Poems for Tortured Souls

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Author(s)

Liz Ison

Publisher

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Age Range

12+

Release Date

September 03, 2024

ISBN

978-0316584142

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Soothe your spirit with this emotional, romantic, must-have collection, an homage to some of the poets and writers who have inspired Taylor Swift.

This collection of timeless poems is a beautiful introduction to the passionate words that have inspired artists and lyricists for generations. Discover poetry that overflows with folklore, love, heartbreak, revenge, and peace – the perfect balm for any tortured soul.

Featuring poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Lewis Carroll and more, this moody and melancholy anthology celebrates the English language’s most famous poets, and the emotions that unite us.

Warning: these poems might make you cry!

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A Melancholy Poetry Anthology

September 21, 2024 (Updated: September 22, 2024)

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POEMS FOR TORTURED SOULS is a wonderful collection of poems from a myriad of poets both classic and relatively modern, compiled by Liz Ison.

This book is brimming with beautiful poetry that mainly fits into one of five categories: love, heartache, revenge, folklore, and peace. Any poetry lover or tortured soul will find solace, clarity, heart, and beauty in the pages, and Taylor Swift fans will adore the playlist that Liz Ison included in the back of the book.

Poets include Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, Lewis Carroll, Emily Dickinson, William Blake, Edgar Allan Poe, and many, many more. These are all some of my favorite poets, and I was especially excited to find a handful of Sara Teasdale poems as she is unequivocally my favorite female poet and I rarely see her delightful work included in anthologies of this kind.

I would have loved to see more lesser-known voices added and celebrated, but as this is predominantly a collection of some of the most famous poets that anyone can recognize, I still enjoyed it immensely. The range of poets from different periods is remarkable. The ancient poetry of Sappho to Edna. St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) and everything in between is highlighted.

Poems for Tortured Souls is truly a unique and beautifully compiled anthology of some delightful poets and their best works. I highly recommend it to all poetry enthusiasts.