Read the SemiFinalists 2026

Submissions for 2026 Poiesis have

now closed.

Thank you to everyone who participated in Poiesis 2026.

Please see the top 5 entries, as selected and submitted by the judges in the individual schools.

Authors will remain anonymous until judging is completed.

J. Swetnam (Havergal College)
J. Bauld (Upper Canada College)
L. Foster (University of Toronto Schools)
S. Gardner (The York School

Havergal College

The Shape of Almost

What the Shore Refuses to Name

Wher e the Wool Ends

T here Are No Horses

Upper Canada College

I Gave You Silence

The Unknown Season

The Past Forever With Us

University of Toronto Schools

Primrose at Night

Subject to Change

Ap prec iate the Change

The York School

Walks, And The Beach

Flo wer s in a field

From One Blue, to Another.

The Calm Before The Storm

A Plathia n Fig Tree