Intimate and sweeping poetry that examines race and lineage Room Swept Home serves as a gloriously rendered magnifying g......more
Book Synopsis: Believe in the Cross is a continuation of Peace In Kind. Each day is another lesson in following the gift......more
100 Poets for the Present and Future. The Essential Voices series intends to correct misrepresentation and misunderstand......more
"You forget / how remarkable your family is / how remarkable your kids are / how remarkable you are / and / this is how ......more
Joshua Myers’s Holy Ghost Key celebrates the essential role of African music in the continuity and sustenance of African......more
Songs for All Souls resonates with an invitation to explore sacred space, offering moments of awe and wonder. Krapf’s po......more
This Body Is Never at Rest: New and Selected Poems features 30 years of Bart Edelman’s explorations of a multitude of pe......more
The debut collection from Hannah Regel, whose forthcoming novel The Last Sane Woman is out this year with Verso. "In OLI......more
"[Hillman’s] work is fierce but loving, risk-taking, and beautiful." --Harvard Review An iconoclastic ecopoet who has le......more
A Black poet performs a shamanic soul retrieval of the seven-hundred-year-old diasporic black arts tradition Continuing ......more
This collection of prose poems chronicles a woman’s childhood onset and adult journey through obsessive-compulsive disor......more
In her third full-length collection, Dirt Songs, Kari Gunter-Seymour’s poems are full-throated, raw, deceptively simple,......more
Bound is a collection of poems that seeks to carve a space for Blackness and queerness in the world that isn’t defined b......more
Big Feelings is a grand tour of love and loss, femininity, and the nuances inherent in the simple messiness of being ali......more
Who are the Bene Israel Jews of India? Where did they come from? How did they survive in India? SWEET MALIDA is a moving......more
There is no way to escape this fate This maze of languished torment Every turn compounds confusion The son of Pasiphae w......more
"The beauty and danger of an isolated family compound, the corruption that privilege can bring, an extensive burn injury......more
Like glitter-tiny, precision-cut, reflective particles-the poems in Glitter City shine by reflection with flashes of lig......more
With poems that glow with energy, humor, heartbreak, and risk, Do Not Feed the Animal, the astonishing debut from Hikari......more
’From The Inside Out’ invites readers on an intimate journey through the poetic landscape of R. Steven Holmes’ innermost......more
Listening to Mars serves as a record of our national transit, one a journey from there-before the Covid-19 pandemic-to h......more
The urge to create beauty and be beautiful haunts Happy Everything, Caitlin Cowan’s powerful celebration of feminine res......more
Matt Thomas’s first full-length collection of poetry, Disappearing By the Math, is an exploration of middle age depicted......more
Toby Olson began writing poetry while in high school and he continued writing it while in the U.S. Navy, and later as a ......more
Toby Olson began writing poetry while in high school and he continued writing it while in the U.S. Navy, and later as a ......more
I am not a pastor, and I am not a teacher. I am a poet, who was called by the Lord to write prose poetry about my Lord a......more
SPLIT is a poetry book written by Alfred Harrell and the first published project by Listen Black Media. Alfred is bold i......more
"It’s hard to mosh when your hips hurt," Patrick Julian Hunter tells us in his wry and unflinching debut collection. The......more
Fresh, funny, and imbued with infectious energy, Northerny tells a much-needed and compelling story of growing up and li......more
That Audible Slippage invokes a poetics of active listening and environmental sound to investigate the ways in which we ......more
Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me celebrates the African American oral tradition of toasting, one of the key ro......more
"What does it mean to seek a life beyond belonging? Traveling through rich landscapes of memory, Ae Hee Lee’s Asterism r......more
A new revision of the revered translation of Tang-period Zen poetry. Translations from the Chinese by James Mitchell and......more
Of Kurt’s collection of poems, Tony Hoagland says, "Kurt has a linguistically intricate ear and a forceful passionate in......more
This collection of Carmeline’s work reflects the lessons experienced as she has continued her lifelong study of Truth, a......more
Prayer Wind is Jack Hayes’ most ambitious work to date. Written through four difficult years, the poems reflect not only......more
The shift from fear to love is the miracle of our lives! Have you been to yourself in all of this noise? Are you living ......more
Twenty eight poems, each one exploring love without safety equipment and reporting back on the views from up there. Foot......more
The classic work on African American toasts, the predecessor of rap....more
In Noah Ross’s new book THE DOGS, Ross opens the question of authority and possession in what he deems an illicit act of......more
COMEBACK DEATH, Jennifer Soong’s third book, weaves its registers of what Soong names as "dread, gender, sarcasm, sublim......more
"In Fugitive, wild bergamot escape from their gardens while prisoners sleep in permanent fluorescence. Nature blossoms a......more
A poetry collection that explores travel, migration, and fatherhood in contemporary America. The poet, Nathanael O’Reill......more
From arcing fireworks to a bat in the belly of a church organ, Emily Kerlin’s poems explore the expansive territory of f......more
A new poetry and fine art collection by award-winning poet and artist JoAnne McFarland attempts to counteract violent ac......more
The poems in Santa Tarantula grant an urgent and haunting voice to the voiceless, explore ancient narratives, delve into......more
The poems in Santa Tarantula grant an urgent and haunting voice to the voiceless, explore ancient narratives, delve into......more
High Noon Neptune is a powerful poetry collection that delves into important issues of loss, love, class, and capitalism......more
All manner of ghosts haunt the poems in Jack Bedell’s new collection, GHOST FOREST. From memories of lost loved ones, to......more
This is a magnificent and varied collection in which the observational, the sacramental, the elegiac, the prophetic and ......more
From discursive essay-poems to tightly constructed lyrics, Ed Falco’s X in the Tickseed examines a world that reveals it......more
In Ghostlight, a long-awaited second collection of original poems by Ryan Wilson, considers the haunting of the contempo......more
Mom in Space is a complicated love letter to both the intergalactic and the terrestrial. Using the lens of spaceflight, ......more
How to Drown a Boy, a debut collection of poems by J. Bruce Fuller, investigates how boyhood and fatherhood entwine to c......more
A revelatory collection of poems set in the Gulf South, Carolyn Hembree’s For Today chronicles the experience of a woman......more
Equal parts elegy and ode, Newly Not Eternal explores the startling suffering and sentiment implicit in human mortality.......more
E.D. Blodgett’s final volume of poems, Walking Into God, is the culmination of the poet’s lifelong devotion to a poetry ......more
Life is a journey we take alone or with others. I believe each of us has infinite possibilities to make this world a bet......more
That day was to be my last It began with a sound mind All I needed was before me Then you appeared out of time Grace is ......more
It is a unique book of poetry and memoir describing a life’s struggle against suicide and depression. His manic adventur......more
"Harbor of Heartfelt Verses" is a poetic harbor where emotions find solace and words become ships of sentiment. Dive int......more
Embark on a Poetic Symphony Welcome to "Pure Essence Flower of Poetry," an enchanting collection of 100 poems by the tal......more
Dear readers and poetry lovers, It is with great emotion and enthusiasm that I share with you my latest work, a deep div......more
Jared Smith’s poetry has appeared in hundreds of journals and anthologies in this country, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and......more
NEEDS UPDATE Barbara Marie Minney is a transgender woman, award winning poet, writer, speaker, teaching artist, and quie......more
This is the first draft of A Book of Poems: Perceptions, Deceptions, Receptions, & What !?! It consists of poems written......more
What a pleasure, spending time with the soulful poems in Jane C. Miller’s debut collection, Canticle for Remnant Days. M......more
In their new pamphlet, Jaydn DeWald offers a haunting meditation on love and loss-a series of grief-induced sketches ’wh......more
The sweetest song is one that speaks to the heart of universal human experience. FROM THE AUTHOR OF NAUTILUS AWARD WINNE......more
"In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporar......more
"This is the author’s first major collection of poetry after winning the Pulitzer Prize for Digest. Moving fluidly betwe......more
*One of LitHub’s Poetry Books to Read in 2024* *One of The Millions’s Must Read Poetry Books of Winter 2024* National Bo......more
National Book Award finalist Diana Khoi Nguyen’s second poetry collection, a haunting of a family’s past upon its presen......more
This stunning collection from award-winning poet and author Jonathan Ian Elliott explores themes of childhood abuse, rag......more
"Lady of Hope" transports the reader on a poetic journey of no return, to a new destination of dreams and emotions where......more
Book Synopsis: Dive into the captivating pages of "Picture of Me," a poetic odyssey that unfolds the vivid tapestry of m......more
A Million-Dollar Bill surveys our lives in America up close and personal from the first young summer taste in "Watermelo......more
This world is still the only one we have. V.C. Myers understands that humanity’s confidence will be its downfall, but th......more
"we live with the horrors of our own bodies / ornamented machines gnawing into the future / we may as well feed them dri......more
"Brenda Iijima’s DAILY LIFE IN CHINA teleports transhistorical personae together in a polyphonic masquerade. Free verse ......more
First published in 1982, The Life of John Berryman draws on extensive research in the USA and on an enormous collection ......more
Drawing from his experiences as a freelance journalist covering European affairs, the author reworks textual sources to ......more
Brian Ascalon Roley’s poetry collection, The Ice Beneath the Earth, is an exploration of the intergenerational effects o......more
The title-Remarkable It Is-refers to the poet’s calling to notice things that most of us take for granted (such as our b......more
Dust of My Soul is the manifested essence of Roland Meyung’s mind. This book contains forty six original poems, each sho......more
Most of these poems are from the direct experience of the author, be it working at a mine or in mineral exploration, mos......more
Focusing on the poetry and cultural practice of Frank O’Hara, the great urban poet of the New York School during the 195......more
Ceremony, community and connection - the poems of Once the Smudge is Lit carry the reader into deeply spiritual elements......more
Svetlana Ischenko tackles the creative tension between her identity as a Ukrainian poet, with deeply Ukrainian sensibili......more
Svetlana Ischenko tackles the creative tension between her identity as a Ukrainian poet, with deeply Ukrainian sensibili......more
In this début collection, Dell Catherall shapes language the way a gardener prunes an aspen tree. Paying tribute to a ga......more
In this début collection, Dell Catherall shapes language the way a gardener prunes an aspen tree. Paying tribute to a ga......more
" & when i ask God if he speaks our language, he turns to a flock of butterflies - swarm of fuchsia, pink, slightly bloo......more
The lyric poems within Human Wilderness explore the trails, parks, and natural landscapes of rural Pennsylvania and the ......more
Mix Tapes and Photo Albums, a narrative poetry collection that forms a poetic mix tape. This coming‐of‐age poetry collec......more
Traveling and being transported to another place means experiencing different seasons and times. It is an essential part......more