12 modern poetry books that are **actually good** (welcome to the tortured poets department)
welcome to the tortured poets department. it's the year of poetry!!!
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video chapters:
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
16:25 [ad] Skillshare
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
jack edwards + taylor swift + poetry is the best combination
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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
You're an angel thank you
Bless you
I was NOT prepared to see that Rupi Kaur-clip again 😅
Cringe
The rupi kaur jumpscare attacks again
saw jack edward’s saw the tortured poets department so i clicked hehe this album is going to take over my life xx
Same sis ❤
mine too 😭
taylor and jack summoning all the tortured poets and literary overanalyzers 📈📈
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
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.
kamala lebu?
@@shadow-1000 It’s the Bengali word for ‘Orange’. If you’re asking about the real reason I chose it, Jack mentions it
I haven't watched the video yet and as a Bengali I was shocked to see the word kamala lebu bahahjaja
@@PokhrajRoy. Ha karon tai bhabchilam, ar kichu na.
@@directionerCaratMumu Er comments prochur dekhi Jack Edwards er videos e.
1:45 The clips Jack referenced for ‘modern poets’ HAD ME DYING 😂
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
I've been reading Mahmoud darwish lately, Thank you for the rec 🫶🏻
Taylor, books AND Jack? You are feeding my KZhead algorithm with this video❤
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.
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)
YES PLEASE! I was born in the right era. Mother is mothering and Jack saving me.
2 of my favorite modern poetry books: - Chasers of The Light by Tyler Knott Gregson - Tell Me Another Story by Emmy Marucci
Thanks
Every day I try to forget that Rupi Kaur clip and every day I am reminded of it all over again.
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
Thanks for the help jack my March prompt is to read a poetry collection. Loads of love ❤❤
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.
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
omg i love boygenius!! where do they say which are their fav books?
@@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 :)
I've been waiting for a modern poetry rec from you 🤩
I'm sick rn and really needed this video. Thanks Jack!
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
BEEN WAITING FOREVER THANK YOU!!! Now I can make my tbr for April (poetry month wooohoo) with books solely from this video
Highly recommend reading 'Grief is the thing with feathers'. Spellbinding, captivating, one of a kind read
this video is so gorgeous! i love poetry sm
just hearing you read june jordan’s poems honestly made me tear up, this is so beautiful
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.
seconded to all these!
Jack we need this but with prose-style novels like on earth we’re briefly gorgeous
Actually we need a novel I would recommend for this poet / poetry book video 👀 or vice versa
Oooh I have something else to absolutely obssess over! Can't wait!
i genuinely could listen to jack read poetry all day. he's very good at recitation
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.
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
Bluets is great!
Love Ada Limon! I've been wanting to check out Bluets. Thanks for the reminder.
I needed this! Thank you so much for the recommendations, I will definitely read so many of these ☺️
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
never clicked on a video so fast. jack + taylor = perfection
This is my middle week gift, thank u Jack ❤
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.
WHAT A FEAST OF A VIDEO FOR THE SWIFTIE READERS WHO STAN JACK!!!!!
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
Thank you for making a video about poetry!
This is *such* a lovely video, and truly something right up your alley! Your love for poetry is infectuous :)
Love that more people are discovering the beauty of poetry ❤️🥰💛
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!
THIS IS FINALLY THE TYPE OF CONTENT I NEEDED!!
Thanks a lot! please talk more about poetry, it really is your cup of tea (and mine as well). Greetings from Italy!
Jack… this is iconic… help! (make a poets-list pre 1960s/Taylors fave pleaseeee)
as an eldest daughter & the first child, I ran to Amazon after hearing the first book's title
can't wait to cry while listening to the album and reading the books you recommended
Thank you for the readings. Excellent.
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
This is such a lovely video!!
You understood the assignment. This video idea is brilliant
U made me poetry fan by ths video now have to buy all these😍
And The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy is a collection which you should definitely read.
Thanks
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!
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
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.
These video is made for me thankyou!!
Currently writing an analysis on the "Dead Poets Society". This is simply brilliant timing ☺.
Yayy he posted!!🎉❤
Jack really has such a soft vibe :`)
it’s funny, i got this notification while watching jack’s video on bad modern poetry, so this is a refreshment! 😂
Love ur poetry recommendations and you always find most amazing special unique poetry ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊
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.
This video is pure perfection.
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. ❤
Ordered 2! ❤
This is great because I’ve always loved poetry but never know any poet in particular
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.
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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
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
Not the bestie shoutout at the end 😭
As an arab girl. If you haven’t read poetry in Arabic you haven’t read poetry at all. It hits different
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
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.
i was ready to say squarespace with you for the sponsor when you went skillshare i was fooled bambuzzled
Yes, Jack! Embrace the Tortured Poets Department and teach us all about it!
Thank you Jack, for reading to me today. Yes, it felt like you were reading directly to me…so peaceful. 🦋
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
29:17 - ''It is about generational trauma'' ME: ADDS TO CART IMMEDIATELY
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.
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.
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! ✨
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.
I love poetry so much ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I also recommend After the Formalities by Anthony Anaxagorou, it's my favorite!
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.
I would love to see this house in game play❤
reading the poems seriously over that track is funny
we were not made to endure. we were made to live, not just to survive.
a poetry anthology recommendation: "Teething" by Megha Rao "..Teething follows the character of an older sister, who finds her brother's suicide note many years after his death, which forces her to confront her past and take a closer look at the family that she grew up in." lots of trigger warnings in this one, with homophobia, r*pe, abuse, grief, dysfunctional family dynamics etc. but truly truly powerful words. one of my favourite anthologies ever
its funny, in spanish the phrase "mi media naranja" (my half of an orange) means my soulmate 🍊🍊
In Portuguese as a well.
I love the poem ‘daily bread’ in the night sky with exit wounds…especially the parts ‘the year is gone. I know nothing of my country. I write things down. I build a lift & tear it apart & the sun keeps shining’…’how could I have known, that by pressing this pen to paper, I was touching us back from extinction?’ gorgeous
You HAVE to read 'the actual' by Inua Ellams!! Fantastic poetry along similar lines
For the poetry craft nerds out there, these two books are essential: _The Rules of the Dance_ by Mary Oliver (Jack's stanned her before) _The Art of Syntax_ by Ellen Bryant Voight (really dense & technical but genius genius genius)
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.
Highly highly recommend slam poetry/spoken word poetry to get into the realm of poetry!!
I just want to recommend my favorite poetry collection: Crush by Richard Siken
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.
Mr Edward has posted!!!!!!!