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1	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,989 ratings score: 29,388, and 302 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
2	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 4.11 avg rating — 115,197 ratings score: 24,524, and 253 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
3	Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare 4.25 avg rating — 111,057 ratings score: 21,957, and 227 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
4	Ariel by Sylvia Plath 4.19 avg rating — 87,556 ratings score: 21,157, and 218 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
5	The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.22 avg rating — 73,049 ratings score: 20,933, and 217 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
6	The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 4.30 avg rating — 46,443 ratings score: 17,293, and 181 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
7	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.13 avg rating — 117,892 ratings score: 14,811, and 155 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
8	Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda 4.20 avg rating — 80,303 ratings score: 14,626, and 152 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
9	The Complete Poems by John Keats 4.25 avg rating — 24,294 ratings score: 13,376, and 141 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
10	Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 4.09 avg rating — 51,215 ratings score: 12,139, and 131 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
11	The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating — 39,845 ratings score: 11,793, and 126 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
12	Paradise Lost by John Milton 3.85 avg rating — 178,996 ratings score: 10,946, and 117 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
13	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire 4.20 avg rating — 78,468 ratings score: 10,639, and 115 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
14	The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 49,082 ratings score: 10,506, and 112 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
15	The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso by Dante Alighieri 4.08 avg rating — 168,564 ratings score: 10,144, and 110 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
16	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.35 avg rating — 1,489,407 ratings score: 10,124, and 107 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
17	100 Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings 4.28 avg rating — 29,293 ratings score: 9,712, and 103 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
18	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 19,523 ratings score: 9,181, and 98 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
19	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3.97 avg rating — 62,034 ratings score: 9,028, and 99 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
20	The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath 4.25 avg rating — 50,088 ratings score: 8,969, and 96 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
21	The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks (Translator) 4.39 avg rating — 50,184 ratings score: 8,688, and 93 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
22	Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.39 avg rating — 9,888 ratings score: 8,683, and 94 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
23	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.23 avg rating — 323,168 ratings score: 8,597, and 93 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
24	Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas 4.20 avg rating — 17,423 ratings score: 7,212, and 79 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
25	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.52 avg rating — 235,468 ratings score: 7,032, and 78 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
26	Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud 4.32 avg rating — 13,744 ratings score: 7,014, and 77 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
27	Beowulf by Unknown 3.50 avg rating — 339,998 ratings score: 6,629, and 74 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
28	The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes 4.36 avg rating — 18,192 ratings score: 6,501, and 71 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
29	The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 4.29 avg rating — 16,711 ratings score: 6,411, and 69 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
30	The Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens 4.27 avg rating — 11,556 ratings score: 6,404, and 69 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
31	The Complete English Poems by John Donne 4.15 avg rating — 9,900 ratings score: 6,278, and 68 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
32	Crush by Richard Siken 4.34 avg rating — 41,465 ratings score: 6,265, and 66 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
33	The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot 4.11 avg rating — 58,160 ratings score: 6,066, and 70 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
34	100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda 4.34 avg rating — 18,367 ratings score: 5,742, and 63 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
35	The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.36 avg rating — 17,084 ratings score: 5,701, and 64 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
36	Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara 4.15 avg rating — 13,222 ratings score: 5,412, and 58 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
37	The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.32 avg rating — 22,507 ratings score: 5,310, and 59 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
38	Metamorphoses by Ovid 4.10 avg rating — 76,874 ratings score: 5,182, and 60 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
39	The Iliad by Homer 3.93 avg rating — 498,632 ratings score: 5,124, and 57 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
40	Song of Myself by Walt Whitman 4.16 avg rating — 15,755 ratings score: 5,101, and 59 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
41	The Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop 4.20 avg rating — 12,990 ratings score: 4,914, and 54 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
42	Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays by Robert Frost 4.32 avg rating — 6,265 ratings score: 4,715, and 51 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
43	The Odyssey by Homer 3.83 avg rating — 1,165,436 ratings score: 4,677, and 53 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
44	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot 4.07 avg rating — 29,450 ratings score: 4,257, and 48 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
45	The Complete Poetry and Prose by William Blake 4.26 avg rating — 16,841 ratings score: 4,233, and 48 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
46	Poems New And Collected by Wisława Szymborska 4.42 avg rating — 3,556 ratings score: 4,230, and 46 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
47	Selected Poems by Lord Byron 4.06 avg rating — 14,691 ratings score: 4,141, and 48 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
48	The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 4.34 avg rating — 11,900 ratings score: 4,091, and 46 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
49	Collected Poems by Philip Larkin 4.21 avg rating — 8,961 ratings score: 4,060, and 45 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
50	The Collected Poems, Vol. 1: 1909-1939 by William Carlos Williams 4.20 avg rating — 6,189 ratings score: 4,019, and 44 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
51	The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins 4.29 avg rating — 1,841 ratings score: 3,993, and 44 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
52	A World of Verse (ASMSG Collections #2) by Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 3,946, and 40 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
53	Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.24 avg rating — 8,581 ratings score: 3,847, and 44 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
54	The Aeneid by Virgil 3.87 avg rating — 140,801 ratings score: 3,790, and 47 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
55	If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho 4.43 avg rating — 21,031 ratings score: 3,781, and 41 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
56	The Iliad / The Odyssey by Homer 4.07 avg rating — 82,552 ratings score: 3,713, and 46 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
57	Transformations by Anne Sexton 4.11 avg rating — 7,313 ratings score: 3,552, and 41 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
58	New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver 4.54 avg rating — 14,408 ratings score: 3,545, and 41 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
59	A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.16 avg rating — 12,216 ratings score: 3,504, and 39 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
60	The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda 4.43 avg rating — 20,313 ratings score: 3,413, and 40 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
61	Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.11 avg rating — 12,736 ratings score: 3,383, and 39 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
62	The Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou 4.44 avg rating — 13,910 ratings score: 3,377, and 39 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
63	Selected Poems by W.H. Auden 4.19 avg rating — 7,413 ratings score: 3,348, and 40 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
64	The Dream Songs by John Berryman 4.20 avg rating — 6,817 ratings score: 3,332, and 37 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
65	Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams 4.17 avg rating — 15,046 ratings score: 3,328, and 42 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
66	The Major Works by William Wordsworth 4.04 avg rating — 7,039 ratings score: 3,132, and 38 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
67	C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems by Constantinos P. Cavafy 4.43 avg rating — 5,321 ratings score: 3,082, and 37 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
68	The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating — 292,630 ratings score: 3,021, and 35 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
69	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown 3.76 avg rating — 75,661 ratings score: 2,956, and 37 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
70	The Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca 4.32 avg rating — 9,168 ratings score: 2,943, and 37 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
71	Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich 4.24 avg rating — 9,562 ratings score: 2,830, and 34 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
72	White Knuckle by Steven Bruce (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 462 ratings score: 2,700, and 27 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
73	The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984 by Adrienne Rich 4.24 avg rating — 3,145 ratings score: 2,613, and 30 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
74	Paterson by William Carlos Williams 4.12 avg rating — 3,211 ratings score: 2,601, and 31 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
75	The Collected Poems by Theodore Roethke 4.14 avg rating — 5,073 ratings score: 2,579, and 31 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
76	The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova 4.42 avg rating — 7,521 ratings score: 2,513, and 32 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
77	Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 4.26 avg rating — 4,374 ratings score: 2,443, and 30 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
78	Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins 4.27 avg rating — 4,487 ratings score: 2,418, and 28 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
79	Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan 4.33 avg rating — 3,856 ratings score: 2,407, and 30 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
80	Above the River: The Complete Poems by James Wright 4.33 avg rating — 1,834 ratings score: 2,337, and 28 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
81	The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 366,928 ratings score: 2,320, and 24 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
82	Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.33 avg rating — 1,056 ratings score: 2,318, and 29 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
83	The Complete Poems by Hart Crane 4.15 avg rating — 3,166 ratings score: 2,316, and 27 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
84	Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery 4.07 avg rating — 4,664 ratings score: 2,258, and 26 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
85	The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson 4.19 avg rating — 19,710 ratings score: 2,231, and 26 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
86	Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg 4.01 avg rating — 2,629 ratings score: 2,214, and 27 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
87	Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski 3.96 avg rating — 38,172 ratings score: 2,194, and 24 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
88	The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath 4.16 avg rating — 13,875 ratings score: 2,147, and 24 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
89	A Book Of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry by Czesław Miłosz (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 2,929 ratings score: 2,130, and 26 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
90	The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic 4.13 avg rating — 3,016 ratings score: 2,053, and 25 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
91	Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen 4.38 avg rating — 2,840 ratings score: 2,035, and 27 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
92	The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 by T.S. Eliot 4.34 avg rating — 7,000 ratings score: 2,018, and 26 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
93	Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.24 avg rating — 4,088 ratings score: 2,006, and 24 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
94	95 Poems by E.E. Cummings 4.24 avg rating — 1,994 ratings score: 1,988, and 24 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
95	Milk and honey by Rupi Kaur (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 784,561 ratings score: 1,954, and 20 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
96	Complete Works by Arthur Rimbaud 4.40 avg rating — 9,387 ratings score: 1,943, and 22 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
97	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley 4.10 avg rating — 4,559 ratings score: 1,916, and 26 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
98	Fugue for Other Hands by Joseph Fasano (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 182 ratings score: 1,894, and 19 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
99	The Cantos by Ezra Pound 3.92 avg rating — 5,382 ratings score: 1,886, and 21 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
100	Tennyson's Poetry by Alfred Tennyson 4.07 avg rating — 8,011 ratings score: 1,821, and 23 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.