Niagara Falls

Poetry Project  

Poets of the Niagara Area

This section of the website is for poets who reside in the Niagara area on both the Canadian and American sides of the river, and includes many of their writings that are not necessarily about Niagara.

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Baxter, E. R. III Looking for Niagara It's Niagara lost
Beam, Betty J.

(poems for children)

 

Brock's Monument I climbed up Brock's Monument
A Cow and Ice Cream Laura Secord, by the record  
The Floral Clock A giant clock grows on the ground
Friday Fireworks Each Friday night, fireworks
The Legend of the Falls Long ago the Indians came
The Niagara River Wild white water is
A Pioneer's Prayer The forests tall
World Wonder Cataracts cascading
Carnochan, Janet Battle of Lundy's Lane, 25th July, 1814 Upon this hill we come to celebrate
Dollard, Father James B. Loretto Convent, Niagara Falls I look below -- Niagara's torrent white
Niagara Incessantly thy waters thus have rolled
The Niagara Gorge Had Dante ever seen this prodigy,
Gibson, W. Colin

Dreams

Dreaming of dreams, I dreamt of you.

The Gibber Zone II The gibber zone is now open to see

A Gothic Tale

Hark, tis a dark dark night.

A Gothic Tale – Part II

Going south, across a marsh

Ink Blot

O geez, I feel a spree  of words flowing easily to me right now on the spot.

Welcome to my World

The Gibber Zone shall soon be unveiled
     
Glenny, Elizabeth NIAGARA RIVER TABLE d’HÔTE Upriver, it begins to unfold from Erie’s mouth
Grol, Lini Fondly Remembered Old Queenston A small town
Lelawala: The Maid of the Mist Lelawala, Lelawala,
Niagara Falls The heart of the world
Our Niagara River From lake to lake,
Seeing Niagara All excited,
Kershaw, James Niagara particles
Kirby, William Sonnet Read at the Unveiling of the Lundy's Lane Monument, 25th July, 1895 Stand fast! Stand fast! Stand fast! a mighty cry
Watson, Evelyn From Poems of the Niagara Frontier