My Favourite Poetry

 Hello!

I hope you are having a great week! Recently, I have been delving into more poetry and revisiting poems that I absolutely adore. I go through phases where I don't read poetry for months and then I get a sudden spark and I end up spending the whole week obsessing over it. 

Ideally, I would like to read poetry more consistently but also be exposed to a variety of poets instead of finding comfort in my old favourites! I recently signed up to Poetry Foundation and I opted into being sent daily poetry. So once a day, every day I receive a poem in my emails. Each one different from various poets from around the globe! 

I have been revisiting my favourite anthologies, the first-ever poetry book I purchased was Blythe Baird's Give Me A God I Can Relate To. Pictured to the right. Her words are powerful, I particularly love watching her Button Poetry performances, she such a passionate writer. She is one of my absolute favourite modern-day poets.  

In the future I hope to release my own poetry anthology, I have been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. It would be a dream to see all my poetry together in a collection. One day!

I decided this week I will share with you a list of some of my favourite poems:

• Robert Browning's The Laboratory 
• Robyn Schife: Dyed Carnations
• Asia Samson: 90s Love
• Alice Futon: Claustrophilia
• Emily Dickinson: 

1. Because I could not stop Death 
2. If you were coming in the fall
3. I'm Nobody! Who are you?

• Halsey: Battles
• Sabrina Benaim: The Loneliest Sweet Potato
• Blythe Baird:

1. Pocket-Sized Feminism
2. This Is Why I Sink
3. Horoscopes for Forgiveness

These are just some of my favourite go-to poems from the top of my head, these writers are inspiring and their work sparks my soul. I highly recommend you choose to read at least one of my list, I think you will enjoy them. What is your all time favourite poem?

My Favourite Poetry

Thursday, 22 April 2021