This is a great collection. Every poem has been expertly chosen and from such a vast and diverse range of material. I love that the net is cast so wide and yet the results are so deep.

A lovely collection of poetry by Allie Esiri, I enjoy the fact there were classic Poets, newer names, and a variety of themes dependent on the month of the year. I found new poems to adore by a wide variety of poets. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a free ARC in exchange for honest review.

4 Stars!

What a lovely collection of poems that felt so insightful and uplifting. I didn't read one per day (because I have no self control and couldn't resist). I do think that this wont reflect everyones personal opinions, but my only issue is that I think that some were a bit too nature focused for me as I think the more poetry I read the more I know what I look for in a poetry collection.

Saying that though I still loved a lot of these and would really recommend.

A great collection of poetry to dip into. Every time I pick a page at random it has something insightful or comforting.

What a divine, eye-opening collation of poems.

I did not read one every day (I think I read them all in a total of 5 days?) but this is the perfect book to create a reading habit. This collation features poems that will elevate your life in so many ways.

This has totally opened my eyes to a new genre of reading; one that I will be quickly engaging in as the winter months approach.

This was a beautiful anthology. Themed each month, an easy way to read a poem every day. A great collection to peruse daily,

A beautifully compiled anthology of poems. Each month is themed. There is a generous mixture of poetry from over the last two hundred years. Poems that are uplifting, sombre, short and longer, happy, sad, and thought provoking poems. Poems that speak of the heights of love and the depths of despair, of seemingly mundane every day occurrences that are elevated through the words of beautiful poetry. Poems where you can stick to the one a day or binge read or dip in and out as the mood takes you. This is a book that I will return to again and again, finding new favourites each time.

Impressive and varied selection of poems, perfect for those who are avid poetry readers or even just a bit poetry-curious. I appreciate how the editor selected poems from many different authors of many backgrounds and nationalities.

365 Poems for Life is a beautiful poetry collection, full of old, familiar favourites and some newer poems destined to eventually become the same. The poems for each month are all grouped into similar themes that relate to the themes present for people in that particular season of the year. It's the kind of collection you could dip into at any time of year and find a poem that's at once relevant and soothing - I'll definitely be purchasing it for my library and for my own personal poetry collection.

I don't read a lot of poetry. No particular reason; I appreciate the art form and I think people who can write poetry are amazing, but I've never really got into it. My favourites tend to be straightforward, Robert Frost type, easy to understand; I've never been much good at parsing complicated metaphors and so on. However, I know that Allie brings a wonderful mix to her books, so I thought I'd give this one a try.

(Specific to this proof version; the formatting, as is common with proof books, wasn't great and made it hard to follow some of the poems. Some titles were missing so that poems ran into each other, and none of them had the day of the month printed by them. This won't be a factor in the finished book but it did affect my enjoyment as I was reading through.)
Obviously I couldn't keep this book for a year and read it as it's meant to be read, so I had to be content with reading through it over a few nights instead. There were some here I recognised, though I couldn't have named them - First Fig is in here, Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abby, Daffodils - all grouped into themes for each month. There are plenty more that I didn't know, and I enjoyed reading through and picking out some that I will enjoy coming back to.

I did notice that two seemed very similar - the Iroquios prayer and the great spirit prayer are almost word for word, and they're only separated by one day which makes it even more obvious. However, as this is a proof, it's very likely that one is a place holder for something else that will go in before publication.

I enjoyed this; it's definitely prompted me to look out for more poetry, and I'll come back to this and try and read the one each day that it's designed for. I'll see how I go anyway! I love that they're grouped into themes and I think they suit the months well.

I enjoyed this and I'll be looking to pick up a few more by Allie to expand my knowledge!

This is a book filled with a wide variety of poems, by poets old and new (ish). It is split into months and within those months are poems that are thought to be relevant to the theme or themes for that month.
Poetry is a very subjective form of writing, and I’m not sure that I agree with all of the entries in the book, but there are just as likely to be people who have an opposing view to me.
I think this is a good book for people who have broad tastes in poetry, or that like to be challenged by poems that are outside of those that they normally enjoy.
All of that said, there are some really beautiful poems included and they range from the classics through to contemporary.
Overall this is a comprehensive, and largely enjoyable book that I would recommend.
My thanks to the author, the publisher and to NetGalley for gifting me this book. I am leaving this review of my own volition.

This is a really lovely collection. Each month has at least one theme and the poems are chosen accordingly. For my taste, there were perhaps too many nature poems in the summer months but there is something for everyone every month. Along with the usual suspects - no need to name them - I discovered poets new to me such as Oliver Herford, Phoebe Stuckes, Piet Hein, Derek Walcott and John Citizen. His poem, The Library of Love, is particularly appropriate (for Goodreads) and, I thought, quite fun. I hope you enjoy it!

I was out of date and antiquarian,
you dusted me off, you’re the librarian.
My pages were loose, I was unwinding.
You stapled me together, you’re my binding. Frightened to wear my heart
on my sleeve blurb,
too many nouns, you were the verb.
The end of my lines were well overdue,
you paid all my fines, you can renew.
I wanted to be a loan,
you took me out.
I was at a loss leader,
you’re my proof reader.
When no one credited me, you edited me. And when critics rubbished me.
You published me.
From the shelves below to the shelves above. You’re the librarian in the library of love.

With thanks to NetGalley and Pan MacMillan for a review copy.

A wide ranging selection of poems for adults for every day of the year. Some were new to me and some were old favourites and I loved dipping in to selection of different days. The collection has been beautifully selected and arranged which is no surprise given the editor’s previous volumes. I will definitely be putting this on my to buy list.

This is a book full of beautiful poems. I will definitely buy this when it is out.

This is more an anthology for adults though.