Poetry Month

Find a new poem or poet to enjoy during National Poetry Month, or learn about the history of the craft 🖊️

Updated February 9, 2026
Westchester Library System Mount Pleasant Public Library
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The making of poetry : Coleridge, the Wordsworths and their year of marvels
Nicolson, Adam
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019 'This is a book of wonders' Sunday Times 'Spellbinding and intelligent' Financial Times 'Extraordinary and engrossing' Spectator It was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature...
A little history of poetry
Carey, John
Paper Book
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the year by the London Times   "[A] fizzing, exhilarating book."-...
Zero at the bone : fifty entries against despair
Wiman, Christian 1966-
Paper Book
Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewer--perhaps none--do so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an...

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