The Poet's House

Michael Plante

  • For A Good Life We May Have To Weaken

    by Michael Plante Pretty much every Canadian is touched by The Tragically Hip. To this day many still feel the loss of Gord Downie, lead singer and lyricist of the band, who passed away from brain cancer October 17 2017.… Continue reading

  • Moon River Run

    by Michael Plante Moon river bay sleeps like an old manwhen the dead paddle by under the full moon.The spirits of our dead call out like a loon in the darkness“Remember us….remember….”Drifting ice melts awaya new shoreline is reveled.Our ancestors… Continue reading

  • The Horse of Endurance

    By Michael Plante I Conviction is a gift that rises each morning.For those of us that wake within the darknesswe stand in the pre-dawn to witness the eternal battlebetween the light and the dark.The Creator shows usour coming plight.To make… Continue reading