Poetry, Subjects & Themes, Family
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Exposed 2U
Self-Reflection Through Questions and Observations by Sherwin Paul Head
What does it mean to be a man? The poems in Exposed 2U explore this question with gentleness, humour, and honesty, offering open-hearted reflections on subjects like love and romance, family and fatherhood, religion and spirituality, illness and...
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Reflections
by Robert W. White and Rosemary M. Kanigan
That broken old buggy down by the well If it could talk it would have a story to tell Of horses and sleighs and bygone days Pull up a stump and hear what it says. Reflections is a collection of rhyming poetry that shares a snapshot of a life that...
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A Garden in the Rain
by Dell Catherall
In this début collection, Dell Catherall shapes language the way a gardener prunes an aspen tree. Paying tribute to a garden, a husband, a son lost to childhood demons, the poems in this collection connect the humble to the luminous. A draft...
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Second Chances
by Kathleen Coughlin Dunn
Spanning a lifetime’s worth of both blessings and hardship, Second Chances is an introspective poetry collection that delves deep into life’s ups and downs with moving insight. Author Kathleen Coughlin Dunn’s maturity of prose speaks of a life...
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Joy & Sorrow
Sorrow & Joy-Musings on Mining, Family, Latin America and Society by Peter Sean Daly and Leandra Iraheta
Most of these poems are from the direct experience of the author, be it working at a mine or in mineral exploration, mostly in Canada but also in Latin America, or with my family and including both sorrow and joy with the short life of my son, or...
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Sun, Sky, Sea, and Sometimes Mud!
by Joan Lavern Marshall Wilkinson and Verlyne V Forde
For Joan L. Marshall, there are powerful metaphors buried in the word “mud.” Not just the natural material that squelches under a child’s bare feet when playing at the beach, but complex memories of coming of age in her native Barbados. Sun, Sky,...
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A Heart's Window
by Lisa Sherk
When you open your heart’s window, everyday moments transform into the magical. A Heart’s Window is a collection of rhyming and free verse poetry, reading like a story. It explores the magic of subtle moments, navigating from family and...
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Where the Lotus Blooms
by Neha Radhika Chand
Divided into three chapters, Where the Lotus Blooms explores the natural elements of our world—fire, earth, and water—and unites them with our human experiences. Told from the voice of a first-generation Canadian woman, this poetry collection is...
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A Mother's Tribute to Two Sons
by Sangeeta (vainu) Airi
When we lose a loved one—especially a child— the grief can be overwhelming. Depression sinks in. Without an outlet, it can be impossible to climb back to the light. For anyone who is grieving, A mother's tribute to two sons can be the outlet you...
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Wandering Thoughts
by John Oross
This collection of poetry, prose, open political letters, lyrics, and short stories is mostly autobiographical and entirely illuminating. It is the poignant tale of a life marked by loss but also by strength of character and the will to push...
