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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Orphic Hymns GrimoireIn Orphic Hymns Grimoire, Sara L. Mastros transforms the devotional hymns of Orpheus, the oracular hero of ancient Greece, into a functional, working grimoire for contemporary magicians. The Orphic Hymns have inspired generations of poets, musicians, and playwrights as exemplars of archaic mytho-poetry. In...
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NightingaleA fierce, contemporary reworking of ancient mythology-from Ovid to Eden-confronts sexual violence, loss, and existential reckoning.Author: Paisley RekdalPublisher: Copper Canyon PressPublished: 05/07/2019Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781556595677Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 03/18/2019Library Journal 05/01/2019 pg. 99About the AuthorPaisley Rekdal is...
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New York TrilogyAn American long poem in three sections by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian that moves between decades of tumultuous life in New York City and explosive parts of the Middle East. In an inventive, elliptical language, New York Trilogy explores one man's journey from...
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Lullabies for the Insomniacs: A Memoir in VerseA teen with bipolar disorder fights for survival in Ella Grace Foutz's memoir in verse. Foutz weaves an intimate and gripping chronicle of her experience with mental illness. Amidst the turbulence of manic and depressive episodes, often accompanied by insomnia, Foutz relentlessly pursues stability...
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Loves of My LifeReflections of our times in poetry, both personal and universal. As Julie Gilbert has described it: "Holly's poems are learning tools for all ages of how to see it, say it and get on with it. A deeply satisfying ride from life's sun-up to...
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In the Bleak Midwinter: Advent and Christmas with Christina RossettiIn the Bleak Midwinter explores the power of Advent and the joy of Christmas through the poetry of Christina Rossetti. Best known for her poems-turned-carols In the Bleak Midwinter and Love Came Down at Christmas, Rossetti's rich and wondrous faith provides an inspiring seasonal...
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[insert] boyWinner, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 2016Winner, John C Zacharis Award 2016 from PloughsharesWinner, Lambda Literary Award, Gay Poetry, 2015Finalist, Norma Farber First Book Award, Poetry Society of America, 2015Finalist, Debulitzer, 2015Chosen by Don Share for Boston Globe's Best Poetry Books, 2014Danez Smith's writing is...
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Impossible ThingsOffering an intimate account of intergenerational grief, Miller Oberman's new collection of poetry, Impossible Things, explores his experiences as both a transgender child and father. Oberman weaves in passages from his own deceased father's unpublished memoir to engage with the mysterious drowning of his...
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I Do Everything I'm ToldRestless, contradictory, and witty, Megan Fernandes' I Do Everything I'm Told explores disobedience and worship, longing and possessiveness, and nights of wandering cities. Its poems span thousands of miles, as a masterful crown of sonnets starts in Shanghai, then moves through Brooklyn, Los Angeles,...
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Here, BulletA first-person account of the Iraq War by a solider-poet, winner of the 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award. Adding his voice to the current debate about the US occupation of Iraq, in poems written in the tradition of such poets as Wilfred Owen, Yusef Komunyakaa...
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Good DressFollowing the tradition of Nikky Finney, Krista Franklin, and Morgan Parker, Brittany Rogers's Good Dress documents the extravagant beauty and audacity of Black Detroit, Black womanhood, community, class, luxury, materialism, and matrilineage. A nontraditional coming of age, this collection witnesses a speaker coming into...
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Flowers on the MoonFlowers on the Moon is the second major poetry collection by Chameleon Aura author and social media sensation Billy Chapata, offering insight and advice on the powerful world of love, heartbreak, and what comes next. Filled with the resonant themes of love, loss, resilience,...
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DoeA RUTHLESS ACCOUNT OF DEATH IN AMERICA"Constructed from evidence extracted from a database of unsolved human remains cases, the poems in Conor Hultman's DOE stare back and dare you to look away. Disturbing, sad, haunting, and addictive, they evoke the sickening nostalgia of shows...
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DMZ ColonyWINNER OF THE 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY "Don Mee Choi's urgent DMZ Colony captures the migratory latticework of those transformed by war and colonization. Homelands present and past share one sky where birds fly, but 'during the Korean War cranes had no...
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Country Without a Post Office: PoemsThis collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings. These poems...
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Amanda Gorman: Poet and ActivistLearn all about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, in this Step 2 biography reader! Poet and activist Amanda Gorman captivated millions of viewers across the nation as she read her poem, The Hill We Climb, at the historic inauguration of...
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Amanda Gorman: Poet and ActivistLearn all about Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, in this Step 2 biography reader! Poet and activist Amanda Gorman captivated millions of viewers across the nation as she read her poem, The Hill We Climb, at the historic inauguration of...
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You Are the Future: Living the Questions with Rainer Maria Rilke2025 Nautilus Award Winner Silver Body, Mind, SpiritFollowing Rilke's advice to "live the questions," this book invites us to draw upon his startling insights and often unconventional wisdom to see ourselves as ripening, unfolding, and always becoming."This is a book to savor, soaking up...
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Words Can Fly: Mindful and Uplifting Poetry for ChildrenThis enchanting poetry collection serves as a compassionate guide through the journey of childhood, crafted with wisdom and warmth by #1 Sunday Times best-selling author Donna Ashworth. The perfect gift for any parent to share with their child, Words Can Fly is a beautifully...
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When Flowers Sing: A poetry AnthologyThis poetry odyssey provides a path into the primal-mystical, miraculous, land of flowers. A shared ritual across human cultures, flowers are given in every aspect of our lives: births, graduations, friendships, weddings, anniversaries, and deaths. The anthology includes 90 poems from 66 poets around...
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