Celebrities vs. Verse

Celebrity poetry collections have become a surprisingly widespread trend.

Lambertexcerpted a poem from her collectionexclusively for EW.

“I’m sorry if you couldn’t find me / I have been in the woods.

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MTV Books; Workman Publishing; Crown Archetype; Feiwel & Friends; Hollyridge Press

I put myself there because / I couldn’t be good.

all of it is you is the you in everything, and thats just the introduction.

“A pill lodges in the inner pocket of her flesh coat.

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across by Mary Lambert

Monty Brinton/CBS/Getty Images; Feiwel & Friends

/ Her breasts were the gifts of ghosts.

/ Dark tarps of success.”

The multi-hyphenate artist delivers yet another buzzing piece of work that only adds to his eccentric and eclectic resume.

Useless Magic by Florence Welch

Dave Benett/Getty Images; Crown Archetype

Only after his death did the world discover his most honest and intimate thoughts via his poetry.

“Long live the rose that grew from concrete / when no one else ever cared.”

His poetry spans various issues and carries a forlorn rhythm similar to the songs fans have come to love.

All of it is you by Nico Tortorella

Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images; Crown Archetype

“YOU ORDERED ME / OFF MY KNEES / INTO YOUR ARMS.

Elmo’s Fire, Sheedy was admitted to a rehab facility for an addiction to sleeping pills.

Dark Sparkler by Amber Tamblyn

Walter McBride/WireImage; Harper Perennial

Strongest of the Litter James Franco

Rich Fury/BAFTA LA/Getty Images; Hollyridge Press

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; MTV Books

The Moments, the Minutes, the Hours- The Poetry of Jill Scott

Smallz & Raskind/Getty Images; St. Martin’s Griffin

Blinking with Fists by Billy Corgan

Jesse Grant/Getty Images; Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Tears for Water- Songbook of Poems and Lyrics by Alicia Keys

Art Streiber/NBC/Getty Images Berkley

FoolishUnfoolish- Reflections on Love by Ashanti

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Hachette Books

Coincidence of Memory by Viggo Mortensen

Earl Gibson III/Getty Images ; Perceval Press

A Lifetime of Love by Leonard Nimoy

Munawar Hosain/Fotos International/Getty Images;Blue Mountain Arts

Thoughts by Tionne T-Boz Watkins of TLC

Santiago Felipe/Getty Images; HarperEntertainment

A Night Without Armor Jewel

Mike Pont/WireImage; HarperCollins

Yesterday I Saw the Sun by Ally Sheedy

Gary Gershoff/WireImage; SUMMIT BOOKS

A Peace of My Mind by Charlie Sheen

Michael Kovac/Getty Images; Engram Digital

Touch Me by Suzanne Somers

Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images; Workman Publishing