Angela María Spring writes: “Poetry has always existed as humanity’s port in the storm and the keeper of our histories. As the past two years have dumped an endless deluge of fear, sickness, anxiety, and grief upon the world, the poets march steadily forward. Even among a time when so many have had to temper their joy at their first books arriving in the world, we kept writing, publishing, adapting to virtual events. The small presses are often those who make the most daring decisions and publish the most diverse array of poetic voices but whose reach is much narrower. So let us celebrate this—very small—sampling of brilliant collections you may have missed in 2021.”