Poetry
Explore the best poetry books, including popular collections, English poems about love, war, flowers, and twilight. Discover top-selling poetry titles and the best books to read
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Gilgamesh: A New Verse TranslationOriginating nearly four thousand years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, the epic of Gilgameshtells the story of a tyrannical king and his wild counterpart, Enkidu, spawned by the gods to rein in the king's cruel tendencies. They face off in a violent wrestling match, but...
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Fresh Delicious: Poems from the Farmers' MarketTake a trip to the Farmer's Market in this book filled with vibrant and delicious poems! Poetry can be as fresh and delicious as the farmers' market produce it celebrates in this bright collection. Unexpected, ingenious imagery and enticing artwork will inspire young readers...
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Fourteen Ways of LookingStudded with moments of surprise, wit, and intellectual delight, this light-footed, piercing memoir of grief tracks reverberations of loss and acceptance across a lifetime.When Erin Vincent was fourteen years old, both of her parents were killed in a traffic accident. Almost forty years later,...
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Creekwater MansionsThis debut collection of poems by Ian Hall illuminates daily life for a family and community in eastern Kentucky, all the while singing with verbal delights. Creekwater Mansions documents the intimacy of duress. A son puffs cigarette smoke down his grandad's throat because the...
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Chocolate City: Love For A WomanA woman must know her worth as she is a queen that should carry herself as royalty. What a man thinks of a woman and how a woman thinks of herself. All women should hold their heads up and serve as they were on...
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At the Gate: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010: Uncollected Poems 1987-2010At the Gate gathers more than seventy previously unpublished poems by the iconic American poet Lucille Clifton written over the last two decades of her life. Discovered in digital archives by poet and scholar Kazim Ali, these poems span a prolific and reflective period...
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Another Day: Sabbath Poems, 2013 - 2023A new collection of poems and the companion volume to the popular bestseller This Day, Wendell Berry's Another Day is another stunning contribution to the poetry canon from one of America's most beloved writers A companion to his beloved volume This Day and Wendell...
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You Are Leaving the American Sector: Love PoemsRebecca Foust's fourth full-length book, ONLY (Four WayBooks 2022), earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly.Previous titles include Paradise Drive, God Seed (with artist LornaStevens), and All That Gorgeous Pitiless Song. Rebecca's poemswon the 2024 James Dickey Prize, the 2023 New Ohio Review Prize,...
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Yesod Roots of the World Poems: Resilience, Spirit & StruggleYESOD: Roots of the World Poems is a lyrical journey into the foundations of human resilience, spirit, and struggle. Drawing on the symbolic depth of "Yesod"-the mystical root of connection and grounding-these poems weave together the personal and the universal, the wounds and the...
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Wild, Unfelt WorldWhen was the last time you allowed yourself to listen to birdsong? Sat with it in your heart, and truly took it in? In this dazzling and stirring collection of eco-poetry, written by Hillary Gonzalez, Wild, Unfelt World bridges the connection between the physical...
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Whose Tree Is This?: Poems about the Mighty Oak and Its CompanionsWhose tree is this? / Reaching high, spreading wide, / this oak, so gracious, so spacious, / giving gifts throughout the year. / Acorns for eating, tree crooks for nests, / leaves that shelter many guests. Explore an oak tree through poems written from...
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The Hell of That StarSingular poetry made through censorship, elusion, and language renewalThe astonishing poetry collection The Hell of That Star enlivens the horror of Korean life under U.S.-backed authoritarianism. Poems of blows and vomit, births and coffins alternate blithe confidence and trembling terror. When slapped seven times...
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The Desert Is My Mother/El Desierto Es Mi MadreThe first bilingual picture book published under the Pinata Books imprint in 1994, Pat Mora's ode to the desert is finally available in paperback format. The Desert Is My Mother introduces the partnership of an award-winning poet and a prize-winning painter to create a...
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The Book of EchoesAt once deeply personal and infused with a profound respect for its literary predecessors, The Book of Echoes resonates with the speaker's journey through Tourette's syndrome. This exploration of motor tics, echolalia, and phantom speech gradually unfolds into a joyous and surreal celebration of...
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Tay Naja Nitajtaketzki Achtu Tik Nawat / ]Mis Primeras Palabras En Nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat]A collection of powerful poems, in Nahuat, Spanish and English, that celebrate Indigenous life and language despite efforts to eradicate them. These poems are a moving and eloquent description of how great poet Jorge Argueta came to know the almost extinct language of his...
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Still, We Are Sacred"I have been a devotee of Emanuel Xavier's poetry since his legendary debut, Pier Queen, and his 7th and newest collection, Still, We Are Sacred, only strengthened my admiration for his artistry. These poems, ruminant at times with memories and dreams, mournful or sparkling...
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Overtakelessness: PoemsWinner of the Academy of American Poets First Book Award, selected by Alberto Ríos Overtakelessness is a powerful reckoning with war, its ruinous proximity to daily existence and the dissonance of experiencing it from afar. These poems trace the long history and the present...
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No More Worlds to Conquer: The Black Poet in Washington, DCA history of Black poets in Washington, DC, reveals how they have reflected and transformed American cultural discourseWashington, DC, has long been home to a dynamic and vibrant African American literary community, despite often being overshadowed by the literary worlds of New York and...
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My God's Been SilentMy God's Been Silent is a poetry collection that lives at the intersection of faith and fury, grief and grace. Written in the aftermath of loss and disillusionment, these poems are elegies and incantations-each one a plea, a protest, a prayer left unanswered. This...
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Mankiller Poems: The Lost Poetry of the Principal Chief of the Cherokee NationWilma Mankiller was not known as a poet. With a tip from her husband, Charlie Soap, and her friend, Kristina Kiehl, Pulley Press founders learned that Mankiller had been writing poetry throughout her life. After searching through her barn at Mankiller Flats in Adair...
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