Since 1995, Donald Hall has been so closely associated with the untimely passing of his wife, poet Jane Kenyon, that his long life’s work in poetry, arcing over six decades, may be said to have become ...

In April of 2014, my 21-year-old nephew Graham Parkinson, died from a rare form of cancer, after a long and difficult battle with the disease, starting when he was just 14 years old. He fought it off ...

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When Chief Dan George from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation wrote and delivered his iconic Lament for Confederation marking the country's centenary, the Salish actor, poet, activist and cultural leader ...

Let me learn from the Brent geese their grey grammar of grief as they wheel in a bow-backed flock onto a February tide. Let me learn from these strong geese to map my losses with a cry, learn from ...

A book of poems and prose is always a joy to read because it gives the author leverage to express themselves. Such is the case of The Lament, by Ercell H. Hoffman, a book that gives the reader a mixed ...

In spite of his radical allegiances, Burns was something of a sentimentalist where the deposed royal house of Stuart was concerned. In this poem he shows Mary Queen of Scots reflecting bitterly on her ...