I read a lot of poetry and because of this I don’t review as much as I should, so I thought I’d do a little poetry round-up (Jan – Jun 19) of books I recommend, and books I recommend you avoid. It should go almost without saying that these were merely books I read during these months, and not necessarily new releases –

Avoid:

– Public Property by Andrew Motion
– Illumniate by Kerrie O’Brien
– The Resignation by Lonely Christopher
– Lavenderblack by Adam Lowe
– Best American Poetry 2018, ed. David Lehman
– Junk by Tommy Pico
– Big Pink Umbrella by Susan Millar DuMars
– The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems by Billy Collins

The problem with writing reviews for poetry collections you didn’t like, or sometimes occasionally even hated, comes down to a few things. Firstly, like all poetry, it could be…