Choose your pocket poem – or poems – from the League’s 2020 Poem in Your Pocket Day Booklet! In it, you’ll find the 15 poems by Canadian authors selected for this year’s celebration plus information on how to celebrate PIYP Day, 10 ways support your favourite poets, and more!
The official 2020 Poem in Your Pocket Day poems are…
Swimming In Church Lake by John Wall Barger
Cosmic Egg Hypothesis by Laura Cok
Le Mot Juste by M.E. Csamer
Christmas Work Detail, Samos by Steven Heighton
Why Scrabble by Louisa Howerow
Letters Home by Kevin Irie
Believe… by Penn Kemp
Concealing by Shannon Kernaghan
Missed Call by Annick MacAskill
The Last Time I Saw You by Carol L. MacKay
Lovers by Diana Manole
making milk by Christine McNair
Crepuscule by Colin Morton
Georgian Bay Meditation by Nan Williamson
The Moon Over Istanbul by Bänoo Zan
Carry a Poet in Your Pocket!
Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day by carrying one (or all!) of these Canadian poetry heavyweights with you! Each in their own way, these poets have contributed to the establishment, development, growth, and continued richness of Canadian poetry — in Canada and abroad.
Dig through the archives! We feature new Canadian poets in each annual booklet, put together in partnership with Academy of American Poets so there’s lots to look back on. View, share, or copy and paste any Poem in Your Pocket selections!
PIYP Day 2019 / 2018 / 2017 / 2016
For your French pocket poem needs, check out the 2018 booklet created by La poésie partout for La Journée du poème à porter.