poetry recommendations

[@em1l144]

1. Flowers of evil - Charles Baudelaire
2. Selected poems of Emily Dickinson
3. Butterfly valley - inger Christensen
4. Autobiography of red - anne Carson
5. Rilke's book of hours
6. Memorial - Alice Oswald
7. Beatrice's letters - lemony snicket
8. Early poems of Edna St. Vincent mellay

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

You are the MVP today! ☀️💕 Thanks for this list!

[@Mia_M]

I'm making my way through Emily's completed works. It's over 1700 poems 😭like she's brilliant, but also you can only read so many poems in a sitting or they'll lose all meaning.

[@user-ur1wp5qd4m]

I LOVE how frequent your videos are, I deeply enjoy every vlog, discussion and topic, I am still surprised when I see a new one, because wasn`t I watching absolutely new video yesterday? I want to say wholeheartedly thank you for your hard work and passion to this channel, your personality intertvined with books are perfect matching

[@Z.h.S.B.]

YS YES YESS they became a part f my daily routine atp that when there's no new video I go back and watch any of her old videos that I haven't watched yet

[@user-ur1wp5qd4m]

@@Z.h.S.B. and I even rewatch my favorite videos like one about War and Peace

[@iamrjdennis]

I love poetry! Here are some of my recommendations:
1. "Chasers of the light" by Tyler Knott Gregson
2. "Tell me another story" by Emmy Marucci
3. "Salt Water" by Brianna Wiest
And of course, anything by Emily Dickinson. Hope you all have an amazing day today! 🌻

[@bookstalgic]

I have never considered myself to be a poetry reader, but after hearing some of those passages, it makes me want to try some of those works. I feel like I totally rummage through people’s faces with my eyes too, lol. Thanks for the recs!

[@myrtolefk]

one of my favourite poets that I started reading last year is Mary Oliver I read the collection Devotions which contains poems from all of her works and I was blown away by it! Also I highly recommend reading it in spring because a lot of the poems have to do with nature and it just made me love the world and my life so much 🌼🌺🌻

[@SilverSeaOT7]

I discovered Ranier Maria Rilke this spring when Jimin of BTS had parts of Rilke’s poem “tattooed” on his torso during an MV. It is from the Book of Hours where the poems don’t have individual titles. But it’s the one that starts “I live my life in widening circles,,,”
The Book of Hours remains on the table beside my reading chair! I have also read Rilke’s “Letters to a Young Poet.” The letters were simply that. Sounds boring? Not a bit. Still relevant info for poets and writers today.
I am now reading another of his works “Duino Eligies.” Rilke was a true artist. He paints each word with beauty or pain. And his poems will often make you stop to contemplate what you have just read. Much like you would stop in an art museum to soak up the beauty of a painting.

[@Tania.atlasinajar]

So excited to see your recs! ❤ Poetry can be such a hit or miss for some! 🌻

[@camscornerbooks]

One of my goals is to get more into poetry. It’s really not my thing but I feel like I’m missing out on a lot of wonderful literature because of it. Perfect timing for this! I totally trust your recommendations Emmie ❤

[@andrewmatthews5477]

Anne Carson, for sure. "Plainwater" is another magnificent work of hers. You may enjoy Rae Armantrout, Louise Gluck, and John Ashbery as well. All the best!

[@iggyallan]

and here i was literally two days ago thinking how i had no idea where to start with poetry! excited to check these out 🤗

[@gayashri913]

Loved these recommendations emmie!🧡 The best part of reading poetry, to me at least, is how when you're reading certain poetry you are overcome by this sense of recognition despite the fact that the poem belongs to the experience of the poet, and it strikes you as somehow familiar..

[@juli3836]

What a timing! Yesterday I bought a collection of Rilke's poetry for the first time. The video you made about him convinced me. Great video as always❣️

[@kimb884]

I bought it too. Thanks, Emmie.

[@anevildoer9252]

Some of my favourite poets are definitely Federico García Lorca and Hafez and I'm going to recommend them to everyone continuously until the day I die, and then from beyond the grave, chanting these poems as I stroll through the corridors of the gothic churches I intend to haunt (death goals, yes). I also read Matsuo Bashō quite recently and absolutely adored his haikus as well. As to your recommendations, I absolutely love Emily Dickinson's and Baudelaire's poems too, although I never bought an actual volume of their poetry, I read their works online. I really have to buy their poetry collections some day, once I have more money 😅

[@rubyanddelilahandnani]

Shamseddin Hafez? Is that the one?

[@anevildoer9252]

@@rubyanddelilahandnani Yes, that's who I meant!

[@suzannetol]

This was a lovely list. I started my journey and love for poetry 2 years ago. I adore Charles Baudelaire's work. His poem just hit me right in the guts. You can't really go wrong with him.

[@Sayuki05]

I find poetry to be a lot more personal than a novel, it's addressing your soul more than your mind, which is why I find it harder to fall in love with a poem than a novel. That said, I love Emily Dickinson! However my favourite poem of all time is Funeral Blues by W. H. Auden. I've memorised it instantly the first time I randomly came accross it, many years ago, and it's been with me ever since ❤On that note, The Beatrice Letters sound exactly like my cup of tea!

[@sophsshelves]

The anatomy of being - Shinji Moon is such an incredible collection of poetry, from the first page i knew it was going to be a forever love of mine ♥️

[@martasgreatlibrary]

i need to read more poetry! one of my classes this semester is on contemporary (20-21st century) english poetry and the course is making me super excited to read more!
love dickinson and baudelaire, they are extremely different yet both amazing poets. Baudelaire was actually the reason why I decided to major in french :)

[@olena_503]

really exited to read some of the poetry you recommended!⭐ if i were to recommend a poet, it would be Lesia Ukrainka. she's one of Ukraine's most iconic authors. i also really recommend her play "The forest song", a Ukrainian classic. Here's a bit from her poem "Contra spem spero", for everyone interested:
Away, dark thoughts, you autumn clouds!
A golden spring is here!
Shall it be thus in sorrow and in lamentation
That my youthful years pass away?
No, through all my tears I still shall laugh,
Sing songs despite my troubles;
Have hope despite all odds,
I want to live! Away, you sorrowful thoughts!
On this poor, indigent ground
I shall sow flowers of flowing colors;
I shall sow flowers even amidst the frost,
And water them with my bitter tears.
Idk, these words have been a beam of light in my life, like a lot of poetry...

[@elenal8320]

This video coming while I'm taking a poetry class and deep-diving into a personal investment in creating and consuming poems...absolutely exquisite timing.

[@danielleschlenker3707]

I have never in my LIFE commented on a UA-cam video but I too want Anne to adopt me. I've read almost all of her books/plays/works (I'm on a mission) and you have to experience Glass, Irony, and God ! The Glass Essay is my favorite poem I've ever read and the Gender of Sound blew my mind !!!! Thank you for your engaging descriptions of books

[@guilhermeneves8116]

OMG you need to know about this little poet from Portugal, Fernando Pessoa, his poems are so gorgeously crafted and they're meanings are chef kiss

[@MartinDSmith]

Songs can be beautiful poems too,the lyrics of one of my favourites containing such lines as "she might be bringing me the Fleurs Du Mal or just a foxy valentine...A strange face in the back of a car for a moment looked like yours.And all at once I started feeling lost and empty and what's the use in all the books and all the lines you sent me...And in all the futures that the modern world can show you there might be one of them that's near enough for me to know you.

[@elizabethtetaz4851]

i love hearing about the niche areas of interest that english majors find themselves obsessed with - especially when they're cross-disciplinary!! would love to hear you talk more about earth sciences/ecology in lit

[@nikkilann]

You honestly have the most relaxing voice and it brings me joy. Also amazing poet recs, thank you! Just bought Snow Country, Kafka on the shore, and Night Circus thanks to you! Although I’m pretty sure you recommended Norwegian Wood and After Dark by the same author. But I never would have found him without you!

[@AdrianasWonderland]

emma i know i say it often but i really love your videos, they always make me feel so peaceful ❤ i love poetry so much and many of these i haven’t read, thank you

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Take a shot every time Emma describes the writing in a book as "ticklish" 😂

[@zoedupreez6404]

I'd also recommend "Upstream" by Mary Oliver as an introduction to poetry! Gorgeous writing that's focused on nature and our connection to it.

[@ohhmardybum]

as someone who studied environmental science in university and is looking to get into poetry, I'll definitely be checking out Autobiography of Red :)

[@kcartsbeat]

Great recommendations. If you like Baudelaire, you should love the poetry of Edgar, Allan Poe, whom Baudelaire translated into French. There’s so much more than just The Raven, like Annabel Lee, for example.

[@safaiaryu12]

Rilke is my favorite poet as well! Though I need to read more of his work. I also haven't read much of Millay, even though that's my middle name... apparently I'm related. I gotta fix that. Thank you for the recommendations!

[@ofgodzeus]

It's so cool that this video starts with Les Fleurs du Mal because I have just received it as a gift recently

[@dyahannurrr]

I am always absorbed with everything English literature even though i was not an English lit student a few years back then. It kind of gives off a feeling of ordinariness rather than excitement, which is what I like about.

[@mar-in5bg]

great selection!! one of my favorite poems is by Edna St. Vincent Millay, called Dirge without music it has the beautiful line “more precious was the light in your eyes than all the roses in the world”.
I’d recommend some other poets like Mary Oliver her poems Invitation, The fourth sign of the zodiac or When i’m among the trees, Marie Howe’s What the living do, Sylvia Plath's works, Borges has some poetry too, Natalie Diaz, Richard Siken’s Crush, Louise Glück, Alejandra Pizarnik and one of my favorite love poems Having a coke with you by Frank O'Hara

[@snabl_alfurat]

جميل

[@daysofhope]

new favorite emmie video 💌

[@lunaginebra]

Loved this!! I’m so glad you made one about poetry 😊❤ you should definitely read Elena Garro’s poetry! She’s Mexican and her work is so amazing

[@justiniswesleyandnotdavid3831]

Great list. Im rereading Dickenson at the moment, and it is a treat. Her poetry is like compressed diamonds. I personally recommend the following poets if you havent read them before;
Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)
Wallace Stevens
Hart Crane
Alfred Tennyson
Johanne Wolfgang Von Goethe
W. H. Auden
Emily Bronte
Dorothy Parker
Happy reading

[@savannalore.]

Thank you so much for the poetry recs!! Side note: my girlfriend won’t stop talking about how she needs you to read Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff so I’m just putting that out into the universe

[@wilhelmchika]

hii!! my bday is closing in and i hope you could make a poetry collection tour! i love poetry as well as your channel so much. it'd be wonderful! thank you so muchhhh

[@entrenchpodhost]

"In the Event This Doesn't Fall Apart" by Shannon Lee Barry! The cutest poetry & prose book about her thoughts of her boyfriend the first year they dated. If you love love, it will tug at your heartstrings!

[@c_r_i_ss_y]

One of my (recent) favourite collections of poetry is called "Poems from prison and life" by Marcos Ana. He was a Spanish poet who spent the majority of his adult life, over 20 years, in prison under the Franco Dictatorship in Spain, after he was captured during the Civil War here because he was fighting for the republican side. Beautiful and heartbreaking poems of Ana longing for freedom in the little bits of the outside world he could glance at. He wrote them in his cell (he was in solitary confinement various times in different prisons). Remarkable man, his youth wasted away...and he actually published this collection when he was 91.
P.s: His real name is actually not Marcos Ana, but he took both his father's name (Marcos) and his mother's name (Ana) as his pen name. How beautiful is that?

[@senseijutsu]

omg flowers of evil was one of my fav books from last year

[@sitka0516]

immediately clicked out of the other video i was watching! one of my reading goals is to read much, MUCH more poetry this year and this video is exactly what i needed

[@gin.k]

One of the best videos I've watched so far. New to your channel. And I love poetry but never really knew how to relate to it. I mostly read novels, so I really enjoyed kind of getting to meet poetry on your channel.

[@alyonabogdanova3320]

You were in the video, which our class has watched on a classroom hour.

[@alyonabogdanova3320]

I am from Russia

[@Flashofgrey]

I love Lemony Snicket! My favourite poem of all time is Ulalume by Edgar Allan Poe, it has beautiful fall vibes and is wondrously lyrical.

[@rachaelhofford1680]

I like to read Anne Carson before writing because she makes your mind melt and loosen up. My favourite poetry book of hers is Men in the Off Hours

[@d3ppy_1n_w0nderl4nd]

lately i've been dying to get into poetry, perfect timing! this is literally my comfort channel i love your videos so much

[@lilbear8232]

I want to get in to english but i struggle to read things like poetry and classics because of the wording but i want to understand it. Would you be able to make a video on tips to reading poetry and classics if you havent already?

[@nanam6403]

I know this is a month old, but as someone who studies English in coledge as a non-native speaker, I would say just keep reading. As much as you think you don't understand, being exposed to things slightly above our level of competence is how we keep learning, though it feels tough.

[@Ricky-es9vg]

The Cantos by Ezra Pound is a another great one. I went down the poetry rabbit hole beginning with Charles Bukowski, especially ‘roll the dice’. Also love lord Byron’s ‘she walks in beauty’

[@stardust3762]

Thank you very much, Emma for the recommendations! I would love to recommend Pablo Neruda, it's always going to be worth it x

[@nikolaiquack8548]

I would recommend the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe to just about anyone. "The Raven" is quite possibly my favorite poem of all time. I also wanna recommend the love poems of Alexander Pushkin. Beautiful material.

[@Andy-ne5qi]

I put this video at .75x speed just to listen to you reading these lines ❤ you have an enjoyable voice

[@emily-yg4vf]

Emma! I'm really into ecology and any writing on nature as well. You should definitely check out Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams. I love the way Douglas tells his stories so it was a fun read, but so devastating at the same time.

[@NicoleMae]

Loved this so much

[@none8680]

Now I'm curious about the thing with Edna Vincent Mellay. Why was she not as great a person? Can somebody tell me?

[@marjoriedybec3450]

My poetry recommendations: 1) Walt Whitman (of course), 2) Billy Collins, and 3) Thomas Hardy ("Afterwards")

[@mairaaisyahdanin2211]

TYSM for this Emmie!

[@JungianHeights]

A few are missing from this list that I think are beautiful. One is Sylvia Plath’s collected works!

[@jenwhite7779]

You should try Pablo Neruda. All are amazing, but his love poems made me fall in love with him.

[@faezehalamdari]

this video made my evening so much better 🥰🥰🖤🖤(and a cup of coffee, to be honest)

[@beneely2283]

Autobiography of Red is difficult but very much worth reading. If you like this level of poetry, I would try a 999-line poem by Vladimir Nabokov called "Pale Fire" :)

[@ashitakedia5814]

I was so worried she would just be another person recommending rupi kaur

[@PrettymamiS]

I jumped as soon as i heard EDGAR ALLEN POE.

[@JungianHeights]

Also, I am a poet who has been published in various journals. Here is an example of my work (Courtenay Schembri Gray):
June Bug
With Bambi eyes all aflutter, I drink from the well of men.
A paper lantern hangs from every bloody coat hanger.
Under the cloak of 6 am, I am to be born again.
Lost in a June bug cocktail, I fall for a Parisienne.
He bought me roses, and I threw them in anger.
With Bambi eyes all aflutter, I drink from the well of men.
You know, I think about you every now and then.
For a red-blooded man, you were placid in manner.
Under the cloak of 6 am, I am to be born again.
To my dirty photographs, you would say très bien.
Rubbing coconut rum into skin, I would yammer.
With Bambi eyes all aflutter, I drink from the well of men.
Darling, I need you like I need goddamn medicine.
Inside a chrysalis, I preach grief-stricken slander.
Under the cloak of 6 am, I am to be born again.
You left me with echoes of Non, je ne regrette rien.
With starry thighs and coal miner skies, I languor.
With Bambi eyes all aflutter, I drink from the well of men.
Under the cloak of 6 am, I am to be born again.

[@RoseEvans01]

4:19 GOOD LORD MY HEART

[@daniellejdevlin8882]

Absolutely great recommendations!!!!

[@spaceyarcher]

i totally recommend the dreich magazine, specially season 5, issue 11, great poems!

[@chuucake]

always in the mood for poetry ♡

[@Ali-rc3jp]

Hi Emma! First time in a while to watch your vlogs since I got so busy with school and writing my thesis. Literally couldn’t read a single book in the past months but I did pick up an audiobook last night and got through it quickly. Can you recommend any good short audiobooks to listen to next for a poor college student like me who doesn’t have time anymore 😅😅

[@stews9]

These are superb recommendations with some surprises, (Snicket). Love your enthusiasm and appreciation, it inspires exploration. Brava.

[@malissamoench8587]

Robert Frost is my favorite poet ❤

[@nikolaiquack8548]

You just made me put "Flowers of Evil" on my tbr 💜

[@luiscarlos-mn5rk]

I write poetry and phrases in English and Spanish, im thinking of writing a collection of all my writngs. Are there normally chapters in a poetry book?

[@cafepoem189]

We're all going to die 😢and poems can help us live with that.🙏

[@stxrdustttt]

tq sm!! i really wanted this!!

[@zw4288]

This video makes me into poetry again❤

[@sportyprincessxo]

Les fleurs du mal, in Quebec we read this in high school in french class :)

[@winterguts9914]

I discovered Carson though your channel and OH DEAR LORD! Can't recall if you have already read Wislawa Szymborska or Mary Oliver, but I think you would really love them

[@kriskringlereads]

One of my favorite poems is «I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud» by William Wordsworth. Also «Junikveld» by Norwegian poet Hans Børli 😍 And Emily Dickinson is *chef’s kiss*

[@faerield]

this was exactly what i needed, thank you so much

[@Zheugma]

Dangerous nails there 😂

[@robert0price]

Louise Bogan!

[@djb840]

Given your interest in the Environmental Humanities, have you read any W.G. Sebald? Also, I love your discussion of the Book of Hours and how it feels “earthy”; I love literature that feels fecund

[@double-edge_publishing]

Thanks for sharing! Emily Dickinson is one of my favorites.
My poetry book recommendations is "Cracked Flutes: Blues from the Soul - Volume 2" by poet Obed Ladiny
Yours truly, watching your videos. Nice presentation!

[@khalilahd.]

Yess! I’ve been waiting for this one! You have the best taste in thought provoking literature so I’m always looking for new books you recommend especially when it comes to poetry as I’m just starting to get into it. Definitely picking up a few of these! ❤

[@leonelrodriguez4010]

If you haven't read it already, I think you'll enjoy Spoon River Anthology, by Edgar Lee Masters. Hope you read this message! Thanks for the passion in your views.

[@AlexandraNMorgan]

I would recommend W.H. Auden.

[@antonian8058]

I second Emily Dickinson and Charles Baudelaire !! Some more recommendations:
Paul Celan (not the easiest though)
Mahmoud Darwich
Hélène Cadou
Joseph von Eichendorff
Robert Frost

[@gabrielabtomasi]

Love this video so much💙💙

[@taysoo___]

loved this 🤍

[@camillodimaria3288]

I don’t like the translation of Flowers of Evil that I have … who translated your copy?

[@allielilia3794]

PLEASE make it a series 9or just one more vid) when you're gonna be reading poetry to us

[@pendragon2012]

BTW, any of Emily Dickinson's poems can apparently be set to the tune of Gilligan's Island...you're welcome, Emma! 🙂P.S. given your mold discussion, I think you missed your calling as a poet!

[@jimetips]

Emmie are u planning on posting on ur asmr channel soon? Not pressuring , just wondering because I’m in love with that content also❤❤

[@storytimewithmrsh]

Love this 😍

[@Ynmintt]

I recently bought two books from Rilke because of your recommendations ☺️

[@jamesduggan7200]

well, I like Sylvia Plath but otherwise pretty good - thx

[@nurgahaditia]

🤔 european culture always give some tickle on my spine!? 😅
When copernicus shout about heliocentric to the authority, i imagine my self is there when it happen to whisper some wisdom about "hit&run"...
When socrates ridicule the society and their morals, i found my self laugh histerically in confused not knowing what so funny these days!? 🤔
Our star is only can be in fairness and the earth always obey in steadiness, why dont we ask some question about it!? 🤔
#poetrymakepeoplebecomewanderers... 😅
#justupidea.. ✌️😁