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Poetry

Words dance across pages in powerful rhythms, distilling life's deepest truths and rawest emotions into carefully crafted verses. Here you'll find everything from ancient spiritual wisdom and modern confessional pieces to creative guides and philosophical reflections, each offering its own unique lens on the human experience.

Poetry Book Summaries

We Are All So Good at Smiling
by Amber McBride • 2023
3.83
5k+
Poetry
Fantasy
Young Adult
We Are All So Good at Smiling Summary
We Are All So Good at Smiling
by Amber McBride 2023 291 pages
3.83
5k+ ratings
Poetry
Fantasy
Young Adult
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale • 1984
4.63
500+
Poetry
Italian Literature
Nobel Prize
Tutte le poesie Summary
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale 1984 1192 pages
4.63
500+ ratings
Poetry
Italian Literature
Nobel Prize
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare • 2002
3.8
34k+
Plays
Classics
Shakespeare
King Henry IV, Part 1 Summary
King Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare 2002 398 pages
3.8
34k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare • 2004
4.06
200k+
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing Summary
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare 2004 249 pages
4.06
200k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Shakespeare
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1808
3.89
51k+
Classics
Poetry
Plays
Faust Summary
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808 503 pages
3.89
51k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Plays
The Book of Job
by Anonymous
4.22
4k+
Religion
Classics
Poetry
The Book of Job Summary
The Book of Job
by Anonymous 176 pages
4.22
4k+ ratings
Religion
Classics
Poetry
Ramayana
by Vālmīki
4.19
5k+
Classics
Mythology
Religion
Ramayana Summary
Ramayana
by Vālmīki 461 pages
4.19
5k+ ratings
Classics
Mythology
Religion
Letters From Gaza
by Mahmoud Alshaer • 2025
By the People, from the Year That Has Been
4.80
259
Poetry
Essays
Politics
Letters From Gaza Summary
Letters From Gaza
By the People, from the Year That Has Been
by Mahmoud Alshaer 2025 250 pages
4.80
259 ratings
Poetry
Essays
Politics
Awake!
by Mark Vernon • 2025
William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
4.37
49
Poetry
Philosophy
Biography
Awake! Summary
Awake!
William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
by Mark Vernon 2025 312 pages
4.37
49 ratings
Poetry
Philosophy
Biography
The Bacchae
by Euripides
3.94
25k+
Classics
Plays
Drama
The Bacchae Summary
The Bacchae
by Euripides 96 pages
3.94
25k+ ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
Why Poetry
by Matthew Zapruder • 2017
4.16
1k+
Poetry
Writing
Essays
Why Poetry Summary
Why Poetry
by Matthew Zapruder 2017 256 pages
4.16
1k+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Essays
Sad Girls
by Lang Leav • 2017
3.33
11k+
Poetry
Young Adult
Romance
Sad Girls Summary
Sad Girls
by Lang Leav 2017 362 pages
3.33
11k+ ratings
Poetry
Young Adult
Romance
Split Tooth
by Tanya Tagaq • 2018
3.88
14k+
Poetry
Indigenous
Magical Realism
Split Tooth Summary
Split Tooth
by Tanya Tagaq 2018 202 pages
3.88
14k+ ratings
Poetry
Indigenous
Magical Realism
A Ghost in the Throat
by Doireann Ní Ghríofa • 2020
4.00
10k+
Poetry
Memoir
Ireland
A Ghost in the Throat Summary
A Ghost in the Throat
by Doireann Ní Ghríofa 2020 326 pages
4.00
10k+ ratings
Poetry
Memoir
Ireland
Miles Morales Suspended
by Jason Reynolds • 2023
3.81
1k+
Young Adult
Poetry
Fantasy
Miles Morales Suspended Summary
Miles Morales Suspended
by Jason Reynolds 2023 320 pages
3.81
1k+ ratings
Young Adult
Poetry
Fantasy
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
by Jasminne Mendez • 2023
4.02
500+
Middle Grade
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
Aniana del Mar Jumps In Summary
Aniana del Mar Jumps In
by Jasminne Mendez 2023 384 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver • 1994
4.23
9k+
Poetry
Writing
Reference
A Poetry Handbook Summary
A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver 1994 130 pages
4.23
9k+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Reference
Tristan and Isolde
by Gottfried von Strassburg • 1988
3.63
1k+
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Tristan and Isolde Summary
Tristan and Isolde
by Gottfried von Strassburg 1988 320 pages
3.63
1k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Poetry
Children of the Days
by Eduardo Galeano • 2012
A Calendar of Human History
4.18
4k+
History
Literature
Politics
Children of the Days Summary
Children of the Days
A Calendar of Human History
by Eduardo Galeano 2012 423 pages
4.18
4k+ ratings
History
Literature
Politics
Toda la felicidad del universo
by César Brandon Ndjocu • 2018
3.82
411
Poetry
Toda la felicidad del universo Summary
Toda la felicidad del universo
by César Brandon Ndjocu 2018 190 pages
3.82
411 ratings
Poetry
Mariner
by Malcolm Guite • 2017
A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
4.59
145
Poetry
Biography
Literature
Mariner Summary
Mariner
A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
by Malcolm Guite 2017 471 pages
4.59
145 ratings
Poetry
Biography
Literature
Zoli
by Colum McCann • 2006
3.70
4k+
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Irish Literature
Zoli Summary
Zoli
by Colum McCann 2006 333 pages
3.70
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Irish Literature
Song of a Captive Bird
by Jasmin Darznik • 2018
4.21
6k+
Historical Fiction
Iran
Poetry
Song of a Captive Bird Summary
Song of a Captive Bird
by Jasmin Darznik 2018 401 pages
4.21
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Iran
Poetry
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach • 2007
4.03
500+
Poetry
Writing
Crafts
The Art of the Poetic Line Summary
The Art of the Poetic Line
by James Longenbach 2007 120 pages
4.03
500+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Crafts
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga • 2019
4.40
35k+
Middle Grade
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
Other Words for Home Summary
Other Words for Home
by Jasmine Warga 2019 352 pages
4.40
35k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Poetry
Realistic Fiction
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker • 2004
4.15
6k+
Nature
Birds
Science
The Peregrine Summary
The Peregrine
by J.A. Baker 2004 191 pages
4.15
6k+ ratings
Nature
Birds
Science
Faith, Hope and Poetry
by Malcolm Guite • 2010
4.64
121
Poetry
Theology
Christian
Faith, Hope and Poetry Summary
Faith, Hope and Poetry
by Malcolm Guite 2010 268 pages
4.64
121 ratings
Poetry
Theology
Christian
Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks • 1953
4.10
4k+
Classics
Poetry
African American
Maud Martha Summary
Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks 1953 192 pages
4.10
4k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
African American
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
4.26
9k+
Nature
Scotland
Travel
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd 1977 157 pages
4.26
9k+ ratings
Nature
Scotland
Travel
Hécate la sorcière
by Nikita Gill • 2025
4.11
13k+
Fantasy
Mythology
Poetry
Hécate la sorcière Summary
Hécate la sorcière
by Nikita Gill 2025 430 pages
4.11
13k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Poetry
Ark of bones and other stories
by Henry Dumas • 1970
4.34
59
Short Stories
Poetry
Literary Fiction
Ark of bones and other stories Summary
Ark of bones and other stories
by Henry Dumas 1970 139 pages
4.34
59 ratings
Short Stories
Poetry
Literary Fiction
The Black Woman
by Toni Cade Bambara • 1970
An Anthology
4.48
415
Feminism
Race
Poetry
The Black Woman Summary
The Black Woman
An Anthology
by Toni Cade Bambara 1970 352 pages
4.48
415 ratings
Feminism
Race
Poetry
Tauhou
by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall • 2023
3.97
500+
Indigenous
Short Stories
Poetry
Tauhou Summary
Tauhou
by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall 2023 224 pages
3.97
500+ ratings
Indigenous
Short Stories
Poetry
Trinkets
by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith • 2013
3.4
3k+
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
Trinkets Summary
Trinkets
by Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith 2013 288 pages
3.4
3k+ ratings
Young Adult
Contemporary
Realistic Fiction
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf • 1978
4.14
55k+
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Waves Summary
The Waves
by Virginia Woolf 1978 297 pages
4.14
55k+ ratings
Classics
Literature
Novels
The Ode Less Travelled
by Stephen Fry • 2005
Unlocking the Poet Within
4.06
4k+
Poetry
Writing
Reference
The Ode Less Travelled Summary
The Ode Less Travelled
Unlocking the Poet Within
by Stephen Fry 2005 384 pages
4.06
4k+ ratings
Poetry
Writing
Reference
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