Poetry month picks

An illustrated pen spilling out poetry with text reading Poetry Month.

April is Poetry Month! Choose from this collection and find inspiration, emotion and beauty.

Mother Earth: Poems to Celebrate the Wonder of Nature by Libby Hathorn and Christina Booth

Mother Earth: Poems to Celebrate the Wonder of Nature by Libby Hathorn and Christina Booth

Mother Earth is a warm, funny, beautiful collection of nature poems. This is a book to treasure and to celebrate our precious environment for kids and families, students and teachers alike! Ages 0-5.

Pretty Boys are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox and Audrey Kawasaki

Pretty Boys are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox and Audrey Kawasaki

Through more than seventy poems, Megan Fox chronicles how we fit into the shape of the ones we love, even if it means losing ourselves.

Wrong Norma by Anne Carson

Wrong Norma by Anne Carson

Read this astounding compilation from Anne Carson, Governor General's Award winner and renowned poet, essayist and author.

La Poésie, Késako? by Thomas Vinau et Marc Majewski

La Poésie, Késako? by Thomas Vinau et Marc Majewski

Un album constitué d'un à trois vers par page qui explore les différentes formes que peut prendre la poésie et où chaque double page dévoile une proposition.

Steven Heighton: Collected Poems, 1983-2020 by Steven Heighton

Steven Heighton: Collected Poems, 1983-2020 by Steven Heighton

This collection of new and previously published poems by Steven Heighton, author of the Governor General's Literary Award-winning title, The Waking Comes Late, showcases one of Canada's most acclaimed poets.

The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird

The All + Flesh by Brandi Bird

The All + Flesh explores the concepts of health, language, place and memory that connect its author to their friends, blood relatives and ancestral lands.

Leaving Howe Island by Sadiqa de Meijer

Leaving Howe Island by Sadiqa de Meijer

Winner of the 2012 CBC Canada Writes Poetry Prize Sadiqa de Meijer takes us on a journey into the past. Musings on family, childhood and belonging unfold in poetic works of cutting clarity and mystery.