We Love Poetry!

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.” —Carl Sandburg

At Bookstore1 we make it pretty clear that we love poetry. It’s been a while since we highlighted new poetry collections for you, so this week we feature

seven recent works that caught our eye. 

I Love Hearing Your Dreams by Matthew Zapruder

From one of contemporary poetry's most playful and original minds, an enchanting and harrowing journey through the landscape of dreams and twenty-first century hopes and disillusions.

Joy in Service on Rue Tagore by Paul Muldoon

Through modern medicine and warfare, disaster and repair, these poems are electric in their energy, while profoundly humane in their line of inquiry.

Paper Boat by Margaret Atwood

Spanning six decades of work--from her earliest beginnings to brand-new poems--this volume charts the evolution of Margaret Atwood, one of our most iconic and necessary authors.

No One Will Know You Tomorrow by Najwan Darwish

A selection of the exquisite, passionate verse of the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, superbly translated into English.

Still Life with Remorse: Family Stories by Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman, the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author, brings us a moving meditation in words and pictures on remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory.

Water, Water by Billy Collins

From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and bestselling author, comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.

The Widow's Crayon Box by Molly Peacock

A book-length sequence of poems that dares to affirm the vast variety of emotional colors in loss and rejuvenation.