wonders
Where are all the people
No one here looks like her
Within her heart
Emotions stir
It is...
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Categories:
canadian, care, death, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Popcorn MusicPop (corn) Music
Introduction
It’s time to dance, time to tango
There’s a Canadian on the banjo
When he sees the guitar strings
Jack’s mirth grows soaring wings;
As he scans...
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Categories:
canadian,
Form:
Rhyme
An Excavation
Children as young as three years old,
Killed for not doing as they’re told,
Forced to forget their culture...
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Categories:
canadian, abuse, children, death, school,
Form:
Rhyme
Thinking of youAnne-Lise Andresen- "Hugs"
Anisha Dutta- "Sweet Lady"
Beata Agustin- "Spiritual"
Bill Baker- "Friend from Texas"
Brandy Nicole- "Whispers & Scribbles"
Brian Sambourne- "One of my...
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Categories:
canadian, friend, in memoriam,
Form:
List
At DunkirkAt
Dunkirk,
where thousands
of stranded men
lined a bloody beach,
hope was draining with each
air strike delivered by the
unrelenting Germans’ aircraft.
Cold, starved, and injured men watched from shore -
their...
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Categories:
canadian, courage, world war ii,
Form:
Etheree