12 modern poetry books that are actually good (welcome to the tortured poets department)

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welcome to the tortured poets department. it's the year of poetry!!!
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00:00 introduction.
02:12 start with anthologies.
03:10 Bless The Daughter- by Warsan Shire
06:14 Haruko Love Poems by June Jordan
08:40 Serious Concerns by Wendy Cope
11:04 A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
13:18 Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan
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17:42 Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri
19:32 Heritage Aesthetics by Anthony Anaxagorou
22:05 A River Dies of Thirst by Mahmoud Darwish
24:41 Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
27:02 Self Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant
28:55 Survival Takes A Wild Imagination by Fariha Róison
29:50 On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren

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@InMemoryOfYesterday 3 месяца назад

Works mentioned (with time stamps): Poetry anthologies: 02:34 The Making of a Poem: A Norton Anthology of Poetic Forms 02:43 365 Poems for Life compiled by Allie Esiri 02:56 Poetry foundation (does a poem of the day) 03:00 100 Queer Poems by Mary Jean Chan 03:04 The Forward Book of Poetry 2024 Individual poets: 03:12 Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsaw Shire 06:08 Haruki/Love poems by June Jordan 08:40 Serious concerns by Wendy Cope, the orange by Wendy Cope 11:07 A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver 13:19 Bright Fear by Mary Jean Chan 17:46 Bad diaspora poems by Momtaza Mehri 19:34 Heritage aesthetics by Anthony Anaxagorou 22:06 A River Dies of Thirst by Mahmoud Darwish 24:43 Time is a mother by Ocean Voung, Night sky with exit wounds by Ocean Voung 27:01 Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant 28:55 Survival Takes a Wild Imagination: Poems by Fariha Róisín 29:51 On Sun Swallowing by Dakota Warren

@bitchneyjean 3 месяца назад

You're an angel thank you

@asmaqais6713 3 месяца назад

Bless you

@canlouishugme 3 месяца назад

jack edwards + taylor swift + poetry is the best combination

@patrickmuchindu823 2 месяца назад

dah fak?

@beccaelainex 3 месяца назад

saw jack edward’s saw the tortured poets department so i clicked hehe this album is going to take over my life xx

@butdaddyllovezee 3 месяца назад

Same sis ❤

@_bookloverr 3 месяца назад

mine too 😭

@sibraxx 3 месяца назад

I was NOT prepared to see that Rupi Kaur-clip again 😅

@ninoshbz Месяц назад

Cringe

@cansadafernanda Месяц назад

The rupi kaur jumpscare attacks again

@SilverStag-tv3zj 3 месяца назад

taylor and jack summoning all the tortured poets and literary overanalyzers 📈📈

@milsnk 2 месяца назад

As an arab girl. If you haven’t read poetry in Arabic you haven’t read poetry at all. It hits different

@PokhrajRoy. 3 месяца назад

1:45 The clips Jack referenced for ‘modern poets’ HAD ME DYING 😂

@LiMoo02 3 месяца назад

Taylor, books AND Jack? You are feeding my RU-vid algorithm with this video❤

@Pazoo_underscore 3 месяца назад

poets/ collections mentioned: • bless the daughter raised by the voice in her head • mary oliver • heritage aesthetics • mahmoud darwish • ocean vuong - time is a mother/ night sky with exit wounds • jason adam peson(?) self portrait as othello • fariha roish - survival takes a wild imagination • dakota warren - on sun swallowing !!! (i might have missed a few, tell me if i did)

@popothereader 3 месяца назад

mahmoud darwich is such a talented poet my favorite poem of his is to my mother because of the double interpretation with the literal meaning being a letter to his mom and the more metaphorical meaning being a letter to his country (or motherland) i remember crying reading it for the first time

@bahjathanif 3 месяца назад

I've been reading Mahmoud darwish lately, Thank you for the rec 🫶🏻

@PokhrajRoy. 3 месяца назад

Tortured Poets Department? No, this elevator goes to the Tortured Readers Department where we listen to Jack (Head Kamala Lebu/Orange) talk about -sappy- reflective books and then we cry over how cute he is.

@shadow-1000 3 месяца назад

kamala lebu?

@PokhrajRoy. 3 месяца назад

@@shadow-1000 It’s the Bengali word for ‘Orange’. If you’re asking about the real reason I chose it, Jack mentions it

@directionerCaratMumu 3 месяца назад

I haven't watched the video yet and as a Bengali I was shocked to see the word kamala lebu bahahjaja

@shadow-1000 3 месяца назад

@@PokhrajRoy. Ha karon tai bhabchilam, ar kichu na.

@shadow-1000 3 месяца назад

@@directionerCaratMumu Er comments prochur dekhi Jack Edwards er videos e.

@leafpile1373 3 месяца назад

i had a friend who used to hate poetry, which i took as a challenge to change this by sharing lots of of my favorites and a year later she both reads and writes a ton of it of her own free will

@overjupiters 3 месяца назад

JACK THE WAY I SCREAMED i have the same exact orange keychain for the same exact reason!! the tangerine/orange peel theory has my whole entire heart it just makes me feel so warm and whole inside

@Michelle-sf4zx 3 месяца назад

3:12 Bless the daughter raised by a voice in her head - Warsan Shire 6:15 Haruko Love Poems - June Jordan 8:44 Serious Concerns - Wendy Cope, The Orange - Wendy Cope 11:04 A Thousand Mornings - Mary Oliver 13:18 Bright Fear - Mary Jean Chan 17:45 Bad Diaspora Poems - Momtaza Mehri 22:06 A River Dies of Thirst - Mahmoud Darwish 24:42 Time is a mother- Ocean Vuong, Night sky with exit wounds - Ocean Vuong 27:01 Self-portrait as Othello - Jason Allen-Paisant 28:55 Survival takes a wild imagination - Fariha Róisín 29:50 On Sun Swallowing - Dakota Warren

@zosiam8541 3 месяца назад

If you want to read some translated poetry, let me recommend the brilliant Polish poet Wisława Szymborska. She won Nobel Prize in Literature back in 1996. Her writing is funny/poignant/philosophical and so so so gorgeous.

@tinablabla 3 месяца назад

YES PLEASE! I was born in the right era. Mother is mothering and Jack saving me.

@annw5487 3 месяца назад

jack i NEED you to read boygenius' favourite books if you plan on doing more music-related book videos, they have the BEST book taste and lucy dacus has a public goodreads that's so good

@roccozenarola06 3 месяца назад

omg i love boygenius!! where do they say which are their fav books?

@annw5487 3 месяца назад

@@roccozenarola06 i would just look up 'boygenius books'!! there's a ton of lists that are compilations of everything they've ever recommended in different publications with little summaries of what they said :)

@Anotherroom 3 месяца назад

Every day I try to forget that Rupi Kaur clip and every day I am reminded of it all over again.

@KumkumWaskale-yh8og 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the help jack my March prompt is to read a poetry collection. Loads of love ❤❤

@littlemissneverseen 3 месяца назад

I'm sick rn and really needed this video. Thanks Jack!

@lilacsrain6004 3 месяца назад

norton anthologies my BELOVED!! their making of a sonnet book and all of their critical editions made me the lit student i am today fr - they give you ALL of the contexts for what you're reading, so you never feel like you're missing the joke or that you have to do stacks of background reading just to understand a bit of wordsworth.

@emilyteigland4887 3 месяца назад

BEEN WAITING FOREVER THANK YOU!!! Now I can make my tbr for April (poetry month wooohoo) with books solely from this video

@user-qe7ov2on5e 3 месяца назад

Highly recommend reading 'Grief is the thing with feathers'. Spellbinding, captivating, one of a kind read

@iamrjdennis 3 месяца назад

2 of my favorite modern poetry books: - Chasers of The Light by Tyler Knott Gregson - Tell Me Another Story by Emmy Marucci

@EmyN 3 месяца назад

Thanks

@merelkouwenhoven5528 3 месяца назад

I've been waiting for a modern poetry rec from you 🤩

@angelalouise9883 3 месяца назад

this video is so gorgeous! i love poetry sm

@AsuraSantosha 3 месяца назад

Thank you for giving me so many more poetry books to add to my TBR! I don't get enough poetry recs. I'm so glad you mentioned Mary Oliver. She's one of my faves. I'd also recommend Joy Harjo. She's an indigenous American poet, which features prominently in her work. Her poems are beautiful, heart-wrenching, and so touching. Everything we love in a good poem. Also, Louise Gluck is amazing. Idk if she can still be considered modern, but she was still quite relevant as of 10 years ago. I honestly feel like you haven't lived until you've read a poem or two by her.

@prairiebutch 3 месяца назад

seconded to all these!

@kiras.2715 3 месяца назад

Jack this is genius… poetry tapas??? So smart. Can you make your own anthology and call it poetry tapas? I would read that hands down

@emmaberger3748 3 месяца назад

Jack we need this but with prose-style novels like on earth we’re briefly gorgeous

@emmaberger3748 3 месяца назад

Actually we need a novel I would recommend for this poet / poetry book video 👀 or vice versa

@samandsophia5632 3 месяца назад

Oooh I have something else to absolutely obssess over! Can't wait!

@karol-xavier 3 месяца назад

i just LOVE how both you & i were determined to read more poetry in 2024 even before taylor announced TTPD!! i remember you talking in your videos about books you wanna read this year how you were planning on reading more poetry cause you’re writing a novel and all. in december 2023, i also decided to read more poetry in 2024 cause i’m really into “music as literature” and poetry seems to be the connection. anyways, THANK YOU for this video cause i’ve been struggling to find modern poets that aren’t cringe to me 🙈 i’ve read a lot of romantic poetry in school & attempted to read chaucer (I HATE IT) and milton cause i had too, but honestly i’m into poetry that is more robust & plays with imagery, symbolism, metaphors, structure & so on. im still at 4:24 but im already in love with “bless the moon.” so yeah! THANK YOU

@everythingshineblog 3 месяца назад

I needed this! Thank you so much for the recommendations, I will definitely read so many of these ☺️

@prairiebutch 3 месяца назад

I need to add some to this list!!! Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen, What the Soul Doesn't Want by Lorna Crozier, Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi. All absolutely gorgeous, heart-wrenching, and a testament to what modern poetry is (and can be). Sincerely, a poet devastated by the lack of poetry literacy today.

@lily.ofthevalley 3 месяца назад

This is *such* a lovely video, and truly something right up your alley! Your love for poetry is infectuous :)

@nissasbookcorner 3 месяца назад

just hearing you read june jordan’s poems honestly made me tear up, this is so beautiful

@nicolefegan 3 месяца назад

love this video!! if i can rec some other favorites (to you and anyone reading this): - The Carrying by Ada Limón - Monument: Poems New and Selected by Natasha Trethewey - Sympathetic Little Monster by Cameron Awkward-Rich - Bluets by Maggie Nelson

@sarahellis6703 3 месяца назад

Bluets is great!

@AsuraSantosha 3 месяца назад

Love Ada Limon! I've been wanting to check out Bluets. Thanks for the reminder.

@krisgodfried 3 месяца назад

This is my middle week gift, thank u Jack ❤

@samantharose1001 3 месяца назад

This is such a lovely video!!

@Showtunediva Месяц назад

Thank you for making a video about poetry!

@elisamalvoni2210 3 месяца назад

Thanks a lot! please talk more about poetry, it really is your cup of tea (and mine as well). Greetings from Italy!

@japjeesharma7973 3 месяца назад

i genuinely could listen to jack read poetry all day. he's very good at recitation

@AvisPope 2 месяца назад

Love that more people are discovering the beauty of poetry ❤️🥰💛

@leratomahloko4983 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the readings. Excellent.

@prettyprinkoo09 3 месяца назад

I am waiting for TTPD more than anything. Poetry, nowadays, is like an escape from the daily burden of life. Tortured as humans we are, nothing can speak volumes like those few lines in a page. Thanks for giving us this, you know, you are the best person to recommend poetry!

@_bookloverr 3 месяца назад

never clicked on a video so fast. jack + taylor = perfection

@karismithasasidran9430 3 месяца назад

WHAT A FEAST OF A VIDEO FOR THE SWIFTIE READERS WHO STAN JACK!!!!!

@jessummlee8866 3 месяца назад

Every time I click on one of your videos, I open my notion 'books' page and get ready to add to my 'tbr' list. Honestly, at this point, half of it is just based on your recs.

@basilgarden_ 3 месяца назад

my favourite poet is richard siken. i love the way he writes and its so interesting hearing his perspective and what he thinks. im so interested in both his craft and his thoughts. his poems all really resonate with me and i think he's a great writer! i love how his poems can both be extremely clear in the message and the things he tells you while others are more abstract, and i love how much thought is put into every line he writes. i love poetry for all the interpretations that exist and the way you can find meaning in it, and i find it so easy to do that with him and his writing

@basilgarden_ 3 месяца назад

also speaking of wendy cope, 'the orange' is one of my favourite poems too. the line "i love you. im glad i exist." is one of the ones that always stuck with me because i think so often, you see that people are glad that other people exist and that they're in their life -- but in that poem, they're happy that they themself are alive because of all the good things that exist in the world. it means so much more that way, and it makes me feel so strongly about being alive myself. its such a beautiful thing to love the world and the people around you so much that you want to live and it's the one thing that keeps me going when nothing else does.

@anu4172 3 месяца назад

can't wait to cry while listening to the album and reading the books you recommended

@roxanneeh9804 3 месяца назад

These video is made for me thankyou!!

@jigyasahasija756 3 месяца назад

And The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy is a collection which you should definitely read.

@EmyN 3 месяца назад

Thanks

@sofiesandrini7017 3 месяца назад

Jack… this is iconic… help! (make a poets-list pre 1960s/Taylors fave pleaseeee)

@pranjuliagarwal1264 3 месяца назад

THIS IS FINALLY THE TYPE OF CONTENT I NEEDED!!

@anahinayeli 3 месяца назад

Im not sure if you have a video like this or not but id love a video on how to read poetry on your own and get the most out of it. In english classes when I’m forced to spend extra time with a poem, and share analyses and hear lectures I get so much out of poems, but I find it hard to do so on my own.

@ashlynseah2575 3 месяца назад

Discovered “home” in one of my literature poetry anthologies when i was 13, and that poem was what made me fall in love with the written word

@charupattani3054 3 месяца назад

U made me poetry fan by ths video now have to buy all these😍

@laurenschenck5355 3 месяца назад

Love ur poetry recommendations and you always find most amazing special unique poetry ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊

@altheamaeve 3 месяца назад

Currently writing an analysis on the "Dead Poets Society". This is simply brilliant timing ☺.

@saturngrey 3 месяца назад

dont have much knowledge on poetry, but i do quite enjoy them every once in a while. idk if Richard Siken's works would count as modern poetry?? but they're some of, if not the absolute favorites of mine

@justincredible2533 3 месяца назад

Year of the tortured poets? Ans I thought I couldn't possibly love your content more. My Poetry TBR just grew again. Thank you for brightening up our lives like a full moon on a starless night. ❤

@nimratmand3318 3 месяца назад

There's this poetry collection called "The Pavement Flower and Other Poems" by Rashi Bhanot It's one of the best modern poetry which draws inspiration from nature that I've read recently Highly recommend it!

@nathanhassallpoetry 2 месяца назад

How exciting -- I have many poetry books to check out. Love Mary Oliver, too. Her book "A Poetry Handbook" is a wonderful resource for budding poets, too. I will make a video on that in the near future.

@jimenaleon8159 3 месяца назад

This video is pure perfection.

@Nena-mr4km 3 месяца назад

You understood the assignment. This video idea is brilliant

@pastacoffeeandbooks 3 месяца назад

as an eldest daughter & the first child, I ran to Amazon after hearing the first book's title

@Adreenarizal 3 месяца назад

YESSS THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO WATCH!! TAYLOR AND BOOKS!! Also, my recommendation is Victims of a Map by Mahmoud Darwish, Adonis and Samih Al-Qasim. It is a bilingual anthology of Arabic poetry and all of the poetries in the book are written so beautifully I just finished reading it a week ago. It also includes a short biography the author’s. Highly recommend

@thehopeofeden597 3 месяца назад

it’s funny, i got this notification while watching jack’s video on bad modern poetry, so this is a refreshment! 😂

@KipVaughan 2 месяца назад

13:15 "The you as a child is the blueprint for the rest of your life." Mary Jean Chan, Bright Fear. "Its a framework you are expected to follow." I want to keep a note of this as it reminds me of the writings of thich nhat hanh about the inter-being. I would also like to check out Ocean Vuong 24:41. Wendy's poem on The Orange may perhaps fit into my website which starts out based on orange, yellow, tan, gold shades. I'll have to keep that in mind and maybe look into her other stuff.

@Pazoo_underscore 3 месяца назад

in the past month ive bought and read three poetry collections. haruko/love poems, the orange by wendy cope, and tell me the truth about love by w.h auden. they were all brilliant

@misselphie78 3 месяца назад

The poem you read called Home reminds me of a book called Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. I read it in January and it’s really been sticking with me. I rated it 5 stars. Hope you get the chance to love it like I do.

@emmawagner8915 3 месяца назад

This is great because I’ve always loved poetry but never know any poet in particular

@Ash_thetic20 3 месяца назад

Jack really has such a soft vibe :`)

@fireboyjacob3881 3 месяца назад

I also recommend After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou, it's my favorite!

@user-bj5yl7cp1s 3 месяца назад

Yayy he posted!!🎉❤

@asoadrahman-uk7lq 3 месяца назад

Believe me or not, I literally was thinking about TTPD and then right after all of a sudden was thinking of your account and looked it up and this is what I see

@ChainsawCheese 3 месяца назад

I am reading Franny Choi’s Soft Science now and it’s doing a strange magic to my brain. I want to read all of her poetry now. Another book I am really wanting to read: The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón.

@enchantingaudiobooks 3 месяца назад

I was waiting for this! I knew he was going to make a video related to Taylor's new album. How can he not! The title of the album is so good! ✨

@rachel5399 3 месяца назад

I really hope the album is good. I'm not a big Swifite, but I'm an occasional dabbler, if you will. I hope it's more Folklore based, rather than Midnights. I liked maybe 2 songs on Midnights, but they still weren't enough to be added to the playlist. I have high hopes for the song writing on this album.

@Ankesadventures 3 месяца назад

Ordered 2! ❤

@ferventfei 3 месяца назад

one of my favorite modern poets is chen chen and hanif abdurraqib. i would also recommend the anthology "queer poets of color". introduced me to so many wonderful poets.

@saracornelia3176 3 месяца назад

I just want to recommend my favorite poetry collection: Crush by Richard Siken

@aishwaryarohatgi8406 3 месяца назад

THE FUNNIEST IS THE MOMENT IS SAW THE ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT I WASSSS LIKEEEE YEAPPPP JACKKK 🤣😂🤣 NOTHING ELSE JUST ONE WORD JACK 🤣😂🤣🤣

@sweetviolents29 3 месяца назад

My first exposure to poetry for leisure, I had a very well meaning loved one gift me a collection of poems by ee cummings. I hated poetry for at least ten years!! Very glad to have found it again.

@mariesikkink2984 3 месяца назад

Hi Jack - I hope you will check out Julia Hungry by Hannah Louise Poston, coming out next month from Waywiser Press!

@egsieotero 3 месяца назад

I would love to see this house in game play❤

@MutepusMinecraft 3 месяца назад

You HAVE to read 'the actual' by Inua Ellams!! Fantastic poetry along similar lines

@Jkm7fh 3 месяца назад

Yes, Jack! Embrace the Tortured Poets Department and teach us all about it!

@janina6206 3 месяца назад

i was ready to say squarespace with you for the sponsor when you went skillshare i was fooled bambuzzled

@rosestormwolf 2 месяца назад

Highly highly recommend slam poetry/spoken word poetry to get into the realm of poetry!!

@joemama8595 3 месяца назад

Jack you NEEEED to read passion and pancakes by Nathan Baylet it’s such a fun bad book and it has such a bad plot line but it’s so funny to read

@colleensnyder8943 3 месяца назад

Thank you Jack, for reading to me today. Yes, it felt like you were reading directly to me…so peaceful. 🦋

@ILCJ1 3 месяца назад

Austin Butler book recommendations, would love a vid on that

@laurenschenck5355 3 месяца назад

I love poetry so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@delmicortave 3 месяца назад

I don't like poetry but love to hear you read ❤😊

@roxanneeh9804 3 месяца назад

I mean combine poetry taylor swift and books and you will have me so so excited

@molri564 3 месяца назад

Yes yes yes more poetry please Jack :)

@eduardojefferson8736 3 месяца назад

taylor swift and sally rooney coming for us

@PetrichorIsNice 3 месяца назад

I'll take this opportunity to recommend my atm favourite poetry book - Field Guide to the Haunted Forest, by Jarod K. Anderson. It presents life, nature, and existence in a way I haven't really seen before to that level of poetic detail. 10/10

@KatieKruger8 3 месяца назад

My favorite modern poets. Love and Other Poems by Alex Dimitrov. His poem “New York” is absolutely essential to me. Me (Moth) by Amber McBride. A verse novel that KNOCKED ME ON MY ASS.