May Not Have, But Must

I've been tagged. (It's my first!)

"Here are five poetry collections you may not have read but certainly must. (Note: The collections, for whatever reason, should be a bit off the beaten path. And need not have caused the earth to open and swallow you whole.)"

My list, in no particular order:

Two Kinds of Arson - Brandi Homan
Drift of the Hunt - Craig Paulenich
Doubled Flowering: From the notebooks of Araki Yasusada
Miracle Fruit - Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Prairie Fever - Mary Biddinger

I swear, the fact that 2/3rds of my thesis committee made it on to this list is not ass-kissing, they really are good books. This list also makes me realize that most of the poetry I read gets passed on from Mary. Maybe I should try to find a book/poet before she does.

I tag...Justin Evans, Kristy Bowen, and Brandi Homan.