Fall in love with a collection of heartfelt letters and love poems in this brilliantly compiled book. F.S. Yousaf's second collection is a testament to the meaning of how much a person can mean to another, filled with positivity and hope for a better tomorrow. Get ready to be smitten.

Sincerely,

This powerful collection of poetry, winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, explores the themes of obsession and love through confessional and savage poems charged with violent eroticism. With a voice striking in the world of American poetry, the author writes with ferocity and takes the reader on a journey of apocalyptic power and purgatorial recklessness. According to competition judge Louise Glück, this book restores to poetry a sense of crucial moment and utterance, making it a must-read for any poetry enthusiast.

Crush

Discover a powerful collection of poetry that delves into the complexities of identity, language, and diasporic life. Through themes of pain, healing, community, celebration, and love, this book takes readers on a poignant and transformative journey.

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Human Dark with Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy is an inventive and emotionally charged collection of poems that tackle big themes, from love and pain to loss of time and perception. The poet's diverse dictions and ease in multiple genres are on full display in this award-winning book. With pointed, poignant comments on love and compelling abstract images, Shaughnessy confirms her status as a poet of intoxicating lines.

Human Dark with Sugar

Explore the complex emotions of youth with this stunning collection of prose poetry. With spare and beautiful language, this book captures the feeling of having the world caught in your throat. Don't miss out on this poignant and thought-provoking read.

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately is a poetic mixtape-style book that touches on all aspects of the human experience, including life, death, love, trauma, evolving, and growing up, alongside make-ups and breakups. The book is divided into two "sides." Side A contains poetry that will resonate with readers on a deep level, while Side B showcases "remixes" of the poems in the form of blackout poetry. The author, Alicia Cook, self-published this book as a declaration of independence from her previous publishing house. The book even includes a surprise at the end of each track. Cook donates all of the royalties from the book to the Willow Tree Center in New Jersey.

Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately

This beautiful collection of poetry and prose explores the themes of heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. Divided into sections for your convenience, Pillow Thoughts is perfect for reading when you need to soothe your soul. Grab a cup of tea, sit back, and let yourself feel all the feelings.

Pillow Thoughts

Wild Embers is a collection of poetry that explores the fire that lies within every soul. With rewritten fairy tales, goddess wisdom, and poetry that ignites revolution, this book focuses on embracing your uniqueness with love from the universe, feeling at home in your own skin, and allowing yourself to heal. It's an explosion of femininity, empowerment, and personal growth.

Wild Embers

This debut poetry collection, written by a fresh and vital voice in contemporary poetry, explores the realities of living in a society that values work, money, and power over justice, equality, and personal fulfillment. With poignant language and an unflinching gaze, the poems in this collection offer a raw and honest perspective on the issues that affect us all.

Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night

Experience the beauty of life and love through the poetry in Love Her Wild. Instagram sensation Atticus captures the essence of the smallest and grandest moments in life, such as the first glimpse of a new love in Paris or the irrepressible exuberance of the female spirit. With honesty, poignancy, and romantic flair, Atticus distills life's highs and lows into a few perfectly evocative lines that will awaken your sense of adventure.

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Love Her Wild

This bilingual collection of odes beautifully captures the essence of common objects through poetry and breathtaking pencil drawings. Discover 25 new translations from one of the greatest Spanish-language poets of the century, featuring everyday items like bread, soap, and tea. Each piece reminds us of the beauty in simplicity.

Odes to Common Things

This poetry collection by Clementine von Radics is a powerful exploration of survival in the face of life's darkest moments. With themes of love, loss, mental health, and abuse, In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive delivers brutally honest verses that are both thought-provoking and inspiring. Through vulnerability and earnestness, von Radics creates a powerful anthem for survival that readers won't soon forget.

In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive

"Experience the magic of Nancy Willard's diverse poetry style in this long-awaited collection. With 30 new poems and selections from her previous works, readers can explore her unique vision that is both joyful and profound. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to her work, Swimming Lessons is a must-read for anyone who loves enchanting poetry."

New and Selected Poems

Swimming Lessons

Explore the beauty of nature and the connections between all living things with this stunning collection of over 200 poems by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver. Spanning over five decades of her literary career, this carefully curated volume features Oliver's best work, arranged by the author herself. Known as "far and away, this country's best selling poet," Oliver's masterful verse will leave you feeling inspired and enlightened by her passionate observations of the natural world.

The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver

Devotions

A joint poetry collection from two bestselling and virally popular poets that speaks to the hidden stories and truths we bury within ourselves. What tales would the empty bottles lining the walls of your room spill? These poems offer a voice for the secrets and desires that we often keep hidden. Find peace and freedom within these words.

Empty Bottles Full of Stories

Explore the wonders of the universe through Lang Leav's stunning collection of poetry, The Universe of Us. In this celestial-themed anthology, Leav weaves together themes of love, loss, hope, and hurt using planets, stars, and constellations as her inspiration. With her expertly crafted words, she captures the depth and breadth of human emotion, eliciting universal feelings that will resonate with readers.

The Universe of Us

This poetry collection by Morgan Nikola-Wren is a modern-day fairy tale exploring the relationship between an artist and her abusive muse. The collection's romantic grit will break you and put you back together again.

Magic with Skin On

Sea of Strangers invites readers on a grand new adventure, exploring themes of self-discovery and empowerment as they navigate the human heart through a completely original collection of poetry and prose. Lang Leav's latest work is sure to both delight longtime fans and capture the imagination of a whole new audience.

Sea of Strangers

Discover the poetic genius of Kay Ryan with her award-winning collection, The Best of It: New and Selected Poems. With accolades such as the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and a Guggenheim fellowship, Ryan's accessible and widely-loved work promises to captivate both longtime fans and new readers alike. Featuring 200 poems, including previously unpublished works, this is a stunning retrospective of one of America's greatest poets.

The Best of It

Experience a personal journey of grief and healing through the powerful poetry of Autopsy. Written after the loss of his mother, this book has earned Donte Collins the title of Most Promising Young Poet in the country. Join the author as he navigates his way through the pain of loss, and ultimately towards renewal. Autopsy is a must-read for anyone moved by the beauty and emotional breadth of modern American poetry.

Autopsy

Explore a new kind of romance with Waylon H. Lewis’ debut book, “Things I Would Like To Do With You”. This poetic journey through four seasons delves into the kind of love that lasts, including space for independence, growth, and even loneliness. Curl up with this sweet read to laugh, learn, and maybe shed a few tears. Printed on sustainably-harvested paper and distributed without Amazon, every book purchased helps support an orphaned baby elephant through the Sheldrick Trust.

"Things I Would Like To Do With You"

This poignant collection of eighteen poems explores the profound impact of losing a loved one to AIDS. Through themes of love, pain, and anger, the author captures the tragedy and magnitude of the disease's devastating effect on a generation. Ultimately, Love Alone emphasizes the enduring power of love to survive even the greatest of losses.

Eighteen Elegies for Rog

Love Alone

A debut collection of poetry and prose, Flux, navigates the many states of grief over a broken heart. Orion Carloto turns raw emotion into powerful and digestible verse, with original illustrations by Katie Roberts that create a dream world for the brokenhearted. This somber yet whimsical journey encapsulates themes of love, loss, solitude, depression, sex, nostalgia, and unrequited romance. Grab a warm cup of coffee and immerse yourself in the bitter moments of heartbreak.

Flux

Explore the haunting and emotionally charged poetry of a confessional writer who draws inspiration from fairy tales. Seductive and raw, the poet's work features an unflinching honesty that has resonated with readers around the world. Discover the transformative power of these stunning pieces that bring together themes of love, loss, and the human psyche.

Transformations

Experience the natural world like never before through the poetic masterpiece of Matsuo Basho. This Buddhist monk and haiku master takes readers on a journey through the cherry blossoms, leaping frogs, summer moons, and winter snows, evoking a sense of oneness with creation and the smallness of human life. His observant eye and meditative mind offer a unique perspective uncluttered by materialism and filled with the beauty of the world around us.

Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics)

On Love and Barley

This poetic and philosophical work is an exploration of love, suffering, and the secrets of the color blue. Maggie Nelson has become known as a master in her field, creating beautiful and complex pieces of work. Her gorgeous writing style will astound readers and leave them yearning for more.

Bluets

This collection of stories by Robert M. Drake delves into deeper levels of consciousness, featuring tales of a man encountering God in a bar, a family saved by a time traveler, and a journey into the mind of a severely autistic man. Beautiful and Damned is haunting and captivating, showcasing the unique vision of one of today's most visionary writers.

Broken Flowers

Explore the beauty of nature and the freedom of being lost with this poetic journey through the wilderness. Find the sacredness in letting go and embracing your wild spirit. Join the author on a ride through the wind as you discover the beauty of being free.

The Wild Keeps Her Holy

"Rapture" paints a vivid picture of a life born out of war and the struggles of identity that come with a mixed-race heritage. Sjohnna McCray's debut poetry collection explores the complexities of family, grief, and personal desire with stunning lyricism and mythic undertones. A powerful and moving portrait of a life that refuses to be singular. Award-winning and full of rare grace and feeling, "Rapture" is an extraordinary debut.

Rapture

"Yesterday I was the Moon" is a powerful collection of poetry by Noor Unnahar, a young Pakistani woman. Her raw and moving work explores the difficult journey of self-discovery from adolescence to adulthood, tinged with heartbreak and the complexity of her cultural heritage. Unnahar's themes range from emotional loss, art as catharsis, and the struggle to find one's voice. Her words have already inspired thousands of fans on Instagram to create their own visual journals and posts. This collection stands out from the Insta-poetry crowd and is a must-read for anyone seeking insight and inspiration on the path to self-understanding.

yesterday i was the moon

Explore intimate poems of sexual longing, fulfillment, and disillusionment written by two ladies of the Heian court of Japan in the ninth to eleventh centuries. Experience the emotions and sensations of these translated poems in The Ink Dark Moon.

Love Poems by Onono Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan (Vintage Classics)

The Ink Dark Moon

"I Saw You As A Flower" is a poetry collection brimming with powerful words that explore themes of heartbreak, growth, and finding love. This book speaks to those who love deeply, break easily, and rise time and time again. Through her poignant writing, Ellen Everett guides readers through their sorrows to help mend their broken parts. Discover a powerful story of overcoming, empowerment, and survival in this beautiful collection.

A Poetry Collection

I Saw You As A Flower

"Unlikely love affairs between inanimate objects," family, love, travel, and history are just a few of the curious and captivating themes explored in this stunning debut poetry collection. Featuring new and beloved work from Sarah Kay, No Matter the Wreckage invites readers to join her journey of self-discovery through poignant and powerful verses that celebrate the beauty, complexity, and wonder of life.

No Matter the Wreckage

"Desire, trauma, and mental illness are explored with fierce honesty in this debut poetry collection. Divided into four sections, the author's powerful testimony takes readers on a journey from Inception to Epiphany, capturing the raw emotion of the human experience. With over 50 pages of new material, this revised edition is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the longings and chaos of the heart."

The Chaos of Longing

This powerful debut book by one of the most popular performance poets today explores mental health, love, and family. Documenting the struggles and triumphs of life, it celebrates the everyday with wit, empathy, and stunning language. A must-read for anyone seeking inspiration and insight.

Depression & Other Magic Tricks

"Even This Page Is White" by Vivek Shraya is a powerful collection of poetry that explores the origins, functions, and limitations of skin. Through a range of poetic styles, Shraya breaks down the barriers that prevent understanding of what it means to be racialized. This collection is an honest and timely look at everyday racism and the need for greater visibility and understanding.

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"Mariposa" by Ms. Kim Guerra is a celebration of the complexities of being Latinx, Mujer, PoC, survivor, and Guerrera. Through art and writing, Guerra explores the revolutionary act of self-love and love for the Latinx community, inspiring readers to embrace their independence and shine like wildflowers.

Mariposa

Explore the candid realities of life with "Milk and Honey". This poignant collection of poetry and prose delves into painful experiences such as violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. Broken into four chapters, each section deals with a unique type of pain and healing. By finding sweetness in life's bitterness, readers are taken on a journey through the most difficult moments and come out the other side not only surviving but thriving.

Milk and Honey

Cape Verdean Blues is a collection of poetry that delves into the speaker's encounters and their impact. Grounded in bodily experience and femininity, this work offers a unique perspective on Cape Verdean identity and the nostalgia that comes with lost relationships. With layers of vivid imagery and sound, this poetry is a spiritual experience.

Cape Verdean Blues

This captivating poetry collection is divided into four parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, and you. The author's life is represented in three transformative stages, while you serves as a note to both the reader and all of humankind. Explore life's love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, and inspirations in this powerful and thought-provoking read.

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In The Feeling May Remain, Akif Kichloo explores the transformative power of pain, loss, and grief, and how they can lead to wisdom and growth. This collection of poems offers a new perspective on life, blending love, self-care, and healing with cute, sexy, and starkly serious writing. This must-read invites readers to contemplate and interpret the title as an adjective or a declarative sentence, as they navigate the uncertainties of existence in this amazing yet challenging life.

The Feeling May Remain

Explore themes of growth, pain, and love with this collection of 200 poems. "Sunflower Soul" takes readers on a journey from defeat to empowerment, written as an evolution from seed to full bloom. Divided into five chapters, this series of prose invites readers to take control of their own lives.

Sunflower Soul

"Dispatch from the Future" by Leigh Stein is a collection of witty, insightful poems that explore modern life experiences of young women - from online dating to beauty pageants, Greek mythology to road trips. Post-confessional in style, these poems are reminiscent of Sylvia Plath raised on MTV, or Anne Sexton on Twitter. With fresh perspectives and pop culture references, Stein enlightens us with a new meaning of our modern lives.

Dispatch from the Future

This collection of poetry by a #1 New York Times bestselling author explores growth, healing, ancestry, and finding oneself. Divided into five chapters and illustrated, the poems journey through stages of wilting, falling, rooting, rising, and blooming. A celebration of love in all its forms, the collection also reflects on life's lessons through the metaphor of a garden.

The Sun and Her Flowers

Explore the challenges of self-love through the language of flowers with this emotional debut poetry collection by Jenai Charles. 'unfolding' takes readers on a journey of personal growth as they follow the author's path from a seed to a fully bloomed flower. Join Jenai as she shares her struggles, triumphs, and insights on what it takes to become your best self.

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all of the unsleeping. gold sweeping. poems. i have in my hands....

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This collection of poetry, 'Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth', beautifully and eloquently explores sensuality and the dominant narrative of Islam, while reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times. Warsan Shire is a Kenyan-born Somali poet and writer who uses her work to document narratives of journey and trauma. Her debut pamphlet unearths a poet who finds her way through all preconceptions to strike the heart directly.

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth

Bright Dead Things is a collection of 21st century feminist poetry that examines the beauty and chaos of life, the unease that comes with living in a world you will leave behind, and the search for something that is wonderfully and uniquely ours. In intimate detail, Limón traces the ways in which our sense of self shifts and perseveres as we move through life. With her heart worn unapologetically on her sleeve, this book is a generous and accessible work that builds on the legacies of poets such as Frank O’Hara, Sharon Olds, and Mark Doty.

Bright Dead Things

This poignant collection of autobiographical poems by Yrsa Daley-Ward covers themes of the heart, life, and the inner self. The visceral, stark reflections on growing up, society's expectations, abuse, depression, and love become universal in their pared-down essence. Each raw and immediate poem resonates with what it means to be human. Prepare to be bruised - and enlightened - by the poetry in this powerful collection.

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This powerful debut by the winner of a Whiting Writers' Award explores the responsibility of teaching Lakota culture while confronting the language used by the US government in its treatment of Native American peoples. Through short lyrics, prose poems, and longer sequences, the author reflects on history, language, and national affiliations. As a dual citizen of the US and the Oglala Lakota Nation, the author must navigate multiple identities and responsibilities. This moving and innovative text introduces a major new voice in contemporary literature.

WHEREAS

Explore your midnight thoughts with this poetry collection, "in the absence of the sun". Delve into the "nightmares" and "dreams" that emerge when you can't sleep. Follow the writer's journey through self-doubt, loss, and hope for the future in one night of insomnia.

in the absence of the sun

Experience the raw emotions of love and longing in this poetry collection that both celebrates and mourns our human "curse to feel." Written in a narrative style, it covers the good, the bad, and the confusing aspects of love, and explores how emotions can blur our sense of morals. Through the ups and downs of falling in love, making bad decisions, and finding growth, this book reveals that mistakes don't have to define us. Perfect for fans of r.h. Sin, be transported to the most private reaches of love with every verse.

Born to Love, Cursed to Feel

Unleash your inner poet with "Newspaper Blackout" - an innovative and captivating art form created by poet and cartoonist Austin Kleon. Armed with a daily newspaper and a permanent marker, Kleon creates thought-provoking, moving, and humorous verse by eliminating unnecessary words. This book features original poems by the author and submissions from fans, along with a guide on how to create your own blackout poetry. Challenge yourself to find new meaning in the everyday through this refreshing and entertaining art form.

Newspaper Blackout

"Please Don't Go Before I Get Better" , an exquisite poetry and prose collection, depicts the pains of growing up through the eyes of a young woman navigating early adulthood. This intimate portrait beautifully chronicles the complexities, joys, and challenges of this transitional phase of life. With refreshing candor and vulnerability, Madisen Kuhn's debut anthology captures the universal experience of self-reflection and discovery. Fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur will find themselves reflected in these glimmering pages.

Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

This poetic volume is all about reclaiming power and achieving a healthy relationship through self-love. Originally released in 2015, this completely revised and expanded edition is even more powerful, striking a chord with readers' souls. The author's partner, a woman who has struggled with self-worth and love, is the muse behind this collection of revamped pieces.

Whiskey Words & a Shovel I

This collection of forty-eight poems explores autobiographical events from childhood and adolescence before addressing regret and memory. The title, Grace Notes, refers to the embellishments in music that break your heart when done well, paralleling what every lyric poem hopes to achieve. Additionally, the author delves into the power of words as a talisman and considers the subtle beauties found in daily life.

Grace Notes

Explore the complexities of gender roles, feminism, and sexuality through the eyes of modern-day girls in this collection of poems. Pretty Tilt delves deep into the paradoxes of growing up female, shedding light on both the beautiful and the ugly aspects of their experiences. Drawing inspiration from Gurlesque and post-confessionalism, these thought-provoking poems are sure to spark important conversations about gender and identity.

Pretty Tilt

This exquisite collection of contemporary poetry and prose is a powerful testament to the impact of words on love, heartbreak, relationships, and self-empowerment. With every page filled with inspiration and wisdom, Lang Leav captures emotions like no one else can, making this a must-have for poetry lovers worldwide.