Poetry

Rejoice, poetry lovers, because April is here which means it's officially National Poetry Month, and entire 30 days dedicated to stunning stanzas, visceral verses, and prophetic poets. As part of your celebration this year, go beyond rereading...

April is National Poetry Month! For many, exposure to poetry might begin and end at a forced slog through some sonnets in high school, or, if we’re interested, studying some of the great Romantic poets at college or university. But there’s no reason that poetry can’t be part of your regular reading,

27 discussion posts. Allison said: i'm looking to get into poetry again.when i was younger (like, elementary school) poems were some of my favorite things...

Given that each book club member brings their own experiences and perceptions of poets with them to the meeting, poetry lends itself to a varied and passionate discussion beyond anything you experience with novels, nonfiction, and other genres. Where someone may see passion in the first lines of a poem, another member may see sarcasm. Poetry uses an economy of words to express larger ideas and situations to the reader, and through book club discussion one or more of these can be revealed. Each of these poetry collections will lend themselves to group discussions of emotion, imagery, and over-arching societal themes of acceptance, dissension, and inner strength and beauty.

And they don't read short stories. Or plays. At least, they rarely do. I discovered this during my conversations with dozens of Minnesota clubs over the past few months. Club reading lists heavily favor novels, memoirs, biographies and historical nonfiction.

The Poetry Book Society was founded by T S Eliot in 1953. We are a unique poetry society, providing guidance and discounts on the very best contemporary...

Ian McMillan presents a special Poetry Book Club edition, with poet Tony Harrison.

There are volumes of poetic tributes honoring love, nature, and even death, but books have frequently been a poet's greatest muse.