The team members of LitBridge have all compiled their favorite poetry books. Please check out some of our personal suggestions for books of poetry that you should read. LitBridge is always adding more to this list so always check back for more. If you think we should include a collection of poems, then let us know. We are always happy to check out a new book for consideration to our list of favorite books.
Poetry BooksÂ
1. Internal West by Priscilla Becker
2. Take It by Joshua Beckman
3. Saint Monica by Mary Biddinger
4. Cottonlandia: Poems (Juniper Prize for Poetry) by Rebecca Black
5. Blind Rain: Poems by Bruce Bond
6. Our Lady of the Ruins: Poems by Traci Brimhall
7. Apocalyptic Swing by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
8. Mistaking The Sea For Green Fields (Akron Series in Poetry) by Ashley Capps
9. What Is Amazing (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Heather Christle
10. A Hotel Lobby at the Edge of the World: Poems by Adam Clay
11. Punchline by Nick Courtright
12. The Last Predicta by Chad Davidson
13. A Real Time of It by Sally Delehant
14. When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
15. Cooling Board: A Long Playing Poem by Mitchell L.H. Douglas
16. Suck on the Marrow by Camille T. Dungy
17. True Bride by Amy Gerstler
18. Threshold Songs (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Peter Gizzi
19. Pigafetta Is My Wife by Joe Hall
20. 31 Letters and 10. Dreams: Poems by Richard Hugo
21. Victory by Ben Kopel
22. The Silhouettes by Lily Ladewig
23. Elegy (Pitt Poetry Series) by Larry Levis
24. The Radio Tree by Corey Marks
25. Club Icarus by Matt W. Miller
26. The City, Our City by Wayne Miller
27. Ghost Lights by Keith Montesano
28. Whale in the Woods by Blueberry Morningsnow
29. Los versos del capitan/ The Captain’s Verses (Spanish Edition) by Pablo Neruda
30. Sweet Nothing by Nate Pritts
31. Robinson Alone by Kathleen Rooney
32. The World Doesn’t End by Charles Simic
33. Predatory (Pitt Poetry Series) by Glenn Shaheen
34. I Live in a Hut (Cleveland State University Poetry Center: New Poetry) by S.E. Smith
35. The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary by King Solomon
36. Dust and Conscience by Truong Tran
37. The Amputee’s Guide to Sex by Jillian Marie Weise
38. Words Before Dawn by William Wenthe
39. The Branch Will Not Break: Empty-Grave Extended Edition by James Wright