Poems that are modern are often the most accessible, and ones which are much more brazen with their experimentation. I especially recommend reading more modern poetry for anyone just getting started who has a rigid view of poetry borne of classroom texts and shakespearean sonnets.


From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee | Poetry Foundation

Love Elegy in the Chinese Garden, with Koi

Owed to Pedagogy by Joshua Bennett | Poetry Magazine

Falling

Running Orders by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha | Poetry Foundation

War Voyeurs by Juan Felipe Herrera | Poetry Foundation

Ash Ode

Issue Seventeen: Molly McCully Brown | The Adroit Journal - The Adroit Journal

So They Say- They Finally Nailed- the Proton's Size- & Hope- Dies-