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
Carslaw's Sequences by Lisa M. Steinman

Carslaw's Sequences

Lisa M. Steinman

74 pages • paperback • 2003

1 edition

user-added

nonfiction poetry
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death by Yoel Hoffmann

Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

Yoel Hoffmann

368 pages • paperback • 1985

7 editions

nonfiction philosophy poetry religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ten-cent Flower & Other Territories by Charity E. Yoro

Ten-cent Flower & Other Territories

Charity E. Yoro

98 pages • paperback

1 edition

poetry
Broken Moon by Vicky McLain, Vicky McLain
Broken Moon
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Vicky McLain, Vicky McLain

Broken Moon

Vicky McLain, Vicky McLain

155 pages • digital

1 edition

emotional reflective slow-paced
Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield

Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems

Eloise Greenfield

48 pages • paperback • 1978

4 editions

nonfiction childrens poetry lighthearted slow-paced
At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets by Donatien Grau, Antoine Caro, Edwin Frank

At the Louvre: Poems by 100 Contemporary World Poets

Donatien Grau, Antoine Caro, Edwin Frank

224 pages • paperback

1 edition

fiction art poetry
Good Dress by Brittany Rogers

Good Dress

Brittany Rogers

96 pages • paperback

3 editions

nonfiction poetry
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

Walt Whitman

384 pages • hardcover • 1855

265 editions

fiction classics poetry inspiring reflective slow-paced
Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove

Playlist for the Apocalypse

Rita Dove

114 pages • hardcover • 2021

3 editions

nonfiction poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz

When My Brother Was an Aztec

Natalie Díaz

103 pages • paperback • 2012

6 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective fast-paced