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In 2018, among the 365 poems Poetry Daily presented, 160 came from books published by 80 different presses. Browse all those plus newly featured books here. You may also browse books presented via Editor’s Choice, which spotlights a new poetry collection publicly chosen by an editorial board member, featured books of Poetry in Translation, and by Publisher.

The Soul and The Body on The Beach

Anna Swir (translated from the Polish by Czesław Miłosz & Leonard Nathan)

The soul asks the body: Is it true that we do not really exist? The body says: I’m tanning my knees.

from the book Talking to My Body / Copper Canyon Press

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June 30, 2020

Lewisburg

Maya C. Popa

Longing, I said, pushing distance through a cage— it's why the picture city must be snowed in.

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American Faith

Publisher

Sarabande Books

Series

June 29, 2020

The Envoy of Mr. Cogito

Zbigniew Herbert (translated from the Polish by Alissa Valles)

Keep watch—when a light on a hill gives a sign—rise and go as long as the blood is still turning the dark star in your breast

Book

Zbigniew Herbert: The Collected Poems 1956-1998

Publisher

Ecco

Series

Translation, What Sparks Poetry

June 27, 2020

[Not long ago the Pope decreed]

Mark Bibbins

When someone in a movie dies with their eyes open the lids are made to look so easy to close

Book

13th Balloon

Publisher

Copper Canyon Press

Series

June 26, 2020

Burying Seeds

Ama Codjoe

Grief is the bride of every good thing, Betty Shabazz reminds me. I'm wearing a veil the shape of a waterfall, which is also the shape of my mother's dress falling from her shoulders.