The 10 best poetry books for people who don’t read poetry

I get it, you don’t read poetry. It was never for you. You just can’t get into it. Teachers and professors assigned you poems that were beautiful but unrelatable. The last time you picked up a poem was when you…

Album Review: Kate Tempest – “The Book of Traps and Lessons”

Because I like almost everything about Kate Tempest and her music/poetry (she won the Ted Hughes Award for poetry before she made her name as a rapper), I was less dismayed than usual to read early reviews of this album…

Book Review: ‘Odeful’ by Jennifer Recchio

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling twenty-two the last time I read poetry, I had to dissect it for a paper. That’s the thing about poetry. Most people associate poetry with an English class or a crazy teacher.…