“The Strength In Our Scars” is a collection of modern poetry in fragments focused on self-actualization and self-acceptance.
Book Review: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
If you like autobiography and poetry, “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” by Ocean Vuong is a definite must-read.
Book Review: You Come Too by Robert Frost
“You Come Too” by Robert Frost is perfect for people who love nature poetry. Reading Frost made me think of Mary Oliver who also wrote a lot of nature poetry!
Book Review: Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
“Don’t Call Us Dead” by Danez Smith is an exceptional and important poetry collection. I highly recommend it to everyone!
Book Review: Rumi: Poems by Rumi
“Rumi: Poems” is an amazing poetry collection for avid and novice poetry readers. There’s a Rumi poem for everyone.
Book Review: The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Even if you’re not a Shakespeare fan, I can assure you that this play is accessible and comical to read! It was one of my favourites during my undergrad! (Although I haven’t rated as high as other Shakespearean plays!)
In my opinion, “The Comedy of Errors” by William Shakespeare doesn’t get enough recognition!
Top 12 Poetry Collections I Want to Read in 2021
In this post, I go through my list of the Top 12 Poetry Collections I Want to Read in 2021.
These collections are quite modern and from many diverse voices touching on common themes such as love, life, death, and nature but also specific sociopolitical issues concerning race, identity, immigration, and history.
Top 10 Modern Poetry Books I Read in 2020
Every year, I read a lot of poetry collections – both modern and traditional poetry. As it goes, poetry is not dead. And that fact is a solace to me an avid poetry lover, reader, and writer.
In this instance, I am using the term modern poetry very loosely as most of these collections have been published in the last year up to the last decade.
