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IRL
IRL is a book-length poetry collection published in 2016 by Kumeyaay poet Tommy Pico. The text is formatted to visually mimic a continuous, unbroken stream of text messages, utilizing internet shorthand and modern colloquialisms. Through this digital framework, Pico explores themes of contemporary I...
apps Top IRL Alternatives
The top alternative to IRL in 2026 is New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver with a score of 9.1/10, followed by Don't Call Us Dead (9.1) and frank: sonnets (9.1).
New and Selected Poems by Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver’s *New and Selected Poems* offers a profound exploration of the natural world through deeply observant verse...
Don't Call Us Dead
“Don’t Call Us Dead” is a poetry collection by Danez Smith exploring themes of Black queer life and survival. The work...
frank: sonnets
Diane Seuss’s *frank: sonnets* is a 2021 poetry collection exploring grief and resilience through the established form o...
The Dream of a Common Language
Adrienne Rich’s 1978 collection, *The Dream of a Common Language*, offers a powerful examination of gender, power, and i...
The Tradition
The Tradition is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection by Trudier Harris. It explores themes of Black American iden...
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a debut poetry collection by American poet, Victoria Chang. The work explores themes of fa...
A Scattering of Salts by James Merrill
James Merrill’s *A Scattering of Salts* (1995) is a significant collection of poetry marking the culmination of his matu...
Dunce
Dunce is a collection of American contemporary poems by James Harber. Noted for its experimental form and challenging su...
Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey's *Native Guard* is a 2006 poetry collection exploring themes of memory, loss, and identity through th...
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
Citizen: An American Lyric is a 2014 work by Jamaican-American poet Claudia Rankine that blends poetry, essay, cultural...
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong’s *Night Sky with Exit Wounds* is a powerful poetry collection examining themes of inherited trauma, familia...
The Triumph of Achilles
Louise Glück’s *The Triumph of Achilles* (1985) is a significant poetry collection exploring themes of loss, power, and...
Vita Nova
Louise Glück’s Vita Nova, published in 1999, is a significant collection of American poetry. The work examines profound...
Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude
Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude is a 2015 poetry collection by American poet Ross Gay, published by the University of P...
Thief in the Interior
Thief in the Interior is the 2016 debut poetry collection by American poet Phillip B. Williams. The collection addresses...
Crush by Richard Siken
Richard Siken's debut poetry collection, Crush, was published in 2005 after winning the Yale Series of Younger Poets Com...
The New Testament by Jericho Brown
The New Testament is a 2014 poetry collection by American poet Jericho Brown, published by Copper Canyon Press. The poem...
Homie by Danez Smith
"Homie" is a 2020 poetry collection by American author Danez Smith. The poems explore themes of Blackness, queerness, fr...
Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong’s *Time Is a Mother* is a 2022 poetry collection exploring profound themes of loss, remembrance, and familia...
War of the Foxes
War of the Foxes is a 2015 poetry collection by American poet Richard Siken, published by Copper Canyon Press. It is his...
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