The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems | Patricia Smith (Author) Lissette Norman grappling with what to do

grappling with what to do with her frozen embryos

You can be one of them if you choose to be

chasing your dreams

How much do I love you

That was the second grade

The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems | Patricia Smith (Author) Lissette Norman grappling with what to doWINNER OF THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY Patricia Smith is the greatest living poet. Every book is better than the last. Danez Smith, The Guardian A collection of the finest new and selected poems from one of the most groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry, a masterful performer and poet of voices too little heard (Poetry Foundation). The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across Patricia Smiths