maybe my answer is basic, but despite always having loved writing poetry i haven't actually read much of it until recently. we covered this poem in a course i was taking and it's just so good.
i just finished Ocean Vuong's "Night Sky With Exit Wounds" and it was so good as well, one of my favorites was "Thanksigivng 2006".
another poet i could recommend is Aimee Seu, i'm hoping to buy her book "Velvet Hounds" soon, a poem i love by her is called "Thrift Store Fur".
lastly, another poet i really love is chen chen. i really recommend reading "Summer"!
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β’ Maggie Nelson (Bluets and Something Bright, Then Holes)
β’ Victoria Chang (Obit)
β’ Heather Christle (The Crying Book)
β’ bell hooks
β’ June Jordan
β’ Mary Oliver
β’ e. e. cummings
β’ Melissa Broder
β’ Chen Chen
β’ Mary OliverΒ
β’ Jacqueline Suskin
β’ Andrea Gibson
Some of the above poets have twitters/insta you can follow to keep up with their work!
I also suggest following some publishers and presses that publish poetry to hear about new poets and their collections!
I really like:
β’ Copper Canyon Press
β’ Graywolf Press
β’ Coffee House Press
β’ Wave Books
β’ Button Poetry
Happy reading, from one poet to another π
May 7, 2024
if you're trying to improve your craft through reading poetry, ocean vuong is your guy. my favorite poem of his is def "Wood Working at the End of the World" vuong also has this instagram story series about metaphors and it changed the way i went about writing metaphors forever. def check him out
May 4, 2024
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i don't know if this is my favourite poem, but i do really love it. it is absurd, it is beautiful, it makes me emotional -- i think that's all i really need to feel with art. i've spent a long time trying to get into poetry, but i find it really difficult. olivia gatwood is a poet that i really love, she's got a few really amazing spoken word videos from button poetry from early in her career up on youtube that are really great (although, she was never compensated in any way for those videos, which is a bit of a shame), everthing she writes is really great, really recommend picking up a copy of her collection 'Life of the Party'. somebody else that i know, used to say their favourite poem was 'High Windows' by Phillip Larkin, which is also very, very beautiful.
Feb 10, 2024
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maybe that sounds a little annoying, but i used to wait around for a surge of manic energy to hit me in order to find the motivation to get out of bed and do things. these days, i try to remind myself that i matter, and if i care about myself then i should do things for my mind and body that are fulfilling. this isnβt perfect, and there are definitely still bad days. but you owe it to yourself to try, i hope things get easier :)
May 6, 2024
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the scenery is so beautiful, and it reaffirms my fear of living in a small rural town
Aug 1, 2024