Poetry Anthologies as a Way to Find New Favorites from Multcolib My Librarian HeatherLike this list

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• Set Me on Fire

  a Poem for Every Feeling : An Anthology

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  Originally intended as a gift for a friend who didn't like poetry, this anthology has become a friend itself, walking you through what the poems meant to the editor. It is arranged by topic and you won't have to flip far before coming to a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Poetry Unbound

  50 Poems to Open Your World

  Ó Tuama, Padraig,

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  Padraig O Tuama has been the voice of the Poetry Unbound podcast through the On Being project. A modern, diverse and inclusive anthology introducing poets and poems you are sure to want to read (and listen) to more of. Included with each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Love the World

  Poems of Gratitude and Hope

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  And here you thought nothing good would come from the pandemic. This collection includes poems of hope and gratitude that people have been hungering for and is the antidote to the anxiety of current times.

• The Path to Kindness

  Poems of Connection and Joy

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  Another sweet little anthology of poems put together by James Crews.

• Poetry 180

  a Turning Back to Poetry

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  Billy Collins is the most approachable poet I know and he's on a mission to bring poetry to the masses. Poetry can (and should) be a daily part of our lives. Poetry 180 is designed to make it easy for high students to read a poem every day…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love Poems

  (for Anxious People)

  Kenney, John, 1962-

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  A collection for the current state of things.

• 101 Poems That Could Save Your Life

  An Anthology of Emotional First Aid

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  "Prozac has side effects, drinking gives you hangovers, therapy's expensive. For quick and effective relief -- or at least some literary comfort -- from everyday and exceptional problems, try a poem."

• Essential Poems (to Fall in Love With)

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  "Forget chocolate, exotic lingerie, or marriage counselors -- the only props you'll ever need, whether you are in love or out of it, are the poems in this book."