Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning. Poetry may be written independently, as discrete poems, or may occur in conjunction with other arts, as in poetic drama, hymns or lyrics.

Poetry, and discussions of it, have a long history. Early attempts to define poetry, such as Aristotle's Poetics, focused on the uses of speech in rhetoric, drama, song and comedy.[1] Later attempts concentrated on features such as repetition and rhyme, and emphasised the aesthetics which distinguish poetry
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An Optimism: Poems
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  • The Intentions of Thunder by Patricia      Smith
    The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems
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    Release date: Sep 30, 2025
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  • The Human Equation by Bob Gossom
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    Home Body
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    How About Now: Poems
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    Alone
    Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
    Time Is a Mother
    Shy
    How to Say Babylon
    Poeta chileno
    I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
    The Trouble with Heroes
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    Novels in Verse
    420 books — 751 voters

    The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareAriel by Sylvia PlathThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
    Best Poetry Books
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    99 books — 1,237 voters

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    Night Sky with Exit Wounds
    The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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