W.W.E. Ross Poems

W.W.E. Ross was a Canadian poet born in 1894. He was Canada’s best-known Imagist writer and also worked as a geophysicist. He is also known for his surrealist poetry.

Today, he is considered the “first modern Canadian poet” by some.

The Snake Trying

by W.W.E. Ross

‘The Snake Trying’ by W.W.E. Ross is a short poem describing a harmless snake struggling to go away. The poetic

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