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Five free & easy ways to read more poetry this year

These (free!) websites, newsletters, and social media accounts will help keep you immersed in verse all year long.

Five free & easy ways to read more poetry this year. This illustration shows a person reading poetry on the phone while a spotted dog blissfully snoozes next to them on the sofa.
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Button Poetry

It’s one thing to experience a poem on the page. It’s quite another to see and hear it performed by the author. Button Poetry’s YouTube channel has a vast collection of videos showcasing poets from around the world, including Sabrina Benaim’s 2014 performance of “Explaining My Depression to My Mother,” which has nearly 8 million views, and Neil Hilborn’s 2013 reading of “OCD,” which has 14 million.