26 Top poetry books like Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky by Rudy Francisco

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Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky

By: Rudy Francisco

4.64

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky is the third installment of the Rudy Francisco poetry collection. With …

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1. Take Me with You

By: Andrea Gibson

3.57

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

For readers of Rupi Kaur (Milk and Honey) and Atticus (Love Her Wild), a book small enough to carry… read more

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2. Good Bones

By: Maggie Smith

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

Poems written out of the experience of motherhood, inspired by the poet watching her own children t… read more

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3. Our Numbered Days

By: Neil Hilborn

4.24

Format: 212 pages,

In 2013, Neil Hilborn's performance of his poem "OCD" went viral. To date, it has been watched over… read more

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4. This Accident of Being Lost: Songs and Stories

By: None

4.50

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This Accident of Being Lostis the knife-sharp new collection of stories and songs from award-winnin… read more

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5. diary of a romantica, vol. I: lovers forgotten

By: Celia Martinez

4.50

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

We present the debut poetry (e)book from the viral social media phenom, Celia (ceis) Martínez AKA d… read more

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6. Exhibit

By: R.O. Kwon

3.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, an exhilarating, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between… read more

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7. Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

By: Melania Luisa Marte

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture… read more

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"Unclench your fist and roll out the beauty in your fragile palm. In your genes are a paper trail. You will find a map back to yourself. // We may all have the same God but we don't have the same moth…"

-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

"mashing plátanos: coddle them with praying hands remember they were born //hanging// not like fruit but like bodies dragged into boats & shipped like cargo propped crates, bonded limbs groups of 5 or…"

-Melania Luisa Marte, Plantains and Our Becoming: Poems

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8. Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky

By: Rudy Francisco

4.64

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Excuse Me As I Kiss The Sky is the third installment of the Rudy Francisco poetry collection. With … read more

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9. Above Ground

By: Clint Smith

4.56

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn)… read more

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10. Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

By: Andrea Gibson

4.43

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In Andrea Gibson's latest collection, they continue their artful and nuanced looks at gender, roman… read more

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"There will be music for you one day."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"My "yes" never fit into the "no" of this world."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"Come tender as the trees forgiving the books for asking to be made."

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

"It isn't that you don't like boys. It's that you only like boys you want to be"

-Andrea Gibson, Lord of the Butterflies (Button Poetry)

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11. A Shelter for Sadness

By: Anne Booth

4.35

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Sadness has come to live with me and I am building it a shelter. I am building a shelter for my s… read more

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12. Persephone Made Me Do It

By: Trista Mateer

4.21

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Bestselling and Goodreads Choice Award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another mythical a… read more

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13. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World

By: Ada Limon

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Published association  with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more

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14. You Better Be Lightning

By: Andrea Gibson

4.63

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson is a queer, political, and feminist collection guided by s… read more

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"Good Grief Let your heart break so your spirit doesn't."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

"I will refuse to call it heaven if the people I love (who put me through hell) aren't there."

-Andrea Gibson, You Better Be Lightning

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15. Citizen Illegal

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of C… read more

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"I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry that love is violence."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

"my enemies aren’t ugly-faced crooks, they don’t laugh while innocent die.​ they point & say how tragic then go home to pet their cute dogs."

-José Olivarez, Citizen Illegal

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16. Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, f… read more

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17. Forgive Yourself These Tiny Acts of Self-Destruction

By: Jared Singer

3.93

Format: 79 pages, Paperback

Singer’s highly anticipated debut book collects and transforms work from his ten years as a mainsta… read more

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18. Gone Wolf

By: Amber McBride

4.12

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more

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19. The Future

By: Neil Hilborn

4.23

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Neil Hilborn's highly anticipated second collection of poems, The Future, invites readers to find c… read more

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"When I was little I broke both my ankles jumping off a roof because I was sure a cape would enable me to fly. My parents attributed this to my strong imagination. Last year my therapist called it a d…"

-Neil Hilborn, The Future

"I think a lot about killing myself, not like a point on a map but rather like a glowing exit sign at a show that’s never been quite bad enough to make me want to leave. See, when I’m up I don’t kill …"

-Neil Hilborn, The Future

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20. Woke Up No Light

By: Leila Mottley

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakl… read more

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21. Revenge Body (Button Poetry)

By: Rachel Wiley

3.99

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Revenge Body is a poetry collection that explores anger (righteous and not), black identity, body i… read more

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"water might be the only thing that could ever hold us gentle"

-Rachel Wiley, Revenge Body (Button Poetry)

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22. Sweet, Young, & Worried

By: Blythe Baird

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Sweet, Young, & Worried is the highly anticipated sophomore collection by author Blythe Baird. This… read more

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23. To 2040

By: Jorie Graham

4.07

Format: 95 pages, Kindle Edition

It is rare to find in one collection an entire skyline burning and the quiet to follow a single wor… read more

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24. Harmony

By: Whitney Hanson

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From TikTok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a brand-new collection of poems exploring the cadences of lo… read more

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"it is impossible to unlace my heartstrings from yours how do I untangle a connection authored by the stars?"

-Whitney Hanson, Harmony

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25. I Love You, Call Me Back: Poems

By: Sabrina Benaim

3.84

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

From one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time, a collection exploring loneliness, anxie… read more

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26. Ephemera

By: Sierra DeMulder

4.52

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

If every experience lasted forever and the sands of time never interrupted our most loving moments,… read more

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27. Date & Time (Button Poetry)

By: Phil Kaye

4.21

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Phil Kaye's debut collection is a stunning tribute to growing up, and all of the challenges and cel… read more

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28. Someone Somewhere Maybe

By: Sophie Diener

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For fans of Rupi Kaur, Cleo Wade, and Amanda Lovelace, Someone Somewhere Maybe speaks to the joys a… read more

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29. Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

By: Tanya Boteju

3.78

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love wit… read more

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"But I told myself if I could just get past my house and hammock without being sucked in by the guaranteed comfort, something else might be waiting for me on the other side, something that might color…"

-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

"With each passing moment, I’d get that feeling you sometimes have the moment you’re about to flip the final page of a really good book, when your anticipation for what happens next overwhelms you, bu…"

-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

"As I said it, I immediately felt a twinge of desire for something else poking between my ribs, jabbing at the familiar emptiness. Like maybe, if I could change thing up somehow, I might be able to fi…"

-Tanya Boteju, Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens

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30. A Socially Acceptable Breakdown

By: Patrick Roche

4.26

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

A Socially Acceptable Breakdown is a poetry collection that explores themes of family, queerness, m… read more

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31. Composition

By: Junious Ward

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In his debut full length collection, Junious ‘Jay’ Ward dives deep into the formation of self. Comp… read more

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17 must-read adult books like I Love You, Call Me Back: Poems by Sabrina Benaim

Transform Your Habits

No Matter the Wreckage

Sarah Kay , Sophia Janowitz

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Take Me with You

Andrea Gibson

3.57

Transform Your Habits

Our Numbered Days

Neil Hilborn

4.24

Transform Your Habits

I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems

Kate Baer

4.28

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