Read 15 Poetry Collections!

egreilly Host

14 participants (27 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

This year more than ever we need to keep poetry alive! I am boing to insert some of my favorite contemporary collections, especially those by POC, but every poem counts! 

Challenge Books

All books added
a little bump in the earth by Tyree Daye, Tyree Daye

a little bump in the earth

Tyree Daye, Tyree Daye

missing page info

1 edition

emotional reflective slow-paced
Cardinal by Tyree Daye

Cardinal

Tyree Daye

80 pages • paperback • 2020

2 editions

fiction poetry challenging reflective medium-paced
Green River Valley by Robert Lashley
Green River Valley
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Robert Lashley

Green River Valley

Robert Lashley

70 pages • paperback • 2021

1 edition

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The White Book by Han Kang

The White Book

Han Kang

160 pages • hardcover • 2016

77 editions

fiction contemporary poetry emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Bluets

Maggie Nelson

99 pages • paperback • 2009

35 editions

nonfiction essays memoir poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Useful Junk by Erika Meitner

Useful Junk

Erika Meitner

104 pages • paperback

1 edition

poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Semiotics: Poems by Chekwube Danladi

Semiotics: Poems

Chekwube Danladi

80 pages • paperback • 2020

2 editions

poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Tripas: Poems by Brandon Som

Tripas: Poems

Brandon Som

104 pages

4 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo

Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry

John Murillo

88 pages • paperback • 2020

2 editions

poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose by Nikki Giovanni

Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose

Nikki Giovanni

124 pages • hardcover • 2020

8 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced