My Canadian Poem

The Spirit of Canada

Brendan Meagher

Coast to coast, Victoria to PEI,
History beholds, more than meets the eye.
Monuments, buildings, new and old,
Brisk weather, sometimes hot, sometimes cold.

Hockey, lacrosse, beavers, maple leafs,
Native peoples, aboriginal chiefs.
Snowball fights and stick and puck,
French or English, we have plenty of luck.

But what describes our country most,
Is not the weather, nor the coast.

It’s the variety of faces that you see,
That’s the spirit of Canada to me.