From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf. Skip to main content. A Trusted Friend in a Complicated World.

I’ve always relied on logic to make sense of myself and the world,” the Oscar winner said of the new book, out in September ...

Wichita poet Albert Goldbarth was included in a New Yorker anthology this year, but he doesn’t necessarily want to discuss it ...

THE FAR FIELD by Theodore Roefhke. 95 pages. Doubleday. $3.50. “What I love is near at hand, / Always, in earth and air,” Theodore Roethke wrote in the title poem of this last collection. What ...

With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are ...

A former Rockford resident says living in the city inspired him to write again after a 15-year hiatus. He took these ...

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

Detroit poet laureate jessica Care moore talks new children's book "Your Crown Shines," film tour, Juneteenth poetry event ...

Great for poetry lovers, Jessica Urlichs’ deeply personal and vulnerably honest collection of poems explores the ...