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Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Publication Date
[2026]
Language
English
Description
"Overtakelessness is a powerful reckoning with war, its ruinous proximity to daily existence and the dissonance of experiencing it from afar. These poems trace the long history and the present circumstance of the ongoing and devastating war in Ukraine, a country whose origins far predate Russia's, despite Moscow's propagandist claims. Through the lens of the Ukrainian diaspora witnessing the current violence from America, Daniel Moysaenko attempts...
Author
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"When did you feel the pull of poetry? For Ashley M. Jones, the moment she knew she would be a poet was at seven years old--reciting "Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield. That moment, that poem, showed her there was a place for her in the world of literature as her full Black self. As she continued to grow as a person and a poet, becoming the first person of color and the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of Alabama, Jones encountered so...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
"Bright Thorn, distilling Devin Johnston's work across a quarter century and seven books, offers an alternative to our frenzied moment through the calm measured feeling and formal intelligence of his verse. Historical, philosophical, closely observational, and rooted evenly in the deep poetic past and the daily rhythms of American life, these poems open the world to imaginative scrutiny. Johnston is a chronicler in a Yeatsian sense, whose eye, cast...
Author
Publisher
WorthyKids
Publication Date
[2026]
Language
English
Description
"In this glorious celebration of nature, three girls walk an old trail in search of a hidden pond, marveling at treasures they discover along the way--darting dragonflies, croaking bullfrogs, fluttering sycamore leaves, and more. Written in a unique poetic form called American cinquain, the story seamlessly weaves together an invitation to readers to immerse themselves in nature, while also bringing attention to this endangered ecosystem. The info-packed...
5) Climbing
Author
Publisher
Creative Editions
Publication Date
2026.
Language
English
Description
In this illustrated poem symbolizing resilience, the narrator climbs an apple tree toward a distant, sparkling town, and, despite previous unsuccessful attempts, is now able to reach the top.