Poetry - Year-End Lists

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Death of the First Idea - Rickey Laurentiis

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

That Broke Into Shining Crystals - Richard Scott

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

Stay Dead - Natalie Shapero

Time The Must-Read Poetry Books of 2025

Becoming Ghost - Cathy Linh Che

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

Good Dress - Brittany Rogers

Autostraddle The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2024

Radium Out Cold - Clark Coolidge

Dennis Cooper Favorite Poetry of 2024

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

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

Bluff - Danez Smith

New York Public Library Best Poetry of 2024

Wrong Norma - Anne Carson

Electric Lit Best Poetry Collections of 2024

Joe Hill Makes His Way into the Castle - Katy Evans-Bush

Rishi Dastidar: Guardian The Best Poetry Books of 2024

Bluff - Danez Smith

Library Journal Best Poetry of 2024

Ambush at Still Lake - Caroline Bird

Maria Crawford: Financial Times Best Poetry of 2024

Something about Living - Lena Khalaf Tuffaha

National Book Award Poetry 2024

A Year of Last Things - Michael Ondaatje

Publishers Weekly Best Poetry Books of 2024

Judas Goat - Gabrielle Bates

Connie Pan: Book Riot 12 of the Best Poetry Collections from 2023

The Iliad - Homer, translated by Emily Wilson

Rishi Dastidar: Guardian Best Poetry Books of 2023