poetry, n. Composition in verse or some comparable patterned arrangement of language in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm; the art of such a composition.
verse, n. A succession of words arranged according to natural or recognized rules of prosody and forming a complete metrical line; one of the lines of a poem or piece of versification.
prose, n. Language in the form in which it is typically written (or spoken), usually characterized as having no deliberate metrical structure (in contrast with verse or poetry).
-From the Oxford English Dictionary
How Much Earth : The Fresno Poets by 
California Poetry by 
Who Will Know Us? by 
Notes on the Assemblage by 
Selected Levis by 
Legends from Camp by 
Begin with a Failed Body by 
Listening Long and Late by 
News of the World by 
A Sweetness Rising by 
Autobiography of Red by 
Bull by 
Clap When You Land by 
Crank by 
Dreaming of You by 
Eugene Onegin by 
Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses by 
Long Way Down by 
The Poet X by 
The Summer of Dead Birds by The library currently subscribes to both Poetry Magazine and The Paris Review. The latest issues are in the periodicals area of the library; ask for archives at the library desk.
Fresno: Sponsored by the Fresno Arts Council, the city appointed Joseph Rios as the city's fifth Poet Laureate for 2023-2025.
California: In November of 2022, Fresno City College professor and former Fresno Poet Laureate Lee Herrick was appointed as California's Poet Laureate.
Scar and Flower by 
This Many Miles from Desire by United States: Ada Limón is the country's 24th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.
The Hurting Kind by 
