GUIDE TO: Poetry Recommendations

Over the past year we have read quite a few poetry collections. Here are some of our recommendations based on what mood you are seeking to invoke or what you are feeling right now.

Poetry Recommendations:

1. New to poetry: Milk & Honey and The Sun & Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
   

2. A collection without romance: Lovely Seeds by R.H. Swaney

3. A unique collection: Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately by Alicia Cook
   

4. Empowering: the witch doesn’t burn in this one by amanda lovelace

5. To support a lesser known poet: Atlantis by Lauren Eden

   

6. In-verse storytelling: Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough

7. That deals with anxiety: Uncaged Wallflower by Jennae Cecelia

   

8. If you’re still figuring it out: Finding Roots by Morgan Davis

9. Getting outside your own head: Bare Roots by Molly S. Hillery

10. A self-published poet: Hummingbird and Soul Like Thunder by Sophia Elaine Hansen
    

Honorable Mentions:

• [Dis]connected (Check out Tree’s review HERE)
• Her & Her II by Pierre-Alex Jeanty

Poetry Books Still On Our TBR:

• Honeybee by Trista Mateer

• DROPKICKromance by Cyrus Parker

• Glass girl & Plastic Heart by Jessyca Thibault

• To Make Monsters Out of Girls by amanda lovelace

• Will Embers  & Your Soul is a River by Nikita Gill

Goodreads Links:
Rupi Kaur
Lovely Seeds
Stuff I’ve Been Feeling Lately
the witch doesn’t burn in this one
Atlantis
Blood Water Paint
Uncaged Wallflower
Finding Roots
bare roots
Sophia Elaine Hansen
[dis]connected
Pierre-Alex Jeanty