The Poetry Society Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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#BooksOfTheYear @MackKatymack123 recommends Tara Bergin's 'Savage Tales' (@Carcanet). 'These poems, or poetic fragments, seem to quiver with a strange, uncanny sense that something is always about to happen. Both compelling & disturbing & yet also, somehow, filled with joy.' https://t.co/XG2iWXOSCW

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Claude McKay's poem ‘Summer Morn in New Hampshire’. To celebrate #ValentinesDay we are posting love poems throughout the month of February. Find more poems on our website: https://t.co/xmN6sFbyD4 https://t.co/SliEwbG84U

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Reading followed by discussion on Shelley's life, works, thought, relationships with Byron & Leigh Hunt & legacy he shares with John Keats. Serena Baiesi, Nora Crook,MathelindaNagubodi, Andrew Stauffer, Fernando Valverde, Neil Fraistat, Anna Mercer, Giuseppe Albano

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@rmcfarlane63 has written four poems celebrating solstices and equinoxes for our project with @CanalRiverTrust. This is an extract from his poem 'Come Walk This Way' written for the autumn equinox. You can read all the poems and about project at: https://t.co/S7a3LKTkUr https://t.co/Xsrkjd8RRF

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This is William Shakespeare's sonnet 'Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer's Day?'. To celebrate #ValentinesDay we are posting love poems throughout the month of February. Find more poems on our website: https://t.co/c50VW9DBZj https://t.co/QjLcS5wPPl

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#WednesdayWinterPoems Jemma Borg's 'Quickening' was published in #ThePoetryReview Autumn 2014. Read more of poems here: https://t.co/c50VW9D49L Back issues & subscriptions to The Poetry Review: https://t.co/jKWRa7Nu6E https://t.co/E4mNu7Aw2N

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Today marks ninety years since the birth of esteemed poet Sylvia Plath, best known for her last collection, Ariel, and novel, The Bell Jar. Plath was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. This is an extract from her poem 'Fever 103°' published in 1965. https://t.co/22KQtO3w8Z

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The new Spring 2023 series of @PoemsOnTheTube posters are up on the @TfL underground! Check out this one from The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare. https://t.co/t3aclhZ8UH

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Day 18 of #TheSealeyChallenge @mikkoharvey recommends 'Empathy' (@NewDirections) by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge. “What amazes me about this book is Berssenbrugge’s ability to be so philosophical yet also so lush, visual, and inviting.” https://t.co/8UVPSAOWbp

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"Despite the violence, there is a tenderness in the way the poet sees the world." Young Critic Eric Yip reviews Mark Pajak's Slide (@JonathanCape), shortlisted for the @tseliotprize 2022. Watch his review in full at https://t.co/wtpGtQ7Vra https://t.co/boB36kF2aZ