Amanda Gorman

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

South Carolina

Poems

The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, these poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

Call Us What We Carry

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Pierre Jeanty

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

"To The Women I Once Loved" is a reflection of a poet's heart, his deepest inner feelings towards past relationships and how they contributed to the man he has become. Each piece brings consciousness to parts of a woman that ought to be glorified, qualities men sometimes neglect in relationships; while making both men and women aware that who they become has a direct correlation with who they've been with. Pierre allows readers to see where he missed it before in a way that is uplifting not only to the reader but also the women of his past. This literary piece is filled with hope and will salivate the soul of those waiting on love.

To the Women I Once Loved

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R. H. Sin

Robert M. Drake

North Carolina

There's a harshness in the air; the season is changing its colors. The rain is chilled, icy to the touch, and the sky, filled with melancholy. Your search for warmth has brought you here; you starve for something profound. You require something that will resonate with your soul. Despite how cold, you're determined to grow. And with these words, you bloom, a winter rose.

Winter Roses after Fall

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A joint poetry collection from the virally popular and bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake. What are you hiding behind your smile? If those empty bottles that line the walls of your room could speak, what tales would they spill? So much of your truth is buried beneath the lies you tell yourself. There's a need to scream to the moon; there's this urge to go out into the darkness of the night to purge. There are so many stories living inside your soul, you just want the opportunity to tell them. And when you can't find the will to express what lives within your heart, these words will give you peace. These words will set you free.

Empty Bottles Full of Stories

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From the authors of The New York Times bestseller Empty Bottles Full of Stories comes a brand-new collection of compelling poetry and prose. The heart will ache, the soul will feel weary, and the mind will be weighed down by the things you wish to forget. There will be nights when all you have is yourself and the moon. There will be nights when silence will exist in abundance. And even though you may feel lonely at first. You must understand that the solitude is a gift; you must understand that even when alone, you are more than enough.

Falling Toward the Moon

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Mary Lambert

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert

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Steve Kowit

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

The Poet's Portable Workshop, 2nd Edition

Ideal for teachers who have been searching for a way to inspire students with a love for writing--and reading--contemporary poetry.It is a book about shaping your memories and passions, your pleasures, obsessions, dreams, secrets, and sorrows into the poems you have always wanted to write. If you long to create poetry that is magical and moving, this is the book you've been looking for.Here are chapters on the language and music of poetry, the art of revision, traditional and experimental techniques, and how to get your poetry started, perfected, and published. Not the least of the book's pleasures are model poems by many of the best contemporary poets, illuminating craft discussions, and the author's detailed suggestions for writing dozens of poems about your deepest and most passionate concerns.

In the Palm of Your Hand

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Colorado

Shakespeare 

Macbeth folger Library 

Audre. Lorde

Illinois

A definitive selection of Audre Lorde's "intelligent, fierce, powerful, sensual, provocative, indelible" (Roxane Gay) prose and poetry, for a new generation of readers.


Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory, and critical race studies in twelve landmark essays and more than sixty poems--selected and introduced by one of our most powerful contemporary voices on race and gender, Roxane Gay.

Among the essays included here are:

 * "The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action"
 * "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House"
 * "I Am Your Sister"
 * Excerpts from the American Book Award-winning A Burst of Light

The poems are drawn from Lorde's nine volumes, including The Black Unicorn and National Book Award finalist From a Land Where Other People Live. Among them are:

 * "Martha"
 * "A Litany for Survival"
 * "Sister Outsider"
 * "Making Love to Concrete"

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

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M. J. Ryan

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

Daily Blessings for the Evening Meal from Buddha to the Beatles (Prayers, Poems, Gratitude, Affirmations,Thanks)

One of America's most durable traditions is pausing before the evening meal to acknowledge the things that give our lives meaning. Organized by season, this collection of beautiful and thoughtful contemplations for families of all spiritual orientations includes words from the Bible, Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Ram Dass, Thich Nhat Hanh, and others. Illustrations.

A Grateful Heart

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Leonard Cohen

Presents spiritual poems that deal with loss, perception, prayer, grace, achievement, loneliness, death, sorrow, and sacredness.

Book of Mercy

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Robert Frost

New Hampshire

Robert Frost's Poems

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Barbara Kingsolver

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Indiana

Poetry

"A gorgeous collection...These poems unplug from TV and social media and the outrage of the moment and turn our attention to the immediate and the everlasting, human intimacy and the power and mystery of nature." (Tampa Bay Times)

"Kingsolver brings her gifts of observation and reflection to HOW TO FLY...For a reader wanting to escape, to fly while grounded, this book is a map that offers surprise and delight." (BookPage)

In this intimate collection, the beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and more than a dozen other New York Times bestsellers, winner or finalist for the Pulitzer and countless other prizes, now trains her eye on the everyday and the metaphysical in poems that are smartly crafted, emotionally rich, and luminous. 

In her second poetry collection, Barbara Kingsolver offers reflections on the practical, the spiritual, and the wild. She begins with "how to" poems addressing everyday matters such as being hopeful, married, divorced; shearing a sheep; praying to unreliable gods; doing nothing at all; and of course, flying. Next come rafts of poems about making peace (or not) with the complicated bonds of friendship and family, and making peace (or not) with death, in the many ways it finds us. Some poems reflect on the redemptive powers of art and poetry itself; others consider where everything begins.

Closing the book are poems that celebrate natural wonders--birdsong and ghost-flowers, ruthless ants, clever shellfish, coral reefs, deadly deserts, and thousand-year-old beech trees--all speaking to the daring project of belonging to an untamed world beyond ourselves.

Altogether, these are poems about transcendence: finding breath and lightness in life and the everyday acts of living. It's all terribly easy and, as the title suggests, not entirely possible. Or at least, it is never quite finished. 

How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)

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Lillian Olson

Ache

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

2023 The Rhysling Anthology 

Rupi Kaur

"A collection of poetry and prose about survival, about the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity"--Amazon.com.

Milk and Honey

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Samantha Camargo

Night Drives is a collection of poetry and writing that makes you feel like you're on a night drive.. the kind with the windows down, music up, and the night sky above you. The kind that slowly opens you up, allowing you to feel all of the emotions you've been holding in for so long and somehow helps you feel alive again. The kind that helps you appreciate the night sky again.

Night Drives

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New York

The Aeneid

Edgar Allan. Poe

A. J. Odasso

Virginia

Collected Works

No library's complete without the classics! This new, enhanced leather-bound edition collects some of the most influential stories and poems of Edgar Allan Poe. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of tales of the mysterious and macabre. From the eerie incantations of “The Raven” to the persistent fright of “The Tell-Tale Heart,” his stories and poems are unforgettable explorations of the darker side of life that still offer lessons and insight into human behavior today, making them an integral component of just about any library. This Canterbury Classics edition of Edgar Allan Poe collects some of his best-known work--from “Annabel Lee” to “The Fall of the House of Usher,” “Lenore” to “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and many, many more. With an impressive leather cover, specially designed endpapers, and other all-new enhancements, as well as an essay by a Poe scholar, Edgar Allan Poe is the perfect introduction for new readers and the perfect resource for devoted fans. Poe's writings were truly original--and this unique book is the perfect look at his uncommon genius.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Lana Del Rey

Puerto Rico

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY, VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS “Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.” —Lana Del Rey Lana’s breathtaking first book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times” (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1,000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum, and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana’s typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is also brought to life in an unprecedented spoken word audiobook which features Lana Del Rey reading fourteen select poems from the book accompanied by music from Grammy Award–winning musician Jack Antonoff.

Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass

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Words in Flight 

Texas

The Contemporary American Poets

Courtney Peppernell

Minnesota

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Make a cup of tea and let yourself feel.

Pillow Thoughts

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Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

Pierre Jeanty

To the Women I Once Loved

R. H. Sin; Robert M. Drake

Winter Roses after Fall

R. H. Sin; Robert M. Drake

Empty Bottles Full of Stories

R. H. Sin; Robert M. Drake

Falling Toward the Moon

Mary Lambert

Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert

Steve Kowit

In the Palm of Your Hand

Louis wright

Macbeth folger Library

Audre. Lorde

The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Amanda Gorman

Call Us What We Carry

M. J. Ryan

A Grateful Heart

Leonard Cohen

Book of Mercy

Robert Frost

Robert Frost's Poems

Barbara Kingsolver

How to Fly (in Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)

Lillian Olson

Ache

Maxwell I. Gold

2023 The Rhysling Anthology

Rupi Kaur

Milk and Honey

Samantha Camargo

Night Drives

Lind

The Aeneid

Edgar Allan. Poe; A. J. Odasso

Edgar Allan Poe

Lana Del Rey

Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass

Abcarion

Words in Flight

American Poetry since 1940

The Contemporary American Poets

Courtney Peppernell

Pillow Thoughts