Contemporary American Poetry

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A Conceptual Circus
A Conceptual Circus 4.48 avg rating — 284 ratings
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The Dust of Us: Poems
The Dust of Us: Poems 4.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
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An Old Man
An Old Man 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Culling of the Fold
The Culling of the Fold 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Woody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast
Woody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Branch Will Not Break
The Branch Will Not Break 4.39 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
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Anxiety
Anxiety 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Thrall
Thrall 4.13 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
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Dead Horses
Dead Horses 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
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New and Selected Poems, Volume One
New and Selected Poems, Volume One 4.54 avg rating — 14,328 ratings
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The Hunted River
The Hunted River 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.28 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Gravedigger's Roots
The Gravedigger's Roots 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Bullets in the Jewelry Box
Bullets in the Jewelry Box 4.62 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Mosslight
Mosslight 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Stealing Hymnals from the Choir
Stealing Hymnals from the Choir 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Controlled Hallucinations
Controlled Hallucinations 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings
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White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems
White Pine: Poems and Prose Poems 4.23 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
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Fugitive Pigments
Fugitive Pigments 4.59 avg rating — 46 ratings
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Beyond the Bones
Beyond the Bones really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
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No Loneliness
No Loneliness 4.40 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Anatomy of a Poet
Anatomy of a Poet
by: C.J. Heck
4.07 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Butterflies and Lies: Poems
Butterflies and Lies: Poems 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Mysterious Acts by My People
Mysterious Acts by My People 4.45 avg rating — 78 ratings
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American Society: What Poets See
American Society: What Poets See 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Dead Wendy
Dead Wendy 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Walking to Martha's Vineyard: Poems
Walking to Martha's Vineyard: Poems 4.09 avg rating — 1,497 ratings
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Mirror of My Soul
Mirror of My Soul 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Naming the Dead
Naming the Dead 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Prince of Shadows
Prince of Shadows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Venusian Mysteries
Venusian Mysteries 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Archeology of the Circle: New and Selected Poems
Archeology of the Circle: New and Selected Poems 4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Dark Eyes
Dark Eyes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Shadowborn
Shadowborn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Blood and Shadows
Blood and Shadows really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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A Coney Island of the Mind
A Coney Island of the Mind 4.16 avg rating — 12,186 ratings
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Empty Wells
Empty Wells 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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FutureCycle 2011: An Anthology of Poetry and Flash Fiction
FutureCycle 2011: An Anthology of Poetry and Flash Fiction it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
by: Joy Harjo
4.31 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
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Stone Tower
Stone Tower 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Dragon Waif
Dragon Waif it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Silver Velvet
Silver Velvet 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Adsum Dominie
Adsum Dominie 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Red Coat
The Red Coat 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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What the Mouth Was Made For
What the Mouth Was Made For 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Wild Plums
Wild Plums it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Before Kodachrome
Before Kodachrome it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Air Swimmer
Air Swimmer 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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One Man's Profit
One Man's Profit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Dazzling Wobble
Dazzling Wobble 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Leave It Behind
Leave It Behind 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Simple Weight
Simple Weight 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Whatever It Takes to Makes Us Feel Alive
Whatever It Takes to Makes Us Feel Alive 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Joan Colby: Selected Poems
Joan Colby: Selected Poems 4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Bright Dead Things
Bright Dead Things
by: Ada Limon
4.20 avg rating — 13,804 ratings
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Before Whose Glory
Before Whose Glory it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Fast Animal
Fast Animal 4.24 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Poetic Trash
Poetic Trash really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Falling in Caves
Falling in Caves 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Rainy Day Poems
Rainy Day Poems 3.91 avg rating — 123 ratings
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Talks with the Moon King
Talks with the Moon King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Burnt Lips: Thoughts, jokes, sadness, joy, love of the alien
Burnt Lips: Thoughts, jokes, sadness, joy, love of the alien 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Revenge of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster
Revenge of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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For the Love of Words: A Book of Poetry and Short Stories
For the Love of Words: A Book of Poetry and Short Stories it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Incorrect Astronomy
Incorrect Astronomy 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Twilight Dips
Twilight Dips 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Things I Remember
Things I Remember really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
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60 Textos
60 Textos 3.89 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Thru The Eyes And Mind Of A Poet: A Journey To Remember
Thru The Eyes And Mind Of A Poet: A Journey To Remember 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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And I Was Hungry- poem
And I Was Hungry- poem 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Penguin Book of American Verse
The Penguin Book of American Verse 3.82 avg rating — 87 ratings
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This Book Needs A Title: Volume 2
This Book Needs A Title: Volume 2 3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Play Infinity
Play Infinity 4.38 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Rosalie Was All Night Without the Light
Rosalie Was All Night Without the Light 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Go
Go 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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6 weeks of white castle /n rust
6 weeks of white castle /n rust 4.56 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Chameleon: Omnibus Unum 2012-2016-Selected Poems and Stories
Chameleon: Omnibus Unum 2012-2016-Selected Poems and Stories 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Fairy Tales, Dreams and Other Heresies
Fairy Tales, Dreams and Other Heresies it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously
Wild Heart, Peaceful Soul: Poems and Inspiration to Live and Love Harmoniously really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Insomniacs, We
Insomniacs, We 3.50 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Unopened
Unopened 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Ghost Town Girls
Ghost Town Girls it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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New Moon by Half: A Lifetime in Poetry
New Moon by Half: A Lifetime in Poetry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Letters to the Home
Letters to the Home 4.33 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Encyclopedia of a Broken Heart: Poems
Encyclopedia of a Broken Heart: Poems
by: Jon Lupin
3.99 avg rating — 155 ratings
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I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry From A Beautiful Brain
I Am Schizophrenic: Poetry From A Beautiful Brain 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Bastards
Bastards 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Passenger
Passenger it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Poems About Unicorns, Superheros, Princesses, Soccer, The Color Yellow, Dolphins, Green Beans, Video Games, Tools and The Beach
Poems About Unicorns, Superheros, Princesses, Soccer, The Color Yellow, Dolphins, Green Beans, Video Games, Tools and The Beach 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Oil Spill
Oil Spill 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Poetry Unrequited
Poetry Unrequited it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Polarities
Polarities 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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While Bees Sleep
While Bees Sleep 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Black Girl, Call Home
Black Girl, Call Home 4.43 avg rating — 6,277 ratings
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Blue on a Blue Palette
Blue on a Blue Palette 4.47 avg rating — 17 ratings
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A Scrap in the Blessings Jar: New and Selected Poems
A Scrap in the Blessings Jar: New and Selected Poems 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Diamond Kisses
Diamond Kisses really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Fleeing Back
Fleeing Back 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls
Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls 4.22 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.34 avg rating — 256 ratings
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