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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickinson 35 people voted »
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Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass
by Walt Whitman 35 people voted »
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Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg, William Carlos Williams (introduction) 33 people voted »
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Ariel
Ariel
by Sylvia Plath 27 people voted »
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The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems
by T.S. Eliot 23 people voted »
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The Complete Poems of John Keats
The Complete Poems of John Keats
by John Keats 21 people voted »
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Songs of Innocence And of Experience
Songs of Innocence And of Experience
by William Blake 21 people voted »
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Lunch Poems
Lunch Poems
by Frank O'Hara 20 people voted »
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Four Quartets
Four Quartets
by T.S. Eliot 18 people voted »
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Love Poems & Sonnets of William Shakespeare
Love Poems & Sonnets of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare 18 people voted »
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
by Langston Hughes 17 people voted »
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The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
by Wallace Stevens 17 people voted »
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Poems New and Collected
Poems New and Collected
by WisÅ‚awa Szymborska 16 people voted »
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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
by John Milton, John Leonard (Editor, Contributor) 16 people voted »
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The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
by Gerard Manley Hopkins 16 people voted »
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The Raven And Other Poems
The Raven And Other Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 15 people voted »
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John Donne's Poetry
John Donne's Poetry
by John Donne 15 people voted »
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The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
by William Butler Yeats 14 people voted »
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The Dream Songs
The Dream Songs
by John Berryman 13 people voted »
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The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
The Complete Poems, 1927-1979
by Elizabeth Bishop 11 people voted »
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Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays
Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays
by Robert Frost 11 people voted »
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The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke
by Theodore Roethke 10 people voted »
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Duino Elegies
Duino Elegies
by Rainer Maria Rilke 10 people voted »
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The Complete Sonnets and Poems
The Complete Sonnets and Poems
by William Shakespeare 9 people voted »
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The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems
by Sylvia Plath 9 people voted »
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Above the River: The Complete Poems
Above the River: The Complete Poems
by James Wright 9 people voted »
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Collected Poems
Collected Poems
by Philip Larkin 9 people voted »
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Collected Poems 1934-1952
Collected Poems 1934-1952
by Dylan Thomas 9 people voted »
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems
by John Ashbery (Goodreads author) 9 people voted »
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The Complete Poems of Hart Crane
The Complete Poems of Hart Crane
by Hart Crane, Harold Bloom 9 people voted »
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Prufrock and Other Observations
Prufrock and Other Observations
by T.S. Eliot 8 people voted »
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Transformations
Transformations
by Anne Sexton 8 people voted »
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War All the Time: Poems, 1981-1984
War All the Time: Poems, 1981-1984
by Charles Bukowski 8 people voted »
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100 Selected Poems by e. e. Cummings
100 Selected Poems by e. e. Cummings
by e.e. cummings 8 people voted »
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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrated Edition
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, Illustrate...
by T.S. Eliot, Edward Gorey (Illustrator) 8 people voted »
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Picnic, Lightning
Picnic, Lightning
by Billy Collins 7 people voted »
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Illuminations
Illuminations
by Arthur Rimbaud 7 people voted »
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The World Doesn't End
The World Doesn't End
by Charles Simic 6 people voted »
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The Portable Dorothy Parker
The Portable Dorothy Parker
by Dorothy Parker 6 people voted »
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The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged
The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems...
by Robert Frost 6 people voted »
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A Shropshire Lad
A Shropshire Lad
by A.E. Housman 6 people voted »
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Essential Rumi
Essential Rumi
by Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi 6 people voted »
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Anonymous, Seamus Heaney (Translator) 6 people voted »
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A Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems
A Child's Christmas in Wales & Five Poems
by Dylan Thomas 6 people voted »
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems
by George Gordon Byron 5 people voted »
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New and Selected Poems: Volume One
New and Selected Poems: Volume One
by Mary Oliver 5 people voted »
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100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor
100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor
by Pablo Neruda 5 people voted »
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems
by Robert Creeley 5 people voted »
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A Book of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry
A Book of Luminous Things: An International Ant...
by CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz (Editor) 5 people voted »
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A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems
A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems
by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 5 people voted »
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The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems
by Anne Sexton 5 people voted »
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Collected Sonnets
Collected Sonnets
by Edna St. Vincent Millay 5 people voted »
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Paterson
Paterson
by William Carlos Williams 5 people voted »
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The Complete Poems and Plays 1909-1950
The Complete Poems and Plays 1909-1950
by T.S. Eliot 5 people voted »
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Walking to Martha's Vineyard
Walking to Martha's Vineyard
by Franz Wright (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems
by Marina Tsvetaeva 4 people voted »
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The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New 1950-1984
The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New...
by Adrienne Rich 4 people voted »
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Three Poems
Three Poems
by John Ashbery (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
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Fresh Oil, Loose Gravel
Fresh Oil, Loose Gravel
by Maj Ragain 4 people voted »
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The Branch Will Not Break: Poems
The Branch Will Not Break: Poems
by James Wright 4 people voted »
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My Life
My Life
by Lyn Hejinian 4 people voted »
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The Promises of Glass
The Promises of Glass
by Michael Palmer 4 people voted »
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The Bridge: A Poem
The Bridge: A Poem
by Hart Crane 4 people voted »
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C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems
by Constantine P. Cavafy, Edmund Keeley (Translator) 4 people voted »
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New & Selected Poems 1974-1994
New & Selected Poems 1974-1994
by Stephen Dunn 4 people voted »
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems
by John Ashbery (Goodreads author) 4 people voted »
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The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You
by Frank Stanford 3 people voted »
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The Portable Beat Reader
The Portable Beat Reader
by Ann Charters 3 people voted »
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The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995
The Selected Poems of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1995
by Nikki Giovanni 3 people voted »
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The Complete Odes and Epodes
The Complete Odes and Epodes
by Quintus Horatius Flaccus 3 people voted »
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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
by Maya Angelou 3 people voted »
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Tulips & Chimneys
Tulips & Chimneys
by e.e. cummings 3 people voted »
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Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995
Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995
by Margaret Atwood 3 people voted »
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The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene
by Edmund Spenser 3 people voted »
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New Selected Poems
New Selected Poems
by Mark Strand 3 people voted »
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Crush
Crush
by Richard Siken 3 people voted »
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Spoon River Anthology
Spoon River Anthology
by Edgar Lee Masters 3 people voted »
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems
by William Carlos Williams 3 people voted »
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W.H. Auden: Selected Poems
W.H. Auden: Selected Poems
by W.H. Auden 3 people voted »
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The Cantos of Ezra Pound
The Cantos of Ezra Pound
by Ezra Pound 3 people voted »
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Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale
Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale
by Sara Teasdale 3 people voted »
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Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs
by Leonard Cohen 3 people voted »
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Chicago Poems
Chicago Poems
by Carl Sandburg 3 people voted »
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The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translator) 3 people voted »
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Poesia Completa De Alejandra Pizarnik
Poesia Completa De Alejandra Pizarnik
by Alejandra Pizarnik 2 people voted »
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Blood Sugar
Blood Sugar
by Nicole Blackman (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
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Shelley's Poetry and Prose
Shelley's Poetry and Prose
by Percy Bysshe Shelley 2 people voted »
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Unscrambled Eggs
Unscrambled Eggs
by Nadia Janice Brown (Goodreads author) 2 people voted »
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The First Death
The First Death
by Dimitris Lyacos 2 people voted »
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Crow
Crow
by Ted Hughes 2 people voted »
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Midwinter Day
Midwinter Day
by Bernadette Mayer 2 people voted »
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Work of a Common Woman: The Collected Poetry of Judy Grahn 1964-1977
Work of a Common Woman: The Collected Poetry of...
by Judy Grahn 2 people voted »
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Counter-Attack and Other Poems
Counter-Attack and Other Poems
by Siegfried Sassoon 2 people voted »
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message 1: by Lea (new)

403491 I HAD to stop at fifteen. There were so many favorites, so little time!


message 3: by Canary (new)

1883731 I have tried over 5 times to add Cracked by Alice Shapiro and it won't take here. If you are able to get it work please add this book for me. thanks


message 4: by Steven (last edited Sep 14, 2009 01:02AM) (new)

1283483 Alice, Cracked - Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance, by Alice Shapiro is on the list now, at 297 last time I checked. I was able to add it from my list of books...wouldn't come up at first though...see if you can vote on it now.Alice Shapiro


message 5: by Canary (new)

1883731 Steven wrote: "Alice, Cracked - Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance, by Alice Shapiro is on the list now, at 297 last time I checked. I was able to add it from my list of books...wouldn't come up a..."

Thanks Steve, I finally got back here to vote for her. I found this link again via book lady.




message 6: by Xenophon (new)

2026345 I'm surprised that some of the classic anthologies aren't ranked higher.


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