17 Life-Changing Poetry Books To Get You Through Anything

There are so many life-changing poetry books because this art form is such a personal reading experience that captures and confronts us with what we've privately felt, thought, or believed in some inarticulable capacity. Aside from being more melodic than prose, it plunges right to the core. So when we need company, advice, attitude, motivation, humor, or whatever else to show us the way, poetry is the fearless leader. When it comes to picking a book, we feel poetry is often overlooked.