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201	Dreams & Dew: Poems & Prose by Chriselda Barretto (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 333 ratings score: 725, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
202	She Said!: The Book of Quotes by Chriselda Barretto (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 339 ratings score: 723, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
203	Hymns and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin 4.41 avg rating — 226 ratings score: 722, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
204	The Gold Cell (Knopf Poetry Series) by Sharon Olds 4.22 avg rating — 2,600 ratings score: 721, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
205	The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde 4.43 avg rating — 3,782 ratings score: 703, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
206	Nine Horses by Billy Collins 4.18 avg rating — 4,938 ratings score: 702, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
207	The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets by Sam Hamill (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 436 ratings score: 701, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
208	Rain and Embers by Ali Nuri 4.38 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 700, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
209	The Last Night of the Earth Poems by Charles Bukowski 4.30 avg rating — 8,054 ratings score: 699, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
210	Still Another Day by Pablo Neruda 3.86 avg rating — 203 ratings score: 698, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
211	Poena Damni: Nyctivoe by Dimitris Lyacos 4.83 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 694, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
212	A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far by Adrienne Rich 4.27 avg rating — 881 ratings score: 687, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
213	Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 4.32 avg rating — 11,627 ratings score: 685, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
214	The Culling of the Fold by Jessika Bat (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 675, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
215	Love & Misadventure by Lang Leav (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 58,082 ratings score: 670, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
216	Three Poems by John Ashbery 4.48 avg rating — 373 ratings score: 668, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
216	The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1) by Amanda Lovelace 3.82 avg rating — 157,189 ratings score: 668, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
218	Walking to Martha's Vineyard: Poems by Franz Wright 4.09 avg rating — 1,507 ratings score: 667, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
218	The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō 4.02 avg rating — 6,252 ratings score: 667, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
220	The Beautiful: Collected Poems by Michelle Tea 4.08 avg rating — 446 ratings score: 664, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
221	The Bedbug and Selected Poetry by Vladimir Mayakovsky 4.20 avg rating — 3,082 ratings score: 659, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
222	Odes and Epodes by Horatius really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,092 ratings score: 655, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
223	The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,014 ratings score: 653, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
223	The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You by Frank Stanford 4.66 avg rating — 496 ratings score: 653, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
225	Capital of Pain by Paul Éluard 4.08 avg rating — 2,322 ratings score: 650, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
226	Selected poems by Denise Levertov 4.18 avg rating — 656 ratings score: 646, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
226	The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser 3.58 avg rating — 17,185 ratings score: 646, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
228	Tulips & Chimneys by E.E. Cummings 4.32 avg rating — 1,415 ratings score: 641, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
228	The Way Things Are by Lucretius 3.97 avg rating — 14,301 ratings score: 641, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
230	A Tear and a Smile by Kahlil Gibran 3.95 avg rating — 5,978 ratings score: 640, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
231	The Black Unicorn: Poems (Norton Paperback) by Audre Lorde 4.34 avg rating — 3,545 ratings score: 637, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
231	The Creep by Chriselda Barretto (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 326 ratings score: 637, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
233	, said the shotgun to the head. by Saul Williams 4.21 avg rating — 3,199 ratings score: 631, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
234	Early Writings by Ezra Pound 3.89 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 626, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
235	The American Night: The Lost Writings, Vol. 2 by Jim Morrison 3.97 avg rating — 3,415 ratings score: 624, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
236	The Poems of Georg Trakl by Georg Trakl 4.29 avg rating — 517 ratings score: 619, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
237	Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 4.26 avg rating — 51,037 ratings score: 617, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
238	Collected Poems, 1947-1980 by Allen Ginsberg 4.18 avg rating — 7,042 ratings score: 616, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
239	Opened Ground by Seamus Heaney 4.27 avg rating — 5,816 ratings score: 615, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
240	Counter-Attack and Other Poems by Siegfried Sassoon 4.28 avg rating — 170 ratings score: 613, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
241	Poems of Schiller by Friedrich Schiller 4.02 avg rating — 412 ratings score: 611, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
241	Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore 4.29 avg rating — 11,670 ratings score: 611, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
241	The Last Gold of Expired Stars: Complete Poems 1908-1914 by Georg Trakl 4.41 avg rating — 280 ratings score: 611, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
244	Turtle Island by Gary Snyder 4.09 avg rating — 4,528 ratings score: 601, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
245	Averno by Louise Glück 4.18 avg rating — 7,029 ratings score: 598, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
245	Cottonmouth Kisses by Clint Catalyst 4.15 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 598, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
247	The Pustoy by Philippe Blenkiron 4.74 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 596, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
248	Complete Poems by George Seferis 4.54 avg rating — 131 ratings score: 593, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
249	From Where I Stand by Robert Zimmermann (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 591, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
250	The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (Editor) 4.05 avg rating — 5,973 ratings score: 586, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
251	The Axion Esti by Odysseas Elytis 4.60 avg rating — 1,156 ratings score: 582, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
252	Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen 3.99 avg rating — 11,954 ratings score: 580, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
253	Mystically Beautiful by Teresa Joseph Franklin 4.50 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 578, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
254	Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's Poems by Emily Dickinson 4.27 avg rating — 2,080 ratings score: 571, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
255	The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1) by Dr. Seuss 4.19 avg rating — 578,149 ratings score: 566, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
256	Ariel: The Restored Edition by Sylvia Plath 4.24 avg rating — 8,564 ratings score: 562, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
257	One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine: A Bilingual Edition by Paul Verlaine 4.09 avg rating — 260 ratings score: 561, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
258	The Golden Gate by Vikram Seth 3.88 avg rating — 9,007 ratings score: 560, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
259	The Book of Gods and Devils by Charles Simic 4.06 avg rating — 337 ratings score: 559, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
260	Civil War Poetry and Prose by Walt Whitman 4.02 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 547, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
261	The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy 4.11 avg rating — 10,724 ratings score: 537, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
262	Renascence and Other Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.22 avg rating — 1,391 ratings score: 536, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
263	Tell Me by Kim Addonizio (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,445 ratings score: 525, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
264	Stanzas in Meditation by Gertrude Stein 4.28 avg rating — 235 ratings score: 523, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
265	I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Ogden Nash 4.02 avg rating — 165 ratings score: 515, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
266	Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete by Alice Walker 4.21 avg rating — 965 ratings score: 508, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
267	Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong 4.18 avg rating — 48,462 ratings score: 505, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
268	The Trouble With Poetry - And Other Poems by Billy Collins 4.16 avg rating — 7,417 ratings score: 501, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
269	Poems and Songs by Robert Burns 4.06 avg rating — 2,363 ratings score: 500, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
269	An Old Man by Eric M. Black (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
269	An Inkling Hope: Select Poems by Erin A. Thomas (Goodreads Author) 3.76 avg rating — 37 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
269	More To Life by Jacob Lasher (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 500, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
273	Anatomy of a Poet by C.J. Heck (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 499, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
274	City Sticks by A.H. Sewell (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 498, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
275	Singularities (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Susan Howe (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 288 ratings score: 497, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
275	Gasoline & The Vestal Lady on Brattle (City Lights Pocket Poets Series, #8) by Gregory Corso 3.99 avg rating — 1,447 ratings score: 497, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
277	Love Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.19 avg rating — 410 ratings score: 495, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
278	Prayers Poems Songs by M. Cesar (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 493, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
279	Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis 4.37 avg rating — 312 ratings score: 492, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
280	Poems and Fragments by Sappho 4.17 avg rating — 11,103 ratings score: 491, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
281	Le Monogramme by Odysseas Elytis 4.74 avg rating — 3,122 ratings score: 490, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
282	We Walk Alone by Mariah E. Wilson (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings score: 487, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
283	Poesía completa by Alejandra Pizarnik 4.56 avg rating — 10,081 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
283	The Art of Love by Ovid 3.71 avg rating — 7,348 ratings score: 485, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
285	The Country Between Us by Carolyn Forché (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 2,770 ratings score: 484, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
286	Tao Te Ching: A New English Version by Lao Tzu 4.29 avg rating — 178,642 ratings score: 482, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
287	Dogs in Lingerie by Danielle Willis 4.30 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 481, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
288	Stupid Poems by Linda De Quincey (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 35 ratings score: 480, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
289	Crossing the Water by Sylvia Plath 4.09 avg rating — 2,985 ratings score: 477, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
290	Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 21,218 ratings score: 476, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
291	Complete Poems by Marianne Moore 4.02 avg rating — 3,154 ratings score: 475, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
291	Caresses Soft as Sandpaper by Clint Catalyst 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 475, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
293	The Collected Poems, 1956-1998 by Zbigniew Herbert 4.43 avg rating — 1,102 ratings score: 473, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
294	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss 4.38 avg rating — 440,940 ratings score: 472, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
295	Echoes From a Cobbled Street: Stories and Poems from the North West by David Hayes 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
296	Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto 4.04 avg rating — 4,057 ratings score: 468, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
297	Wilderness: The Lost Writings, Vol. 1 by Jim Morrison 3.97 avg rating — 4,063 ratings score: 467, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
298	Life on Mars: Poems by Tracy K. Smith 4.09 avg rating — 9,977 ratings score: 465, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
299	Poems, 1965-1975: Death of a Naturalist / Door Into the Dark / Wintering Out / North by Seamus Heaney 4.22 avg rating — 822 ratings score: 463, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
300	Jelly Roll by Kevin Young 4.01 avg rating — 486 ratings score: 459, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Lea (new)

Sep 05, 2008 04:15PM

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

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message 2: by Stevie (new)

Jul 18, 2009 06:16PM

The Lost Lunar Baedeker Poems of Mina Loy

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message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 13, 2009 09:57PM

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

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

Sep 14, 2009 01:00AM

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

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message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 10, 2009 05:58PM

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.

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message 6: by Xenophon (new)

Oct 16, 2009 06:31AM

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

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message 7: by John (new)

Jul 03, 2010 03:43AM

A Salute to Spanish Poetry: 100 Masterpieces from Spain and Latin America rendered into English verse by John Howard Reid

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message 8: by Nicole (new)

Sep 19, 2010 03:02PM

yum

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message 9: by Christine (new)

Feb 08, 2011 12:06PM

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message 10: by Matthew (new)

Feb 27, 2011 05:51PM

To Kill a Mockingbird

Since when was #138, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a book of poetry?

It's prose fiction, and nothing but prose fiction.

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message 11: by M. (new)

Sep 04, 2011 04:30AM

Interesting to me how Jack Gilbert and Eugenio Montale are still not known as well as they should be, at least among people who supposedly read poetry. Both of them great poets, and Jack is still alive. Also interesting that I only have one collection even rated of the so-called top 100 books so far listed. Probably why I hate poetry.

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message 12: by Mick (new)

Dec 01, 2011 07:16PM

I've added Langston Hughes and May Swenson because they need to be here.

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message 13: by Tiffany (new)

May 08, 2012 06:41PM

"Lucky Charms" poetry by Poetess Tiffany Tolbert

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message 14: by Beth A. (new)

May 18, 2012 07:57PM

Just too many to go through...if your interested in a smallish group for sharing your own please join...
http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/6...

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message 15: by Kitten Reads (new)

Jul 09, 2012 08:04AM

I'm a newbie at poetry, so I'll look for these titles ;)

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message 16: by Mimi (new)

Mar 06, 2013 05:37AM

The Circle Game: Poems

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message 17: by Thomas (new)

Mar 16, 2013 12:20PM

Ethel Mortenson Davis I Sleep Between the Moons of New Mexico White Ermine Across Her Shoulders
Powerful, imagistic poetry

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message 18: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Mar 29, 2013 01:15AM) (new)

Mar 29, 2013 01:13AM

I've added several poetry books but I've also deleted several novels: All of Jane Austen's novels, Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', Melville's 'Moby Dick' and Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind'.

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message 19: by Roger (new)

Apr 17, 2013 06:01AM

I think it is imp[ossible to tell what is best. What are the criteria? For many folks it will come down to 'what I like'.
Poems are set in a context both near and remote and personal. It is like saying A scored higher on an IQ test so she is better than B.
It is true that there may be bad poetry as there are bad songs. "Raise high the flags, stand rank on rank together...and so on" Bad poetry and song because of the results. This is the Utilitarian view. But then put just those words and may some of the other verses into a different context and the poetry might be good. That is 'on the side of the angels'.
Robert Burns and Shakespeare are not mentioned. Why not they certainly compare with Milton and John Donne.
You have set us an impossible task.

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message 20: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Apr 18, 2013 03:37PM) (new)

Apr 17, 2013 06:41AM

Roger wrote: "Robert Burns and Shakespeare are not mentioned. Why not they certainly compare with Milton and John Donne...."

Shakespeare's Sonnets was the first book in this Listopia I voted for (and 94 others voted for this books as well...).

I've also added The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns.

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message 21: by Sylvain (new)

Sep 11, 2013 08:42PM

HEARTFELT BARING ALL (#5) only has 16 ratings but has 110 votes? Odd...

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message 22: by AnnMarie (new)

Jun 06, 2014 04:55PM

Sylvain wrote: "HEARTFELT BARING ALL (#5) only has 16 ratings but has 110 votes? Odd..."

My guess is because the votes it received weren't the first vote for that user. A #1 vote will give a book 100 points, whereas a #100 vote will just give 1 point. Does that make sense?

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message 23: by AnnMarie (new)

Jun 06, 2014 04:57PM

Can anyone tell me why my own poetry book may have been removed from this list? I had nearly 100 votes before it was removed and I have not seen any reason why it was. Is it simply the opinion that it is too new to count?

Thank you!

Whispering Tears: A Book of Poetry

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message 24: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:27AM

p. 12: 'Snow' by Orhan Pamuk is not a poetry book but a novel.

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message 25: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:28AM

The Tale of Peter Rabbit? also on p. 12.

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message 26: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:29AM

p. 11: Pretty sure "The Dinner" by Koch is a novel.

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message 27: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:30AM

Same with "Life of Pi."

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message 28: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:31AM

P. 10, "The Lion of Cairo" appears to be a fantasy novel.

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message 29: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:33AM

P. 9, "Dare to Surrender" is an erotic novel.

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message 30: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 12:34AM

Same with "Off the Record" by K.A. Linde...p. 9

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message 31: by Jan C (new)

Nov 01, 2014 05:02PM

Isn't The Merchant of Venice (p. 3) a drama?

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message 32: by Jan C (new)

Nov 01, 2014 05:06PM

What's with Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (p. 4) - that was some kind of a novel. Even if I didn't make it past p. 25.

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message 33: by Jan C (new)

Nov 01, 2014 05:15PM

Island of the Blue Dolphins (p. 8) is a novel.

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message 34: by Tinderbox (new)

May 31, 2015 08:01PM

Jan C wrote: "Isn't The Merchant of Venice (p. 3) a drama?"

Drama in verse. I'd count it in both categories.

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message 35: by Ulla (new)

Aug 20, 2016 05:22AM

AnnMarie wrote: "Sylvain wrote: "HEARTFELT BARING ALL (#5) only has 16 ratings but has 110 votes? Odd..."

My guess is because the votes it received weren't the first vote for that user. A #1 vote will give a book ..."

Yes, not only the number of votes counts, but they are weighted by the position in the list of the voter.

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message 36: by Selina (new)

Apr 07, 2017 07:28AM

the rubaiyat of omar khayyam The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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message 37: by Ramanuja (new)

Apr 09, 2019 10:15PM

I would have felt happy had the poetry of Adonis and Mahmoud Darwish is also included in your list of best books.
Ramanuja Rao

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message 38: by Vicki (new)

May 02, 2019 10:09AM

p. 12 Pride and Prejudice needs to be pruned out.

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message 39: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

May 02, 2019 01:52PM

Vicki wrote: "p. 12 Pride and Prejudice needs to be pruned out."

Done.

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message 40: by Sam (last edited May 07, 2019 09:31PM) (new)

May 07, 2019 09:31PM

For Poems of Love and Letting Go , it's amazing how the poems in this book mirror how I feel at times. It's nice to know someone feels the same way as I do and was able to put into words the emotions I even can't describe myself.