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From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

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From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf The greatest poetry books ever written I remember the first time I ...

To some contemporary writers, one might consider a shopping list of milk, eggs, oats and tea a form of poetry. Classicists will look towards narrative epics by the likes of Homer, Virgil and Dante ...

Telemachus-like, we are waiting stillFor justice in the house of the oppressed.And how long will our Father wait to come,To end so many years of loneliness?These suitors lining up to steal your ...

Amelia Loulli has won the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2025, supported by the Atlantic Philanthropies and run by The Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s University Belfast.

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Appreciating poetry doesn't have to take a lot of time. As these moving short poems prove, you can work poetry into your daily life.