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20 Soulful Poetry Books Worth Reading 🌹📖

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A hand-picked collection of poetry books that speak straight to the soul. Whether you’re healing, dreaming, or just craving beautiful words, these collections remind us how powerful language can be.
 
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Sometimes poetry, sometimes not, the gorgeous words of Rupi Kaur are here to heal any wound. Written to give you the silver lining of whatever clouds are following you, this book will brighten even the darkest day.
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur, Paperback
 
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“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary”... thus begins perhaps the most-quoted poem ever written in the English Language. Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven is illustrated with Alen James Robinson's masterful etchings and wood engrav...
The Raven|Paperback - Edgar Allan Poe
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This completely original collection of poetry and prose will not only delight her avid fans but is sure to capture the imagination of a whole new audience. With the turn of every page, Sea of Strangers invites you to go beyond love and loss to explor...
Sea of Strangers by Lang Leav, Paperback - Barnes & Noble
 
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This book feels like holding someone else’s heart and realizing it beats just like yours.
In My Head Space by Natacha Alexandra Martins, Paperback
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No Matter the Wreckage invites readers to revel in both new and beloved works, showcasing Kay’s remarkable ability to celebrate the essence of family, love, travel, history, and even peculiar romances between inanimate objects (“Toothbrush to the Bic...
No Matter the Wreckage|Paperback - Sarah Kay
 
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“You cannot have a funeral for your mother without also having a funeral for yourself.” This poignant poetry collection poses the ever-lingering question: What happens when someone dies before they're able to redeem themselves?
to drink coffee with a ghost by Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad, Hardcover
 
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Gorgeous cover, gorgeous poetry. A wonderful collection of natural poetry.
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
 
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In this fierce and lyrical poetry collection, Amanda Lovelace reclaims power for the witch, supernaturally powerful, fiercely independent, and unbreakably resilient.
the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace, ladybookmad ...
 
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Breathing new life into the Victorian tradition of illustrated poems, this book reads like a picture story book. The stunning illustrations illuminate and drive the narrative forward as in all good story books. It tells the tale of the two sisters dr...
Goblin Market: An Illustrated Poem|Hardcover
 
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For when you’ve been quiet too long, these words speak what you couldn’t.
all of it is you. ebook by Nico Tortorella - Rakuten Kobo
 
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In this first volume, Lovelace explores the memory of being in a relationship turned abusive. In poignant, honest poems often accompanied by illustrations, she guides readers through the relationship’s evolution into toxicity and on to the process of...
to make monsters out of girls - Amanda Lovelace
 
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In his second collection of poetry, The Dark Between Stars, he turns his attention to the dualities of our lived experiences—the inescapable connections between our highest highs and lowest lows. He captures the infectious energy of starting a relati...
The Dark Between Stars: Poems by Atticus, Paperback
 
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I come back to this one whenever I forget that healing can be slow and still beautiful.
Nocturnal|Paperback
 
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With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in Gibson's career. Each emotion here is deft and delicate, resting inside of imagery heavy enough to sink the heart, while giving the body wing...
Lord of the Butterflies|Paperback
 
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For anyone who’s ever tried to make sense of loss through art, you’ll find yourself here.
Useless Magic : Lyrics and Poetry - by Florence Welch (Hardcover)
 
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This book, a distillation of the three-volume Complete Poems, brings together the original texts of all 1,775 poems that Emily Dickinson wrote.
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson - (Arcturus Ornate Classics) (Hardcover)
 
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Each poem feels like a secret you’ve told the universe and it whispered back.
The Poetry of Chiyo-Ni - by Patricia Donegan & Yoshie Ishibashi (Hardcover)
 
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Every page feels like sitting by a window on a rainy day, finally letting yourself feel everything.
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World
 
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A collection that reminds you that even the softest souls have survived storms.
Little Alleluias: Collected Poetry and Prose
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It’s tender, raw, and impossibly human, like reading the inside of someone’s diary.
Digging Graves in Flower Beds ebook by Alexandria Grigsby - Rakuten Kobo
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