The best Contemporary Poetry eBooks: Reddit reviews

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While that does look awesome, it makes me think of this instantly. Good reads for anybody who wants to hear an even sassier version of R2.

I spent the weekend reading William Shakespeare's <u>Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope</u> with my kiddo, and now my brain is stuffed with Elisabethean and Jacobean English.

I'd add: Yusef Komunyakaa's Pleasure Dome, which is a fantastic compilation of his collections, including Neon Vernacular, for which he won a Pulitzer, and Magic City, which is a personal favorite.

Don't count out contemporary poets - the recent US Poet Laureates are good places to start.

Hello, I think Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes are very accessible, inventive and moving. There are nice, inexpensive collections of poetry called the Everyman's Library Pocket Poetry; these are small hardbound books that you can put in your back pocket. You can choose by themes or authors. I really like the Tang poetry collection and the Persian poets. I think Rumi, Li Bai and Tu Fu can capture so much in so few words. Rumi is very uplifting, Li Bai and Tu Fu are often bittersweet impressions left with brushes of nature. Because of your choice of Farrokhzad, I think you might particularly like these poets.

I have an ebook that is free right now on Amazon if you are interested: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DYEJ6O4

Here is an excerpt WINTER BOOK BALLADS these books like leaves in Autumn fall from my mind my Emperor thoughts naked in the luxurious snow I spill a little wine for the longing moon

all these characters painted with the lives of sea monsters open-eyed in the deep  thoughts inkstamped gallop away

 bookworms appreciate the words they eat
Weave silk thoughts make others travel to trade for such treasure I put down my swan feather time to open the door I'll leave my tracks in the newborn snow

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DYEJ6O4

I am no expert, I usually hit the library and grab anthologies. Also books about writing poetry. Also I check their used book sales and grab books there for 50 cents a copy.

An excellent contemporary poet is Donald Hall. "Without" is a book of poems about his wife and her death due to leukemia. But all of his works are good. (He also wrote a book about it which was also quite good.)

Stuff that I really love is Japanese tanka. Some of my favorite books are

• The Ink Dark Moon
• 100 Poems from the Japanese

That's just the tip of the iceberg. I have a shelf full of Japanese poetry.

Garrison Keillor has a couple of good anthologies titled "Good Poems" and "Good Poems for Hard Times".

Want something fun? Check out Archy and Mehitabel.

http://www.amazon.com/All-Us-Collected-Vintage-Contemporaries-ebook/dp/B00XST7S8C

Best I could get trying to find the poem I wanted to link specifically. If you go to the 'take a look inside' option, sift through a few pages until you find the poem "Luck"

It's one of my all time favorites. You can also check out however much that sample thing lets you.