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“If I feel physically as if the top of my head were
taken off, I know that is poetry.” —Emily Dickinson
Products
for poets
Celebrate your love of verse
during National Poetry Month
with these poet-inspired wares.
WALT WHITMAN STATIONERY
These notecards from the Princeton
Architectural Press display a variety of
quotes from Walt Whitman’s poetry,
including “Each of us inevitable, each
of us limitless” and “Some people are
so much sunlight to the square inch.”
$15, papress.com
NIKKI GIOVANNI TEE
Legendary American poet
Nikki Giovanni serves as
the inspiration for this
minimalist portrait T-shirt.
$26, amorphia-apparel.com
THE RUMPUS
POETRY BOOK CLUB
Subscribe to this pre-release
book club to receive soon-
to-be-published collections
from leading poets along
with access to an online
group discussion group plus
an hourlong online chat with
each author.
$28/month, therumpus.net
LANGSTON HUGHES TOTE
This cotton tote bag from the
Academy of American Poets features
Langston Hughes’ name on one side
and “I pick up my life and take it with
me” on the other.
$15, poets.myshopify.com
SYLVIA PLATH
NECKLACE
This piece of literary
jewelry is inspired by a line
from poet Sylvia Plath’s
lone novel, The Bell Jar.
(“I took a deep breath and
listened to the old brag of
my heart. I am, I am, I am.”)
$30, outofprint.com