2020 Nawal Semir: "I Am the People, the Mob" Jenny Wang: "Two Guns in the Sky for Daniel Harris" by Raymond Antrobus Nahida Mohamadou: “To the Ladies” by Lady Mary Chudleigh Farah Elnakoury: “Poor Speaker” by Sonnet L'Abbé Safae Bizgarne: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar Rena Liu: “What horror to awake at night” by Lorine Niedecker Rebecca Marchetti: “The New Experience” by Suzanne Buffam Nawal Semir: “Verso 3.1” by Dionne Brand Madlyn Woodruff: “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings Kumar Hind: “Cowboy Story” by George Murray Bianca Sanchez Galvin: “Sonnet XXIX: When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes” by William Shakespeare Anisa Pirani: “Two Guns in the Sky for Daniel Harris” by Raymond Antrobus Joyce Chen: “If Our Bodies Could Rust, We Would Be Falling Apart” by Billy-Ray Belcourt Gia Krikellas: “Adam Father” by Méira Cook Divyan Karunakaran: “With the Dying of the Light” by Richard Harrison Anna Shi: “Someday I'll Love Ocean Vuong” by Ocean Vuong Stephanie Aboukhater: “Wow! You've Changed” by Dina Del Bucchia 2019 Catricia Hiebert: “War” by Lee Maracle Jenny Wang: “Poor Speaker” by Sonnet L’Abbé Ghada Charki: “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” by Ezra Pound Nina Thach: “My Brother at 3 A.M.” by Natalie Diaz Matthew Zhou: “Poem For Duncan Campbell Scott” by Armand Garnet Ruffo Catricia Hiebert: “somewhere i have never travelled” by e.e. cummings Troy Cheah: “River of Milk” by Kaveh Akbar Alexander Morin: “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop Keagan Yap: “If Our Bodies Could Rust, We Would Be Falling Apart” by Billy-Ray Belcourt Berry Genge: “you aren’t going to like what i have to say” by Donato Mancini Nawal Semir: “Poor Speaker” by Sonnet L’Abbé Mackenzie Hutchinson: “grass” by Ward Maxwell Clara Sismondo: “Blackberrying” by Sylvia Plath Irene Zhang: “Full Metal Oji-Cree” by Joshua Whitehead Cyrena Fiel: “Gayatri” by Souvankham Thammavongsa William Zhang: “But I’m No One” by Weyman Chan Sophia Wilcott: “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop Chandra Miller: “Where There’s a Wall” by Joy Kogawa 2018 Hamish Marissen-Clark: “Illegalese: Floodgate Dub” by Wayde Compton Gabrielle Nebrida-Pepin: “I Lost My Talk ” by Rita Joe Pujita Verma: “A History of Houses Built Out of Spite” by Chimwemwe Undi Brittany Huellas-Bruskiewicz: “Opus 75, Sestina in B-flat for the Glockenspiel” by Adam Sol John Wood: “My Meadow, My Twilight” by Carl Phillips Michelle Cheng: “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson Chloe Harris: “From thirsty” by Dionne Brand Carly Benson: “Application Form” by Phoebe Wang Jia Xin Chen: “These Poems, She Said” by Robert Bringhurst Laura Beth Neuman: “The Last Laugh” by Wilfred Owen Anna Navarro: “Gayatri” by Souvankham Thammavongsa Sophia Chu: “Say the Names” by Al Purdy Mary Wan: “From Chapter I” by Christian Bök Juliana Nunes: “Let the Ponies Out” by Marilyn Dumont Elizabeth Wong: “Cowboy Story” by George Murray 2017 The 2017 National Finals in 5 minutes 2017 MTL Team Regionals Luc Maurer: “From Red Doc>” by Anne Carson Alyssa Howard: “Fear of Snakes” by Lorna Crozier Charlotte Egan: “Chemo Side Effects: Memory” by Elise Partridge Ji Thevenard: “Hotel Centrale, Rotterdam” by Daniel David Moses Chloe Harris: “Opus 75, Sestina in B-flat for the Glockenspiel” by Adam Sol Delphine Durand-Roy: “Tide” by Soraya Peerbaye Hannah Halpern: “world shapers” by Joanne Arnott Tsion Berie: “At the Centre” by Afua Cooper Katie Beale: “Echolalia” by Ian Williams Sujood Thraya: “Good Day Villanelle” by Damian Rogers Stephen Chankov: “From Chapter I” by Christian Bök Daniel Gallagher: “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley Marissa Prado: “Tide” by Soraya Peerbaye David White: “A Supermarket in California” by Allen Ginsberg Elizabeth Wong: “Piling Blood” by Al Purdy 2016 Hannah Goodridge: “Dulce et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen Nebou N’diaye: “i am graffiti” by Leanne Simpson Enzo Campa: “Echolalia” by Ian Williams Marie Foolchand: “I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg Venus Vafa: “Alone”, Edgar Allan Poe Tiffany Toussaint: “Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, Alootook Ipellie Timothy Tkachenko: “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Wilfred Owen Ji Thevenard: “mixed tape”, Katherena Vermette Rylee Pennell: “Self-Portrait”, Robert Creeley Laura Murdoch: “At the Centre”, Afua Cooper Erin Mugford: “Sometimes a Voice (1)”, Don McKay Mallory Moore: “Common Magic”, Bronwen Wallace Abbi Melanson: “Solitude”, Ella Wheeler Wilcox Caitlin MacPhail: “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802”, William Wordsworth Katie Lawrence: “Thoughtless Cruelty”, Charles Lamb Charlotte Faye Hiscock: “In Flanders Fields”, John McCrae Paolo M. 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Headwinds”, Tomasz Rózycki Rose Henbest: “i am graffiti”, Leanne Simpson Aicha Amettova: “I’ve Tasted My Blood”, Milton Acorn Glory Chima: “Walking Both Sides of an Invisible Border”, Alootook Ipellie 2015 Ayo Akinfenwa: “Fear of Snakes” by Lorna Crozier Olivia Perry: “From Red Doc>” by Anne Carson Marie Foolchand: “These Poems, She Said” by Robert Bringhurst Phoenix Sandrock: “Fire Watch” by Ken Babstock Mattis Savard-Verhoeven: “I am the People, the Mob” by Carl Sandburg Emilie Millon: “Echolalia” by Ian Williams Margaux Hunter-Moffat: “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins Tiffany Toussaint: “Mean Drunk Poem” by Sharon Thesen Roslin Olsthoorn Grant: “Annabel Lee” by Edgar Allen Poe Jeremy Mallette: “Shall earth no more inspire thee” by Emily Brontë Breagh Wadden: “the knowing” by Connie Fife Pauline Eudes: “Echolalia” by Ian Williams Elizabeth Vaz: “Insomnia” by Kate Hall Kaylan Wang: “Grief” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Cyan Patterson: “These Poems, She Said” by Robert Bringhurst Erin Mugford: “The Dead” by Charles Heavysege Pamela Lazzara: “At the Centre” by Afua Cooper Rose Henbest: “These Poems, She Said” by Robert Bringhurst Waynes Manalang: “Jack Would Speak Through the Imperfect Medium of Alice” by Alice Notley Maddy Wieke: “Mean Drunk Poem” by Sharon Thesen Kailen Regehr: “From thirsty” by Dionne Brand Sabrina Bento: “400: Coming Home” by Dennis Lee Peirce Dickson: “Interesting People of Newfoundland” by John Ashbery 2014 Marianne Verville : “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost Leo Chang: “Dog Boy” by Matthew Rohrer Ian Hogeboom-Burr: “dont worry yr hair” by bill bissett Roan Shankaruk: “Wolf Lake” by Elizabeth Bachinsky Ian Hogeboom-Burr: “Sweet Like a Crow” by Michael Ondaatje Leo Chang: “Constantly Risking Absurdity (#15)” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Kelsi James: “I Am” by John Clare Roan Shankaruk: “Dog Boy” by Matthew Rohrer Daniel Milton: “These Poems, She Said” by Robert Bringhurst Peirce Dickson: “The Listeners” by Walter De La Mare Sai Kolla: “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman Olivia Perry: “Plenty” by Kevin Connolly Tiffany Toussaint: “War” by Lee Maracle Andrea Rodriguez-Marin: “Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes” by Thomas Gray 2013 Elisabeth Sohier-Poirier: “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley Caitlin Botros: “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dede Akolo: “I felt a Funeral in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson Khalil Mair: “Wolf Lake” by Elizabeth Bachinsky Kyla Kane: “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg 2012 Sydney Gilchrist: “Plenty” by Kevin Connolly Alexander Gagliano: “From Chapter I” by Christian Bök Mary Jane Egan: “Revenge” by Letitia Elizabeth Landon Daniela Galdamez: “Poetry” by Marianne Moore Sadie Anne Hirschfield: “Jack Would Speak Through the Imperfect Medium of Alice” by Alice Notley Jeff Hunt: “A Glass Tube Ecstasy” by Jerome Rothenberg Sydney Gilchrist: “Beat! Beat! Drums!” by Walt Whitman Alexander Gagliano: “Journey of the Magi” by T. S. 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