Poetry for the Soul

Paul has pulled together ten books that he would highly recommend for anyone who needs a poetry fix to this pandemic ennui.

Devotions: The Selected Poems of Mary Oliver By Mary Oliver Cover Image
$31.00
ISBN: 9780399563249
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Published: Penguin Press - October 10th, 2017

A New York Times Bestseller, chosen as Oprah's "Books That Help Me Through" for Oprah's Book Club


Taking Measures: Selected Serial Poems By George Bowering, Stephen Collis (Editor) Cover Image
$49.95
ISBN: 9781772012378
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Published: Talonbooks - October 15th, 2019

The first-ever collection of the major serial poems by Canada's inaugural Parliamentory Poet Laureate, George Bowering, Taking Measures includes work from each of the last six decades, beginning with Bowering's engagement with process-based long poems in the 1960s and 1970s and moving through his continued exploration of the form in recent decades.


The Poems of Octavio Paz By Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translated by), Elizabeth Bishop (Translated by), Paul Blackburn (Translated by), Denise Levertov (Translated by), Muriel Rukeyser (Translated by), Charles Tomlinson (Translated by) Cover Image
By Octavio Paz, Eliot Weinberger (Translated by), Elizabeth Bishop (Translated by), Paul Blackburn (Translated by), Denise Levertov (Translated by), Muriel Rukeyser (Translated by), Charles Tomlinson (Translated by)
$21.95
ISBN: 9780811227568
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Published: New Directions - February 27th, 2018

Now in paperback, the definitive, life-spanning, bilingual edition of the poems by the Nobel Prize laureate


Cinema of the Present By Lisa Robertson Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781552452974
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Published: Coach House Books - October 7th, 2014

"Robertson proves hard to explain but easy to enjoy. . . . Dauntlessly and resourcefully intellectual, Robertson can also be playful or blunt. . . . She wields language expertly, even beautifully."--The New York Times


Foreign Bodies: Poems By Kimiko Hahn Cover Image
$26.95
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ISBN: 9781324005216
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - March 3rd, 2020

A striking, shapeshifting volume from "one of the most fascinating female poets of our time (BOMB)."


New Selected Poems By Thom Gunn, Clive Wilmer (Editor) Cover Image
By Thom Gunn, Clive Wilmer (Editor)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780374538699
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - December 3rd, 2019

A new selection of poems by the celebrated gay poet


Bluets By Maggie Nelson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9781933517407
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Published: Wave Books - October 1st, 2009

Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . .

A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.


Dwellers in the House of the Lord By Wesley McNair Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781567926637
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Published: David R. Godine Publisher - April 7th, 2020

A New England Book Award Finalist. "There's so much life in this beautiful book that it feels like a living thing. Wesley McNair is a kind of Chekhov of American poetry."--Ted Kooser, Pulitzer Prize winner and Poet Laureate.


Classic Haiku: The Greatest Japanese Poetry from Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki and Their Followers By Tom Lowenstein (Editor), Tom Lowenstein (Introduction by), John Cleare (Photographer) Cover Image
By Tom Lowenstein (Editor), Tom Lowenstein (Introduction by), John Cleare (Photographer)
$16.95
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ISBN: 9781627950480
Published: Shelter Harbor Press - October 1st, 2018

The ultimate introduction to the art of haiku, this collection accompanies the greatest haiku poems with evocative photography. Featuring a deluxe cloth cover with a foil blocked sticker and a removable insight card with instructions on how to craft your very own haiku, this comprehensive and beautifully packaged collection is the perfect gift for the poetry lover in your life.


Citizen: An American Lyric By Claudia Rankine Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014

* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry *
* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: