Poetry - Year-End Lists

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We - Layli Long Soldier

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2026

Tree of Knowledge - Victoria Chang

National Book Award Poetry 2026

Hide Me Under the Blood and I Shall Be Satisfied - Keith Jarrett

T.S. Eliot Prize 2026 Award

Wellwater - Karen Solie

T.S. Eliot Prize 2025 Award

Scream / Queen - CD Eskilson

Gabrielle Grace Hogan: Autostraddle The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

Salvage - Hedgie Choi

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2025

Is This My Final Form? - Amy Gerstler

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2025

Lode - Gillian Allnutt

The Week The Best Poetry Books of 2025

Lode - Gillian Allnutt

Rishi Dastidar: Guardian The Best Poetry Books of 2025

Groceries - Nora Claire Miller

New York Public Library Best Poetry Books of 2025

Things We Leave Behind - Josephine Balmer

Observer The Observer's Poetry Books of the Year 2025

Scorched Earth - Tiana Clark

Time The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025

Resting Bitch Face - Taylor Byas

Electric Lit Best Poetry Collections of 2025

Wellwater - Karen Solie

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2025

The Intentions of Thunder - Patricia Smith

National Book Award Poetry 2025

The New Economy - Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2025

Fierce Elegy - Peter Gizzi

T.S. Eliot Prize 2024 Award

Bluff - Danez Smith

Autostraddle The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2024

Death Styles - Joyelle McSweeney

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2024

I Don't Want To Be Understood - Joshua Jennifer Espinoza

Casey Stepaniuk: Autostraddle The Best Queer Poetry Books of 2024

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry Books of 2024

I Was Working - Ariel Yelen

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2024

Forest of Noise - Mosab Abu Toha

Electric Lit Best Poetry Collections of 2024

[…] - Fady Joudah

Rishi Dastidar: Guardian The Best Poetry Books of 2024