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500	The Lucky Boy by Caroline Gerardo (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 222, and 3 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
500	Winter Sky: New and Selected Poems, 1968-2008 (A Brown Thrasher Books Original) by Coleman Barks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 222, and 3 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
503	Facts About the Moon by Dorianne Laux (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 908 ratings score: 221, and 3 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
504	White Elephant by Phil Volatile (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 220, and 3 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
505	Monolithos: Poems, 1962 and 1982 by Jack Gilbert 4.30 avg rating — 276 ratings score: 218, and 3 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
506	A Night Without Armor: Poems by Jewel 3.54 avg rating — 4,513 ratings score: 217, and 3 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
506	Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis 4.27 avg rating — 1,669 ratings score: 217, and 3 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
508	Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork by Richard Brautigan 4.12 avg rating — 999 ratings score: 213, and 3 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
509	New Selected Poems by Mark Strand 4.20 avg rating — 324 ratings score: 212, and 3 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
509	Love and Other Collisions by Joseph Mills (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 212, and 3 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
509	Romancero gitano by Federico García Lorca 4.23 avg rating — 14,146 ratings score: 212, and 3 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
512	The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Hanshan 4.40 avg rating — 884 ratings score: 211, and 3 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
513	Bone Silence by Peycho Kanev (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 210, and 3 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
513	Masculine Beauty: A Collection of Walt Whitman's Poetry Of Same-Sex Affection by Walt Whitman 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 210, and 3 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
515	Selected Poems of William Blake by William Blake 4.10 avg rating — 3,965 ratings score: 209, and 3 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
516	Basho: The Complete Haiku by Matsuo Bashō 4.45 avg rating — 1,024 ratings score: 208, and 3 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
516	She by Saul Williams 4.21 avg rating — 1,994 ratings score: 208, and 3 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
518	The Broken Wings by Kahlil Gibran 3.96 avg rating — 27,870 ratings score: 204, and 3 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
518	Dover Beach and Other Poems by Matthew Arnold 3.89 avg rating — 1,587 ratings score: 204, and 3 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
518	Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost 4.40 avg rating — 11,083 ratings score: 204, and 3 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
521	The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 36,278 ratings score: 203, and 3 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
522	Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton 4.07 avg rating — 7,899 ratings score: 201, and 3 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
522	Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.19 avg rating — 10,319 ratings score: 201, and 3 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
524	The Voice At 3:00 A.m.: Selected Late and New Poems by Charles Simic 4.09 avg rating — 896 ratings score: 200, and 4 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
524	Romantic Poetry: 150 Poems for Love and Romance by Emily Browning 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Dreaming My Animal Selves: Le Songe de mes Ames Animales by Helene Cardona (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Micro Erotica by Chris S. Dixon -writer (Goodreads Author) 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	The War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon 4.21 avg rating — 2,847 ratings score: 200, and 3 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
524	Love Will Burst into a Thousand Shapes by Eaton Hamilton (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Gleanings by Ellen Christie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 200, and 2 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
524	Out of Danger by James Fenton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 91 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Verses From A Deeply Darkened Mind by Mary Genevieve Fortier (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Igniting Passions by David S. Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	The Feeling May Remain by Akif Kichloo (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Soft Tortures by P.A. Bitez (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Dystopia and Derelict Dreams: Poems by Arvyn Cerezo (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 72 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Poems from a Runaway by Ben Westwood (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	A Year of Mornings by Andrea McKenzie Raine (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Sonnets for Christ the King by Joseph Charles MacKenzie (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Ruthless. Heartless! Loveless. by Holly Star (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Poems of Love and Letting Go by Jocelyn Soriano (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	The Golden Years by Grasshopper Bot (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Finding Identity by Silenus (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Unhinged: Putting the Pieces Back Together by Olena Rose (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Pe urmele șamanului albastru by Miruna Drăghici (Goodreads Author) (author, illustrator) 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	The Secret Face: Sad Poems About Life (Artificial Imagination Book 1) by Elektra Flowers (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Bone Flake: A Poetic Maniac by Keith J. Beasley it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	If This Is the Age We End Discovery by Rosebud Ben-Oni (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 126 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	A Middle Finger to My Muse: Saucy, snotty, sassy, heartbroken, lovey dovey, mad, mush, poetry by the leap year poet by Elizabeth Grace Jones (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
524	Gothic Poems to Love & Liberty: A Collection of Poems on Myths & Broken Hearts by Mason Carter (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 200, and 2 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
551	The Charnel Rose, Senlin: a Biography, and Other Poems by Conrad Aiken 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	Unleashed Poems by Jennifer Raygoza (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	Prayers & Poetry by Rashawn Johnson (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	Between The Lines: Volumes of Words Unspoken by Céline Zabad 4.13 avg rating — 134 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	Poetic Emanations of Light, Life, Love & Liberty by Lita-Luise Chappell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	From the Mundane to the Magical by Lita-Luise Chappell (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
551	Infun Rani Tatt by HARMAN 4.45 avg rating — 581 ratings score: 199, and 2 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
558	Sevda Sözleri by Cemal Süreya 4.45 avg rating — 6,187 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Spíonáin is Róiseanna by nuala-ni-dhomhnaill 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Les Contemplations by Victor Hugo 3.96 avg rating — 3,779 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Actual Air by David Berman 4.39 avg rating — 4,018 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Magic City (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by Yusef Komunyakaa 4.16 avg rating — 385 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Turning a Train of Thought Upside Down: An Anthology of Women's Poetry by Andrena Zawinski really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	The Mind by John Fitzgerald (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	A World of Terror (ASMSG Collections, #4) by Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author) (Publisher) 4.67 avg rating — 101 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Cantos de Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont 4.14 avg rating — 4,664 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	New Beat Newbie by Harry Whitewolf (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Verse for Ages by Colleen Thatcher 4.71 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Book One: Sporadic Memories by Ali Marsman (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Butterflies and Lies: Poems by Lynn Wolff 4.40 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	The Little Light (The Guardians of the Lore #1) by Dipa Sanatani (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 201 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	Everything is Okay by Stephanie Dunham (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
558	The Side Effects Of Being Young (The Leap Year Poet Book 2) by Elizabeth Grace Jones (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 198, and 2 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
574	Treason: Poems by Terese Svoboda (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 197, and 3 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
574	Good Poems for Hard Times by Garrison Keillor (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 3,274 ratings score: 197, and 3 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
574	Wszystkie wiersze by Halina Poświatowska 4.54 avg rating — 324 ratings score: 197, and 2 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
574	An Elven Game of Rhymes: Book Two of the Magical Poems of Zardoa Silverstar by The Silver Elves (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 197, and 2 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
574	The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer 4.19 avg rating — 8,204 ratings score: 197, and 2 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
574	Sonnets to a Young Man by William Shakespeare 4.19 avg rating — 36 ratings score: 197, and 2 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
574	Belly of the Beast by Ashe Vernon (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 155 ratings score: 197, and 2 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
581	Espantapájaros by Oliverio Girondo 4.23 avg rating — 977 ratings score: 196, and 2 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
581	Georgian Poetry: Poems by D.H. Lawrence, Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden, Walter de la Mare & others by Keith Hale it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 196, and 2 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
581	A Shropshire Lad and Last Poems: For the Love of Moses by A.E. Housman 4.06 avg rating — 185 ratings score: 196, and 2 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
581	Abandoned Breaths by Alfa Holden (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 376 ratings score: 196, and 2 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
581	Book Two: Because of Grandfather by Ali Marsman (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings score: 196, and 2 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
586	The Beautifully Worthless by Ali Liebegott 3.99 avg rating — 297 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Baudelaire Collection by Charles Baudelaire it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	I Have to Go Back to 1994 and Kill a Girl: Poems by Karyna McGlynn (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 419 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Telling Time by the Shadows by John Fitzgerald (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Spring Water by John Fitzgerald (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Love Poems by Pablo Neruda 4.18 avg rating — 10,242 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski 4.14 avg rating — 116,521 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Li Po and Tu Fu: Poems by Li Po 4.11 avg rating — 585 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar 4.23 avg rating — 8,169 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Το ξυράφι του Όκαμ by Αλέξιος Μάινας it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	Τα ποίηματα Α΄: 1897-1918 by Constantinos P. Cavafy 4.72 avg rating — 356 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	What About This: Collected Poems of Frank Stanford by Frank Stanford 4.49 avg rating — 329 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
586	View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems by Wisława Szymborska 4.33 avg rating — 5,300 ratings score: 195, and 2 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
599	Poems Retrieved by Frank O'Hara 4.04 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 194, and 2 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
599	Refusing Heaven: Poems by Jack Gilbert 4.23 avg rating — 1,701 ratings score: 194, and 3 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

Being that Valentine's Day is just around the corner - now is the time to put together the list of poetry books you want...send them to your someone special so they know what to get you.

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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.