I'm a big fan of poetry and even write some myself. The collections I own have all influenced me in some way and made me see how each individual writer can use the medium diffferently. It would be impossible to boil down poetry to a single person hence the range of poets I have in my posession. It must be noted that these are simply the collections I own currently. I intend to buy more and expand my knowledge and enjoyment of this form of writing. Egghead or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham Source: OverDrive "The world was much crueler an hour ago. I'm glad someone decided to give flowers a go." I found Bo Burnham the way most people did: through his stand-up comedy. He was engaging and intelligent, presenting comedy to an audience in a way that I definitely had not seen before, so when I found out he was also a published poet, I was excited. He managed to translate both morbid and silly humour into the poetry form with a clear influence Shel S...