If that sounds like something you need, or you are just looking for a few modern poetry and prose poetry books to dive into, check out the nine picks below! And because I have very little experience reading it, I never know whether they're actually good or not, and I have no idea how to rate them, which seems like a huge part of the reading experience in the age of Goodreads.īut in recent years I have become intrigued by the world of poetry collections and prose poetry (which for those uninitiated is poetry written in prose instead of using verse.) Watching booktuber/author Jen Campbell talk about her favorite poetry collections, as well as seeing books like milk and honey by Rupi Kaur get tons of mainstream attention, I thought it was time to start seeking out collections that could fit seamlessly into my reading life.
Poetry is known for its hidden symbolism and there are many poems with non-traditional structures to completely confuse you. Two, even though I can read a whole poetry book in a half hour, that doesn't mean I can understand it. One, because I love a good long page count, poetry books at 50 to 70 pages long feel too fast, too easily digestible, and I know I will rush right through them. There are probably a few reasons for that. In fact, after writing a particularly intense research paper on Jack Kerouac's poetry as a junior in high school, I never read much of it again. cummings, Langston Hughes and Pablo Neruda in high school, but poetry has never been something I reach for in my spare time. Sure, I enjoyed reading classic poets like e.e.
If you're anything like me, poetry intimidates you a bit.
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