It's National Poetry Month, so Lauren and Jenny have recommendations for you. We will discuss some of our favorite poets, poets we are eager to hear more from, and recent excellent reads in poetry. We read excerpts from some of the collections, and include links to some longer works from others. Follow us during National Poetry Month to see what else we read! Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 147: Bonus Poetry Recommendations with Lauren Subscribe to the podcast via this link: Feedburner Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: Subscribe Or listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Listen via Stitcher Listen through Spotify Books discussed: Hands Washing Water by Chris Abani Magical Negro by Morgan Parker Wade in the Water by Tracy K. Smith How to Love a Country: Poems by Richard Blanco Citizen Illegal by Jose Olivarez Halal if You Hear Me (Breakbeat Poets v. 3) edited by Safia Elhillo and Fatimah Asghar Microfictions by Ana Maria Shua Poems of the Night by Jorge Luis Borges Archive: South Carolina Poetry Since 2005 (Ninety-Six Press river woman by Katherena Vermette Library of Small Catastrophes by Alison Rollins Other mentions: William Butler Yeats The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker Sara Teasdale Mary Oliver Mark Strand T.S. Eliot Adebe D.A. Ed Madden Claudia Rankine Tracy K, Smith Billy Collins Naomi Shihab Nye Wislawa Szymborska Anna Journey Kaveh Akbar Hieu Minh Nguyen Ocean Vuong Chen Chen Jose Olivarez Analicia Sotelo Safia Elhillo Danez Smith Natalie Diaz Political / Socal erasure poetry booming with governmental documents, etc. Sibling Rivalry Press Copper Canyon Press Graywolf Milkweed Ugly Duckling Press Coffee House Haymarket Sanctificum by Chris Abani There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyonce by Morgan Parker Recent reading with Morgan Parker and Danez Smith The January Children by Safia Elhillo If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar Warsan Shire Registers of Illuminated Villages by Tarfia Faizullah On Longing" by Zaina Alsous South Carolina Poetry Archives Emily Rosko “Object Permanence” by Alison Rollins “Original [sin]” by Alison Rollins< Related Episodes: Episode 097 - Blank Spaces with Lauren Weinhold Episode 123 - Godlets and Forests with Lauren Weinhold Episode 133 - To Understand the World with Lauren Weinhold Episode 138 - Shared Landscape with Lauren Weinhold  Stalk us online: Lauren at Goodreads Lauren is @end.notes on Instagram Jenny at Goodreads Jenny on Twitter Jenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy