The Lighthouse
...It stands erect over the sea and land
abounding in rocks and stones, protruding
from an ocean full of water and sand
guiding its voyageurs with its lighting
The lighthouse is a symbol f...
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Categories:
voyageurs, appreciation, light,
Form: Sonnet
We Are Canadian: As One We Stand
...We came from the beginning, shrouded mists of time and space,
And in this vast and northern clime each found our sacred place.
We were our country’s pioneers, the people of the land,
We lit the fl...
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Categories:
voyageurs, adventure, endurance, history, patriotic,
Form: Rhyme
Made In America
...Subways swim underground
like whales swallowing dreams.
I sit blended into its whirring cavity
A hostage inside this vehicle transporting prisoners.
I see my face clinched in the window’s reflec...
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Categories:
voyageurs, america, conflict, discrimination, freedom,
Form: Narrative
Stadacona: An Ode To Quebec City
...Stadacona
An ode to Quebec City
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On the green bank of a mighty stream -
A lofty aerie - a fair city beam
With stately air a queen, she stands -
A gem - over these most forest lands.
An ...
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Categories:
voyageurs, adventure, city, courage, devotion,
Form: Ballade
Le Vrai Et Nouveau Hymne National - Translation of Kevin Gilbert's the New True Anthem By T Wignesan
...Le Vrai et Nouveau Hymne National – Translation of Kevin Gilbert’s « The New True Anthem » by T. Wignesan
En dépit de ce que Dorothea a dit
sur le sujet de la terre brûlée au soleil
vous ne l...
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Categories:
voyageurs, abuse, anxiety, environment, eulogy,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Lacs Italie
...Aux lacs italiens
Douce l'italie, ca n'est pas moi qui raillerai jamais tes
amants, méme quand la passion les emportant Bien au contraire,
les exces m'enchantent. Je me rapelle l'ent...
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Categories:
voyageurs, appreciation, heart, uplifting,
Form: Romanticism
Door Way
...Door Way
Standing there planted
between Ingress and Egress
Blathering in the Doorway
stalls the Princess unmoving
Other guests attempt to pass
Her Royal Highness
Silhouetted pain in the ...
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Categories:
voyageurs, social
Form: Free verse
Pine Blossom Pavement
...PINE BLOSSOM PAVEMENT
I never left the soft sunshine,
reflected across the satin smooth pond, deep in the forest,
with flowered edges of pink ladyslippers, wild roses and daisies,
to sl...
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Categories:
voyageurs, natureold, city, old,
Form: Lyric