Nocturnes and Aubades: a reading list

For those of you who’ve taken my workshop on nocturnes and aubades, or who simply enjoy the form–here’s a list of poems for further study/enjoyment. Dive in!

AUBADES:

Aubade with Cutlery and Crickets by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Three Friends by Mark Van Doren

Aubade by Allan Gray

Aubade by Tracy K. Smith

Another Trashy Aubade by Evan Zimroth

Aubade by Irene Latham

Aubade for West African History by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Leave Taking by Louise Bogan.

Aubade Beginning in Handcuffs by Torrin A. Greathouse

Aubade by Amber Flora Thomas

Under Two Windows (1. Aubade 2. Nocturne) by Schuyler Van Rensselaer

 

NOCTURNES

Nocturne by Reuben Dario

A Clear Midnight by Walt Whitman

Nocturne by Wayne Miller

Nocturne by Louise Gluck

Nocturne by Wanda Coleman

The Body Electric by James Crews

The Night in Isla Negra by Pablo Neruda

The Fury of Sunsets by Anne Sexton

Going by Philip Larkin

Stone Canyon Nocturne by Charles Wright

Nocturne by W. S. Di Piero

Nocturne by Eavan Boland

Nocturne by Li-young Lee

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