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
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Poetry Month

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

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The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems
Alyan, Hala.
Paper Book
From the author of The Arsonists' City and The Twenty-Ninth Year, a new collection of poetry that traces the fragmentation of memory, archive, and family-past, present, future-in the face of displacement and war. A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection--a...
Beowulf : a new translation
Headley, Maria Dahvana 1977-
Paper Book
Named one of the Best Poetry Books of 2021 by The Guardian Longlisted for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry. Picked for Kirkus Reviews' Best Fiction in Translation of 2020. Named a Book of the Year by NPR, Vox, and The New Statesman. Picked for...
Goldenrod : poems
Smith, Maggie 1977-
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR "To read Maggie Smith is to embrace the achingly precious beauty of the present moment." --Time "A captivating collection from a wise, accessible poet." --People
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...
A year of last things : poems
Ondaatje, Michael 1943-
Paper Book
From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back Following several of his internationally acclaimed novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje's long-awaited...
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