Celebrate National Poetry Month

With themes ranging from nature and climate change to love and war, these 18 resonant collections from debut and established poets make strong suggestions for reading during National Poetry Month.

With themes ranging from nature and climate change to love and war, these 18 resonant collections from debut and established poets make strong suggestions for reading during National Poetry Month. 


Bates, Gabrielle. Judas Goat: Poems. Tin House. Jan. 2023. 104p. ISBN 9781953534644. pap. $16.95. POETRY

Eilbert, Natalie. Overland. Copper Canyon. May 2023. 128p. ISBN 9781556596681. pap. $18. POETRY

Grotz, Jennifer. Still Falling: Poems. Graywolf. May 2023. 72p. ISBN 9781644452318. pap. $16. POETRY

Hacker, Marilyn. Calligraphies: Poems. Norton. Apr. 2023. 144p. ISBN 9781324036463. $26.95. POETRY

Hoskote, Ranjit. Icelight. Wesleyan Univ. Apr. 2023. 120p. ISBN 9780819500533. $26; pap. ISBN 9780819500557. $15.95. POETRY

Landau, Deborah. Skeletons. Copper Canyon. Apr. 2023. 80p. ISBN 9781556596650. pap. $18. POETRY

LaPointe, Sasha taqwšeblu. Rose Quartz: Poems. Milkweed. Mar. 2023. 136p. ISBN 9781571315434. pap. $16. POETRY

Lauterbach, Ann. Door. Penguin Bks. Mar. 2023. (Poets). 112p. ISBN 9780143137375. pap. $20. POETRY

Price, Karisma. I’m Always So Serious. Sarabande. Feb. 2023. 92p. ISBN 9781956046045. pap. $16.95. POETRY

 

 

Rekdal, Paisley. West: A Translation. Copper Canyon. May 2023. 176p. ISBN 9781556596568. pap. $22. POETRY

Rogers, Pattiann & John A. Rogers. Flickering. Penguin Bks. Apr. 2023. 112p. ISBN 9780143137665. pap. $20.00. POETRY

Shanahan, Charif. Trace Evidence: Poems. Tin House. Mar. 2023. 112p. ISBN 9781953534668. pap. $16.95. POETRY

Shaughnessy, Brenda. Tanya: Poems. Knopf. Mar. 2023. 112p. ISBN 9780593535936. $28. POETRY

Shockley, Evie. suddenly we. Wesleyan Univ. Mar. 2023. 112p. ISBN 9780819500236. $26; pap. ISBN 9780819500458. $15.95. POETRY

Sikelianos, Eleni. Your Kingdom. Coffee House. Jan. 2023. 144p. ISBN 9781566896597. pap. $17.95. POETRY

Smith, Clint. Above Ground. Little, Brown. Mar. 2023. 128p. ISBN 9780316543033. $27. POETRY

Sullivan, Hannah. Was It for This: Poems. Farrar. Jan. 2023. 128p. ISBN 9780374607982. $26. PPOETRY

Weaver, Afaa M. A Fire in the Hills. Red Hen. Apr. 2023. 96p. ISBN 9781636280820. $22. POETRY

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