recently went to a nearby used bookstore that had an extensive poetry section that i looked through but can’t find anything that really click with me. i know you already post poem recs (which are super helpful and appreciated!!) i was just wondering if there are any poetry book/collection that you would give to someone new to poetry as an introduction of some sort?
hi yeah of course! i have made a few rec lists in the past which i will link, but if you're kinda new to poetry id recommend starting with something along the lines of Natalie Diaz, Paige Lewis, Kaveh Akbar or Chen Chen. don't immediately go for the collected works but start small.
(Averno by Glück could be a nice way in. the book tells the story of persephone and demeter. the whole thing builds gradually, it borrows lines from earlier poems and it has a very satisfying conclusion. one of my first real poetry loves.)
i am currently going through a Carl Phillips phase, so you could join me in that if you like. i've also recently discovered and fallen in love w Eve L. Ewing's work and i know Richard Siken's Crush got a lot of people into poetry, so that could be places to start!
some links:
fave poets
poetry books
dog poems specifically
hockey poetry recs
a collection of poems i love just in general
i got started on making my edits sortable by poet but couldn't really figure out a good way of making that work (too many links for one post rip). the idea is that if you like a poem, maybe see whether there's anything else by that poet & maybe you'll like that too. if you like several of this poet's poems maybe its worth looking into buying one of their books :)
general rule of thumb: the modern stuff is easier to get into. the old shit also rocks ofc, but maybe build up to some of that if you find that Byron etc doesn't immediately resonate. if you want to start reading names your mom will recognise: try T.S. Eliot
and if all else fails: padraig
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I've Endured, Now What?
Blue Iris - Mary Oliver / So This Is All I Will Ever Be? - Fatima Aamer Bilal / Vive, Vive - Traci Brimhall
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Saudade, Traci Brimhall
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Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod, Traci Brimhall
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Traci Brimhall, from “Contender,” in Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod [ID in alt text]
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Chronic.
on illness and fatigue
A Poem About Pain, David Budbill | She Used to Be Mine, Waitress | Under One Small Star, Wislawa Szymborska | Burried, Ashe Vernon | Vive, Vive, Traci Brimhall | Chronic Pain, NHS Inform | Drawing Restraints, Agnes Cecile | Half-Life in Exile, Hala Alyan | Body Terror Song, AJJ | Unknown | Battlefield, Topaz Winters | White Oleander, Janet Fitch | Boy In The Bubble, Alec Benjamin | Quote by Richard Siken | Autoimmune Disease, Anna and Elena Balbusso | In The Pines, Alice Notley | Twenty, Silas Melvin
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lullaby on mount moriah by Traci Brimhall
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Traci Brimhall
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— Traci Brimhall, “Chthonic Lullaby”, from Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod
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Traci Brimhall, from Arts & Sciences
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Saudade, Traci Brimhall
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Come the Slumberless To the Land of Nod, Traci Brimhall
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josé saramago (tr. margaret jull costa) / traci brimhall
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