5 Poetry Collections for National Poetry Month

Featuring fifty original poems from some of today’s most acclaimed writers, this collection redefines what "nature poetry" can be—spanning from vast national parks to a single tree by a bus stop. Thoughtful and inspiring, The Los Angeles Times calls it “a lovely book to take with you to read at the end of your next hike.”

From one of Denmark's most celebrated 20th century writers comes a collection of poems exploring heartbreak, childhood, self-reflection, death, and love. The collection is marked by the same wry nihilism, dark humor, and emotional depth of her celebrated prose works such as The Faces and The Trouble with Happiness.

Edited by the magazine’s poetry editor, Kevin Young, this collection celebrates 100 years of poetry in The New Yorker, featuring greats like Seamus Heaney, Sylvia Plath, and Langston Hughes alongside fresh voices shaping today’s poetry. Organized by time of day and decade, the book highlights poetry’s power to capture history and emotion—from war and political movements to recent poems responding to COVID and the murder of George Floyd. A moving tribute to the magazine’s lasting impact on poetry and culture.

From the information desk where the poet once worked, this three-part epic maps an interconnected route in and out of the museum through history, material, and memory, confronting the violent forces behind the museum’s collection and the spiritual power of art. “Not many books, let alone book-length poems, are as can't-put-it-down,” raves Los Angeles Review of Books. “You're going to have such a good time.”

The bestselling Aimless Love author invites readers to pause and reflect on remarkable moments in everyday life with these poems that are "witty, wry and tender when it hurts,” according to The Washington Post. “Water, Water is a pleasure to read and easy to give."