Poet Jones explores his gay, Black identity, societal tension in America, and his relationship with his deceased mother in this culturally significant collection of lyrical, playful, musical, and political poetry. Touching on topical issues like gun violence, homophobia, racism, and grief, sets Jones’s voice apart from his contemporaries.

This illustrated collection of poetry by Instagram poet Morgan Harper Nichols (@morganharpernicols) aims to inspire readers with its thoughtful prose and spiritual musings. Full of grace and beauty, Nichols encourages readers to slow down and linger in her sun-dappled ruminations.

Transgender, nonbinary poet Paul Tran’s stunning debut collection speaks to trauma, telling of their own traumatic experiences as well as ways that trauma impacts any person’s sense of self. Booklist Review calls All the Flowers Kneeling a “darkly intelligent and exquisite debut.”

A powerful debut touching on themes of sexual freedom versus sexual exploitation, women’s sexuality weaponized against them, and personal agency for Black women in a world that challenges their boundaries and identity. Kapri writes that to be a “hoe” is to defy an unattainable vision of womanhood.

Nominated for multiple literary awards, this visionary book of poetry by New York Times bestselling author Rio Cortez writes of her family’s legacy as "Afropioneers" in the American West, Black womanhood, and other personal, political, and artistic frontiers.

In her soulful debut, poet Fatimah Ashgar describes what it’s like being a young Pakistani Muslim woman in modern-day America. Orphaned from a young age, Ashgar explores coming to terms with complicated thoughts around sexuality, race, identity, and belonging, without the love and guidance from her parents.

Themes of nature, animals, poetry, mortality, absurdity, and love abound in beloved American poet Billy Collins newest collection. Composed of small poems (different from Haiku and limericks), this concise, poignant, and clever prose will delight and astound you.

A celebration of womanhood, this anthology of 30 empowering poems includes a foreword by award-winning American poet Cole Swensen, striking metallic ink illustrations by artist Karolin Schnoor, and works by women poets including Margaret Atwood, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Kimiko Hahn, Elisabeth Hewer, Rachel Zucker, Emily Dickinson, and Naomi Shihab Nye.

An American epic in verse, detailing the rich history of writer Alora Young’s ancestors, bringing to life the unnamed women in long-forgotten historical records like foremother Amy, who died enslaved and was buried in an unmarked grave, great-great grandmother Gentry, who was married during her childhood, and Young’s own mother, a former teenage beauty queen.

These 50 poems by former three-term US Poet Laureate and member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Joy Harjo commemorate her fifty years as a writer. Spanning her career, these prophetic, personal, and deeply spiritual poems transcend culture and genre and speak to the human experience with the utmost sensitivity and brilliance.

Best known for her cultural critiques and feminist and racial justice writing, this volume of poetry by the late bell hooks delves into the topic of love in all its stages. Book List Review says hook’s “careful word choice and clever rhythms are refreshingly original” and offer an “intoxicating essence that can thoroughly nourish readers, heart and soul.”