Poetry Books to Read in 2022

1.
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head 4.20 avg rating — 9,074 ratings
2.
Time Is a Mother
Time Is a Mother 3.92 avg rating — 34,333 ratings
3.
Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3)
Unlock Your Storybook Heart (You Are Your Own Fairy Tale, #3) 3.84 avg rating — 5,121 ratings
4.
Customs: Poems
Customs: Poems 4.20 avg rating — 1,199 ratings
5.
Honey Month
Honey Month 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
6.
All the Flowers Kneeling
All the Flowers Kneeling
by: Paul Tran
3.85 avg rating — 1,323 ratings
7.
To look at the sea is to become what one is: An Etel Adnan Reader (2 Vol. Set)
To look at the sea is to become what one is: An Etel Adnan Reader (2 Vol. Set) 4.77 avg rating — 62 ratings
7.
Content Warning: Everything
Content Warning: Everything 3.91 avg rating — 1,571 ratings
9.
Against Heaven: Poems
Against Heaven: Poems 4.03 avg rating — 231 ratings
10.
A Hundred Lovers: Poems
A Hundred Lovers: Poems 3.91 avg rating — 494 ratings
11.
Return Flight
Return Flight 3.99 avg rating — 231 ratings
11.
oh, you thought this was a date?!: Apocalypse Poems
oh, you thought this was a date?!: Apocalypse Poems 4.17 avg rating — 132 ratings
11.
Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems
Wild Imperfections: An Anthology of Womanist Poems 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Drive Through the Night
Drive Through the Night 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
15.
Canopy: Poems
Canopy: Poems 3.66 avg rating — 104 ratings
16.
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020
Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020 3.95 avg rating — 426 ratings
16.
Song of My Softening
Song of My Softening 4.41 avg rating — 98 ratings
16.
Him or Her or Whatever
Him or Her or Whatever 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
19.
Mothman Apologia
Mothman Apologia 4.51 avg rating — 368 ratings
20.
Balladz
Balladz 3.71 avg rating — 364 ratings
21.
Instructions Between Takeoff and Landing
Instructions Between Takeoff and Landing 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
21.
The Girl Singer: Poems
The Girl Singer: Poems 4.46 avg rating — 56 ratings
23.
Almost an Elegy: New and Later Selected Poems
Almost an Elegy: New and Later Selected Poems 4.08 avg rating — 118 ratings