Whether you’re a lifelong poetry reader or are looking for your first collection to pick up, we’ve got something for you! Our writers cover new poetry, the best poetry for every reader, and more.
Here are poetry collections, like Desgraciado: The Collected Letters by Angel Dominguez, that will have you parsing through your emotions and engaging in introspection — perfect for the colder months.
For me, the Notes section of a poetry collection has been an independent study in poetry, one of the many readerly joys of my bookish days.
Celebrate all things Black poetry with the best Black poets to read and to listen to right now, including Morgan Parker.
Everyone's experience coming out is different. These poems capture the fear, joy, backlash, and relief that comes with coming out.
Meet the new U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. This primer will introduce you to her work, including the best poems in her poetry collections.
Rituals, like in other arenas of our lives, have their place in reading practices. Here are one poetry lover's experiences with hers.
When I'm feeling adrift and tetherless and the world is just too much, I need a syringe to the heart, Pulp Fiction style. I need poetry.
The Sealey Challenge is when poetry lovers read a collection a day. Here are the new favorite poets one reader discovered by trying it.
Every year, The Sealey Challenge comes along to keep us immersed in verse. Here are 15 poetry books for the upcoming Sealey Challenge, including Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz.
Sappho was born sometime around in the 7th century BCE in Ancient Greece, but who was Sappho and why do we still read her poetry?