news | Wednesday April 1, 2026

National Poetry Month 2026

April is National Poetry Month! These past 12 months have been incredible poetry months over at Talonbooks HQ. To celebrate this, we’re highlighting some of the recent titles that have been making our bookshelves proud they weren’t manufactured into chairs or hatstands instead.

1. The Book of Z by Rahat Kurd

2. th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett

3. No Depression in Heaven by ryan fitzpatrick

4. Stigmata by Scott Jackshaw

5. tours, variously by Drew McEwan

6. Beautiful Unknown Future by Taryn Hubbard

7.. Pearl by George Bowering

8. Save Your Prayers – Send Money by Jónína Kirton

9. sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner

10. SUBTEXT by Nicole Raziya Fong

11. Verbal Violence by Danielle LaFrance

In times of turmoil, poetry is a place where we might take heart; where we might resist and cultivate and commemorate and build with art and reading a better way to live. We hope these titles offer you this. Happy National Poetry Month. We hope this April brings all the best kinds of renewal.