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message 1: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
1. The House with Only an Attic and a Basement by Kathryn Maris
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 2: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sarahj) | 1757 comments Mod
Looking forward to reading along (review - wise) with you, Alarie. Happy new year.


message 3: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
What a lovely compliment. I'm so glad you launched this group. It's my number 1 reference for what poetry to check out next.


message 4: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sarahj) | 1757 comments Mod
That's so nice to hear!


message 5: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
2. Mr. Cogito by Zbigniew Herbert
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 6: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
3. Plainsight (chapbook) by Justin Runge
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 7: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
4. Pumpkinhead by Michelle Hyatt-Blankman (aka Shelly Blankman)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 8: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
5. A Fortune for Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 9: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
6. Pretty Time Machine (ekphrastic prose poems) by Lorette C. Luzajic
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 10: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
7. Ridiculous Light by Valencia Robins
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 11: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
8. Journeyman's Suitcase by Mike James
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
9. Against the Dark: Road Poems by James Benger and Tyler Robert Sheldon
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
10. Falling off the Empire State Building (Rattle Chapbook Winner) by Jimmy Pappas
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 14: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
11. Space Struck by Paige Lewis https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
12. What the Postcard Didn't Say by Shoshauna Shy
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message 16: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
13. In These Days of Prohibition by Caroline Bird
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message 17: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
14. Magical Negro by Morgan Parker
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 18: by Jen (new)

Jen (jppoetryreader) | 1951 comments Mod
Wow, Alarie, you are burning through poetry this year. Way to go!


message 19: by Alarie (last edited Jan 08, 2021 06:51PM) (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
Thanks, Jen. I'm reading way beyond my normal in all books since my social calendar has been wiped clean of everything else. Unfortunately, the first events cancelled were some of my own poetry readings. But books are why I'm not as bothered by the quarantine as some, since I'm lucky to be retired now, too.


message 20: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Smith (goodreadscomalmost4corners) | 6 comments Thanks for sharing your list, Alarie. I am looking forward to checking these out.


message 21: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
Thanks, Sarah. I think about 80% of my reading comes from Goodreads suggestions.


message 22: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
15. The Hotel Eden by Beverley Bie Brahic
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 23: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
16. Tourist in Hell by Eleanor Wilner
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message 24: by Alarie (new)

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17. Somewhere Else Entirely by Ruth Fainlight
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 25: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
18. Discipline by Jane Yeh
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 26: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
19. Cadaver, Speak by Marianne Boruch
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 27: by Alarie (new)

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20. Feral by Kate Potts
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message 28: by Alarie (new)

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21. From the Back by James Benger
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message 29: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
22. The Eden of Perhaps by Agnes Vojta
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 30: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
23. Bone Map by Sara Eliza Johnson
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message 31: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Smith (goodreadscomalmost4corners) | 6 comments Alarie wrote: "22. The Eden of Perhaps by Agnes Vojta
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."


Based on your review of "The Eden of Perhaps" I have added to it my list. Thanks for sharing.


message 32: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
Sarah wrote: "Alarie wrote: "22. The Eden of Perhaps by Agnes Vojta
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

Based on your review of "The Eden of Perhaps" I have added to it my list. Thanks for sharing."


Good to hear, Sarah. I'll let Agnes Vojta know. I'm sure you just made her day.


message 33: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
33. Tongues of Fire by Sean Hewitt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 34: by Alarie (new)

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34. Country Music by Will Burns
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message 35: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
35. The Forward Book of Poetry 2020
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message 36: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
36. Venus as a Bear by Vahni Capildeo
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message 37: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
37. Significant Other by Isabel Galleymore
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message 38: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
38. Three Books by Galway Kinnell
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message 39: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
39. A Juror Must Fold in on Herself by Kathleen McClung (Rattle Chapook Prize)
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message 40: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
40. Finna by Nate Marshall
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message 41: by Alarie (new)

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41. 2020 Rattle Young Poets Anthology
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message 42: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
42. The Beekeeper and other love poems by Barbara Loots
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message 43: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
43. The Temple (chapbook) by Michael Bazzett
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 44: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
44. Counting the Ways by Scott Owens
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message 45: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
45. Wing by Matthew Francis
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 46: by Jen (new)

Jen (jppoetryreader) | 1951 comments Mod
I'm in awe, Alarie! Talk about blowing the 20 book goal out of the water!


message 47: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
Thanks, Jen. All my usual activities were cancelled, plus I had two surgeries last summer, so sitting around reading kept me sane more or less.


message 48: by Alarie (new)

Alarie (alarietennille) | 1202 comments Mod
48. Adjusting to the Lights (Rattle Chapbook Prize) by Tom C. Hunley
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


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