2025 Gift Guide

A collection of gifts for a variety of poetry lovers and poetry...  

2025 National Book Award Poetry FInalists

This collection consists of the Longlist finalists for the 2025 National Book...  

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura

Aaron Caycedo-Kimura is a writer, visual artist, and educator who holds an...  

Aberjhani

Aberjhani (born in Savannah, Georgia) is a poet, historian, novelist, and visual...  

Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Abolqasem Ferdowsi (c. 940–1020) was a Persian poet born near Tus in...  

Ada Limón

Ada Limón (born in Sonoma, California) served as the 24th Poet Laureate...  

Adam Deutsch

Adam Deutsch is a poet, publisher, and teacher based in San Diego,...  

Adam Golaski

Adam Golaski is an American poet, fiction writer, and editor whose work...  

Adrienne Novy

Adrienne Novy is a poet and teaching artist from the suburbs of...  

African

African American & Black

Agha Shahid Ali

Ai

Ai (1947–2010) was born Florence Anthony in Albany, Texas, and grew up...  

Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born in Chicago, Illinois) is a Filipino-Indian American poet and...  

Alex Dimitrov

Alex Dimitrov (born in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a poet who grew up...  

Alexandra Lytton Regalado

Alexandra Lytton Regalado is a Salvadoran-American poet, editor, and translator born in...  

Alexandra Vasiliu

Alexandra Vasiliu is an award-winning Romanian-American inspirational poet and author holding a...  

Alexandria Hall

Alexandria Hall is a poet and musician from Vermont and the author...  

Alicia Cook Poetry

Alicia Cook is a poet, essayist, and addiction-awareness advocate based in Newark,...  

All Poetry

This is a collection of all the books in The Poetry Shop....  

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) was born in Newark, New Jersey, and became one...  

Allie Michelle

Allie Michelle is a bestselling spoken word poet, author, and certified meditation...  

Allisa Cherry

Allison Mei-Li

Alora Young

Alora Young is an American poet, actor, and activist born and raised...  

Amanda Gorman

Amanda Gorman (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American poet and...  

Amanda Lovelace

Amanda Lovelace is the pen name of an American poet who became...  

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka (1934–2014) was born LeRoi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, and...