Best Poetry Books

1	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.21 avg rating — 64,317 ratings score: 24,104, and 247 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.12 avg rating — 78,399 ratings score: 21,369, and 220 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Ariel by Sylvia Plath 4.22 avg rating — 46,096 ratings score: 19,011, and 196 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.23 avg rating — 46,217 ratings score: 18,607, and 192 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Sonnets by William Shakespeare 4.24 avg rating — 72,925 ratings score: 18,291, and 190 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 39,574 ratings score: 15,109, and 158 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.14 avg rating — 83,976 ratings score: 13,513, 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
8	Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda 4.31 avg rating — 42,653 ratings score: 13,313, and 138 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.24 avg rating — 20,004 ratings score: 11,296, and 119 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.44 avg rating — 6,348 ratings score: 11,249, and 120 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.25 avg rating — 32,492 ratings score: 10,841, 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
12	Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 4.11 avg rating — 34,288 ratings score: 10,778, and 116 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Paradise Lost by John Milton 3.81 avg rating — 115,569 ratings score: 9,810, and 105 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire 4.26 avg rating — 41,078 ratings score: 9,650, and 104 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.40 avg rating — 12,190 ratings score: 9,184, and 100 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath 4.20 avg rating — 30,241 ratings score: 9,180, 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
17	100 Selected Poems by E.E. Cummings 4.31 avg rating — 24,785 ratings score: 9,025, 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
18	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.30 avg rating — 1,092,596 ratings score: 8,745, and 92 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 4.07 avg rating — 99,040 ratings score: 8,600, 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
20	The Essential Rumi by Rumi 4.43 avg rating — 31,222 ratings score: 8,210, and 88 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 37,276 ratings score: 7,933, and 85 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 3.93 avg rating — 45,742 ratings score: 7,890, and 87 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 12,756 ratings score: 7,877, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.23 avg rating — 187,774 ratings score: 7,655, and 83 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud 4.38 avg rating — 9,372 ratings score: 7,013, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.49 avg rating — 170,387 ratings score: 6,593, and 72 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens 4.27 avg rating — 10,363 ratings score: 6,408, 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
28	Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas 4.20 avg rating — 14,678 ratings score: 6,272, 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
29	The Complete English Poems by John Donne 4.14 avg rating — 9,007 ratings score: 6,210, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Langston Hughes 4.33 avg rating — 15,082 ratings score: 5,883, 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
31	The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 4.28 avg rating — 13,460 ratings score: 5,772, and 62 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara 4.20 avg rating — 7,780 ratings score: 5,337, 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
33	Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays by Robert Frost 4.31 avg rating — 5,959 ratings score: 5,102, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot 4.11 avg rating — 36,541 ratings score: 5,055, 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
35	100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda 4.40 avg rating — 13,446 ratings score: 5,009, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Beowulf by Unknown 3.43 avg rating — 203,531 ratings score: 4,933, 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
37	Song of Myself by Walt Whitman 4.16 avg rating — 10,746 ratings score: 4,667, 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
38	The Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop 4.19 avg rating — 11,019 ratings score: 4,532, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.32 avg rating — 17,736 ratings score: 4,520, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.33 avg rating — 2,408 ratings score: 4,319, 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
41	The Complete Poetry and Prose by William Blake 4.24 avg rating — 14,758 ratings score: 4,226, 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
42	The Cantos by Ezra Pound 3.92 avg rating — 4,954 ratings score: 4,082, 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
43	Crush by Richard Siken 4.30 avg rating — 15,053 ratings score: 4,055, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Metamorphoses by Ovid 4.04 avg rating — 52,826 ratings score: 4,048, 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
45	Selected Poems by W.H. Auden 4.20 avg rating — 6,527 ratings score: 4,023, 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
46	A World of Verse (ASMSG Collections #2) by Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 75 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
47	The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 4.34 avg rating — 10,854 ratings score: 3,923, 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
48	Poems New and Collected by Wisława Szymborska 4.42 avg rating — 2,640 ratings score: 3,898, 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
49	The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins 4.30 avg rating — 1,562 ratings score: 3,891, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.19 avg rating — 5,953 ratings score: 3,843, 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
51	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot 4.08 avg rating — 19,796 ratings score: 3,702, 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
52	Collected Poems by Philip Larkin 4.21 avg rating — 7,527 ratings score: 3,686, 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
53	The Iliad by Homer 3.85 avg rating — 310,518 ratings score: 3,674, 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
54	Selected Poems and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin 4.45 avg rating — 678 ratings score: 3,648, 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
55	Autumn Sonata: Selected Poems by Georg Trakl 4.68 avg rating — 371 ratings score: 3,498, 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
56	The Aeneid by Virgil 3.83 avg rating — 95,926 ratings score: 3,396, 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
57	The Iliad/The Odyssey by Homer 4.03 avg rating — 56,734 ratings score: 3,384, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.24 avg rating — 7,835 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
59	Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin by Friedrich Hölderlin 4.43 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 3,343, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Transformations by Anne Sexton 4.19 avg rating — 5,453 ratings score: 3,289, 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
61	Selected Poems by Lord Byron 4.05 avg rating — 12,417 ratings score: 3,257, 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
62	A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.16 avg rating — 10,143 ratings score: 3,154, 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
63	The Dream Songs by John Berryman 4.18 avg rating — 6,199 ratings score: 3,144, 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
64	New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver 4.52 avg rating — 9,343 ratings score: 3,125, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda 4.45 avg rating — 16,014 ratings score: 3,047, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.13 avg rating — 10,536 ratings score: 3,037, 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
67	The Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou 4.41 avg rating — 7,911 ratings score: 3,003, 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
68	Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.46 avg rating — 4,340 ratings score: 2,925, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Selected Poems by Federico García Lorca 4.31 avg rating — 7,058 ratings score: 2,896, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Odyssey by Homer 3.75 avg rating — 783,205 ratings score: 2,874, 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
71	Poems of Schiller by Friedrich Schiller 4.29 avg rating — 308 ratings score: 2,826, 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
72	The Major Works by William Wordsworth 4.03 avg rating — 6,718 ratings score: 2,824, 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
73	Hymns and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin 4.59 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 2,807, 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
74	C. P. Cavafy: Collected Poems by Constantinos P. Cavafis 4.38 avg rating — 2,981 ratings score: 2,732, and 33 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984 by Adrienne Rich 4.23 avg rating — 2,902 ratings score: 2,713, 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	Complete Works by Arthur Rimbaud 4.42 avg rating — 7,907 ratings score: 2,609, 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
77	The Collected Poems by Theodore Roethke 4.15 avg rating — 4,638 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
78	An Elephant Is On My House: And Other Poems by Othen Donald Dale Cummings (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 122 ratings score: 2,475, 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
79	The Complete Poems by Hart Crane 4.14 avg rating — 2,718 ratings score: 2,426, 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
80	Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan 4.40 avg rating — 3,554 ratings score: 2,403, 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
81	Hymns to the Night by Novalis 4.15 avg rating — 1,154 ratings score: 2,351, 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
81	Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 4.29 avg rating — 2,114 ratings score: 2,351, 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 Last Gold of Expired Stars: Complete Poems 1908 - 1914 by Georg Trakl 4.73 avg rating — 136 ratings score: 2,304, 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
84	Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams 4.16 avg rating — 13,001 ratings score: 2,248, 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
85	Above the River: The Complete Poems by James Wright 4.34 avg rating — 1,736 ratings score: 2,239, 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
86	Paterson by William Carlos Williams 4.16 avg rating — 2,536 ratings score: 2,230, 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	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Unknown 3.69 avg rating — 47,028 ratings score: 2,225, 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
88	The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath 4.19 avg rating — 9,255 ratings score: 2,224, 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
89	Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins 4.26 avg rating — 3,798 ratings score: 2,223, 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	Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich 4.22 avg rating — 7,141 ratings score: 2,199, 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
91	Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery 4.09 avg rating — 3,604 ratings score: 2,184, 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
92	The lyrical poems of Hugo von Hofmannsthal by Hugo von Hofmannsthal 4.59 avg rating — 102 ratings score: 2,111, 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
93	The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova 4.44 avg rating — 6,563 ratings score: 2,011, 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
94	Early Writings by Ezra Pound 4.14 avg rating — 121 ratings score: 2,002, 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
95	Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.37 avg rating — 859 ratings score: 1,992, 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
96	If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho 4.39 avg rating — 5,954 ratings score: 1,952, 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
97	The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 by T.S. Eliot 4.34 avg rating — 5,527 ratings score: 1,949, 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
98	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley 4.09 avg rating — 4,303 ratings score: 1,917, 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
99	The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic 4.19 avg rating — 2,271 ratings score: 1,905, 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
100	95 Poems by E.E. Cummings 4.28 avg rating — 1,838 ratings score: 1,894, 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

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://supertotobet0180.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 (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 (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 Booklovinglady (last edited Aug 21, 2015 08:50AM) (new)

Aug 21, 2015 08:48AM

@J

I noticed your comment on another Listopia as well. Seems to me like you're just promoting your own work.... Yuk.

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message 36: 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 37: by Selina (new)

Apr 07, 2017 07:28AM

the rubaiyat of omar khayyam The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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message 38: by Booklovinglady (new)

Jul 10, 2018 05:02PM

Ellen Sullivan wrote: ""Assateague Island Inspirations" is a poetry read, you'll savor if you like to experience nature on this island by the Atlantic."

Don't promote your own book in the comments section!

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