Beauty in verse

Don’t know where to get started on your reading this National Poetry Month?

Check out our recommendations ahead.

WithThe Carrying, Limon proves she’s one of the greats.

Poetry-Books

Milkweed Editions; Copper Canyon Press; University of Pittsburgh Press; Penguin Books; One World

The language is exquisite; the ethical questions Kaminsky poses are provocative.

Something for everyone, in other words.

It marks the author at her best: Witty, ponderous, reflective, and deeply human.

American-Sonnets

Penguin Books

The Carrying by Ada LimonPublisher: Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions

Deaf Republic by ILYA KAMINSKYPublisher: Graywolf Pres

Graywolf Pres

Evolution by Eileen MylesPublisher: Grove Press

Grove Press

Feeld by Jos CharlesPublisher: Milkweed Editions

Milkweed Editions

I-Can’t-Talk-About-the-Trees-Without-the-Blood

University of Pittsburgh Press

If They Come for Us by Fatima AsgharPublisher: One World

One World

Indecency by JUSTIN PHILLIP REEDPublisher: Coffee House Press

Coffee House Press

Invasive Species by MARWA HELALPublisher: Nightboat Books

Nightboat Books

Magical Negro by Morgan ParkerPublisher: Tin House Books

Tin House Books

Only As the Day Is Long by Dorianne Laux

W. W. Norton + Company

So Far So Good by Ursula K. Le GuinPublisher: Copper Canyon Press

Copper Canyon Press