The Halifax Explosion is a poem written by Halifax's seventh poet laureate, Dr. Afua Cooper. It reveals dramatically what happened on 6 December 1917 at 9:05 when two ships carrying munitions and war supplies collided in the Halifax Harbour. The poem shows the tragic toll the resulting explosion and fire took on the residents of Halifax and the surrounding area, which stretched all the way north to Africville. Dr. Cooper commemorates the Halifax Explosion through verse and highlights the experiences of the Black Haligonians in this disaster. Her powerful words are magnified in this book with dramatic historical photographs and poignant art. Poetry is movement, poetry is politics, it's everything. It fires the imagination and so that excites me because in firing the imagination then we produce a new world. --Dr. Afua Cooper
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1778242804
ISBN13:9781778242809
Release Date:October 2023
Publisher:Plumleaf Press Inc.
Length:36 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 9.3" x 8.8"
Age Range:9 to 12 years
Grade Range:Grades 4 to 7
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