From Hollie McNish, Wendy Cope and Ocean Vuong, here are 8 of the best poetry collections to add to your reading list ahead of World Poetry Day 2025 and beyond

8 best poetry collections for World Poetry Day 2025

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The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-And-True Prescriptions For The Heart, Mind And Soul by William Sieghart

The Orange And Other Poems by Wendy Cope

Egg/Shell by Victoria Kennefick

I Cannot Be Good Until You Say It by Sanah Ahsan

Nobody Asked For This by Charly Cox

Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

44 Poems On Being With Each Other by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Lobster And Other Things I’m Learning To Love by Hollie McNish

8 poetry collections to add to your reading list in time for World Poetry Day