From a new translation of Homer’s “Iliad” to the strange new world of AI verse, it’s been an epic year for the art of poetry. Only a god or an algorithm would presume to list the best poetry ...
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Best poetry books of 2025

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...
At their best, these poems have an urgency to their tone, and a movement, speaking a “language of carbon, sap and distress signals”. The second section continues with the collection’s ongoing concerns ...
With National Poetry Month comes spring flowers and some of the year's biggest poetry publications. And as April wraps up, we wanted to bring you two of our favorites — retrospective collections from ...
In a year full of questions, I found myself looking for language and art that might help me move beyond the need for easy answers. The books on this highly subjective list of 2023′s best poetry do ...
From open mics to featured readings, there are poetry events aplenty to hear or share your poetry, get inspired and connect ...
April 1 marked the start of National Poetry Month, and—coincidentally or not—it also happens to be the perfect time of year to sit outside with an iced coffee and a carefully selected snack and dive ...
Three new poetry collections by women both well-rooted in Alaska and well-traveled in the world share close attention to the world and compassion for all its beings while bringing very different ...
“A poet’s hope,” wrote Auden, is “to be, / like some valley cheese, / local, but prized elsewhere.” No poet fulfilled that hope like Seamus Heaney. Born near Castledawson in 1939, he was loved the ...