The Poet's House

#firstnations

  • Resolute Bay

    by Michael Plante PrologueIn 1953 the Canadian Government sent the R.C.M.P. to Inukjuak P.Q. and Pond Inlet, Nunavut to ask residents to be relocated to the Arctic. This was to have Canadian representation in the Arctic during the U.S.A./Soviet Cold… Continue reading

  • Truth and Reconciliation Day 2025

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  • Clouds Rest

    by Michael Plante I’m an old man in a roomreminiscing in memories;the cheap cracked floral wallpaperand the smell of old peopleis certainly a reality I could do without. It is not death I wait forit is the warm summer windfrom… Continue reading

  • Stop Lying To People and Read A Book

    by Michael Plante “There was no genocide. Stop lying to people and read a book. The Holocaust was a genocide. Get off Twitter and learn more about the world.”  – Aaron Gunn. If you feel more comfortable calling it Cultural… 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