Cracked Spines - It's National Poetry Month!

It’s National Poetry Month and WE ARE HERE FOR IT! Gather round for Good & Gold’s favorite poets and poems, and check out our own attempts at group poetry while you’re at it 😉.
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Morgan Parker

A poem we love:

If You Are Over Staying Woke

Hear Morgan read this poem here. 

‍Recommended collection: 

THERE ARE MORE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAN BEYONCE

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Ocean Vuong

A poem we love:

Essay on Craft
Hear Ocean read this poem here.

‍Recommended collection:

NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS 

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Natalie Diaz

A poem we love:

Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation

Hear (and see!) Natalie Diaz read this poem here.

‍Recommended collection:

WHEN MY BROTHER WAS AN AZTEC 

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Lucille Clifton

A poem we love:

poem in praise of menstruation

Hear Lucille read this poem here. 

‍Recommended collection: 

HOW TO CARRY WATER  

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And finally, we've said it before and we'll say it again: MARY OLIVER!

A poem we love:

Night and the River
Hear Mary read this poem here.

‍Recommended collection:

TWELVE MOONS