For anyone who loves poetry, 2023 is shaping up to be an amazing year with some thrilling new poetry books to enjoy.  From the incredible imaginations of best-selling authors to exciting debut works, there are so many wonderful books out there waiting for you!  Whether it’s deep and powerful love stories or humorous musings on life’s experiences, these poetic pieces will surely capture your heart and spark your imagination.  In this article, we’re sharing some of the best 2023 poetry books that promise to take readers on an emotional rollercoaster ride from joyous highs to heartbreaking lows. So sit back, relax, and get ready for a journey of discovery as we explore the finest collections of poetry in 2023.

Note: These are the best 2023 poetry books so far.  More books will be added to the list in the coming months. 

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The Best 2023 Books of Poetry To Read Right Now

Relations by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Fresh and electrifying—stories, poems, and essays by African and diaspora writers, edited by author Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond.

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Was It for This by Hannah Sullivan

A hybrid new collection from the author of Three Poems (winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize and the John Pollard Prize)—about London, new motherhood, the Grenfell Tower fire, and how we live now.

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Promises of Gold by José Olivarez, translated by David Ruano

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural—is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, and so on. But even though the path to love is not easy, it is a path worth treading.

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Couplets by Maggie Millner

A dazzling love story in poems about one woman’s coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming undone.

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Tanya by Brenda Shaughnessy

The award-winning poet weaves a tapestry of literary heritage and intimate reflection as she pays tribute to women artists and mentors, and circles the ongoing mysteries of friendship, love, art, and loss.

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Side Notes from the Archivist by Anastacia-Renee

The award-winning, genre-crossing writer demonstrates her power as a funkadelic and formidable feminist voice in this rich and beautiful collection of verse and image—a multi-part retrospective that traverses time, space, and reality to illuminate the expansiveness of Black femme lives.

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No Sweet Without Brine by Cynthia Manick

Cynthia Manick’s poetry collection personifies love of self and culture through fresh observations and bitter truths voiced with breathtaking lyricism.

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Fever of Unknown Origin by Campbell McGrath

A collection of profound and piercing poems from a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize about navigating the modern world in search of beauty that will endure.

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Bread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews

A powerful collection of autobiographical poems from Yale Young Poets Award Winner and Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate Airea D. Matthews about the economics of class and its failures for those rendered invisible by it.

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What do you think about these 2023 poetry books?

Have you read any books from this list?  What are your favorite poetry collections?  What are some of your favorite 2023 poetry books? What books would you add to the list?

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