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Check out these Canadian poetry collections we're excited about in spring 2025! If you're interested in poetry, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is currently accepting submissions. You can submit an ...
Canadian poet Jean Blewett (1862–1934 ... While American poet Cummings is most famous for his love poems for women, “[little tree]” remains a favorite among Christmas poems—Cummings ...
John McCrae, a surgeon in the Canadian Army, wrote possibly one of the most famous pieces of war poetry, In Flanders Fields, while observing the scenes outside a dressing station near Ypres in 1915.
No Canadians are in the running for the Griffin Poetry Prize for the first time in the literary award's 25-year history. The short list announced today consists of five collections written by American ...
In Flanders Field is a famous poem. Written by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae. John McCrae was a Canadian field surgeon. He wrote the poem after his friend was killed in battle. He wrote a famous ...