Poetry Readers Challenge discussion

Figured I'd post my list now that I'm almost at twenty. Recommend me a twentieth!

1. The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa, trans. by Sawako Nakayasu
2. Chinese Through Poetry by Archie Barnes
3. An Amaranthine Summer, ed. by Shane Warren and Ryan Wasser
4. Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems, 1979-2006, by Wendy Cope
5. frank: sonnets by Diane Seuss
6. Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters, trans. by Nguyen Giac
7. Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
8. Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo
9. Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, trans. and ed. by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung
10. What's in a Name by Ana Luisa Amaral, trans. by Margaret Jull Costa
11. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation, trans. by Simon Armitage
12. Selected Poems by James Fenton
13. No Chronology by Karen Fish
14. The Last Visit by Chad Abushanab
15. Shreela Ray: On the Life and Work of an American Master, ed. by Kazim Ali and Rohan Chhetri
16. Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale
17. NOMBONO: Speculative Poetry by BIPOC Poets, ed. by Akua Lezli Hope
18. Madwomen: The Locas mujeres Poems of Gabriela Mistral, trans. by Randall Couch
19. Doppelgangbanger by Cortney Lamar Charleston
20. 

I really liked Ugly Music by Diannely Antigua. Highly recommended by me.

Thanks for the ideas, guys. I've decided to count Subjects in Poetry by Daniel Brown as my twentieth poetry read of 2021. So I've made it to twenty!

* pops champagne cork *

Yay! I will say that, for me personally, I love that this group motivates me to buy and read more poetry books. I believe this is the 7th consecutive year I've read and reviewed 20 books in this group, and I really don't think I would have read so many, so consistently, without the encouragement of this lovely group.

Jade wrote: "Jenna, This is my first year here and I am finding the same joy! Thank you all :)"

I've lost track of how many years I've been in this group, but it's my best source for finding more poetry books I want to read. Glad you're loving it, too.

Glad you're both enjoying it here, Jade and Alarie. I think it was Sarah's recommendation that turned me on to Ada Limon's Bright Dead Things a few years back. Hopefully I'll be able to discover more good books like that through this group in 2022!

Jenna wrote: "Glad you're both enjoying it here, Jade and Alarie. I think it was Sarah's recommendation that turned me on to Ada Limon's Bright Dead Things a few years back. Hopefully I'll be able to discover mo..."

Limon is one of my favorite poets and I had the good fortune of hearing her live at a reading a couple of years ago. I was flabbergasted when a college student asked me if I were the reader. Guess I was emitting poet vibes, but am old enough to be Limon's mom.

Alarie wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Glad you're both enjoying it here, Jade and Alarie. I think it was Sarah's recommendation that turned me on to Ada Limon's Bright Dead Things a few years back. Hopefully I'll be able ..."

I do rather miss live in-person readings, awkward incidents and all. And your phrase "poet vibes" made me smile :-)

Oh, make it 21. How about Obit, by Victoria Chang.

Thanks for the rec, Ruth -- I've heard only good things about that one and will keep it in mind. Congrats on reaching 20 in your first year in the group, Jade! Happy new year, all!

I currently have no idea what book will overcome my defenses next and I'm not the sort to make lists of planned reads in advance -- as usual, I'll be following my nose/mood, since maintaining a deliberate spontaneity about my pleasure reading choices helps keep it from feeling like work, I find. At some point in the next month, depending on if I'm in a classical mood or a contemporary mood, a formal mood or an avant-garde mood, an Anglophone mood or a non-Anglophone mood, etc., the aura of some poetry book will lay its teeth into me and I'll have no choice but to make it my next read -- I'm looking forward to finding out what book that is!