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1	The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 98,845 ratings score: 28,769, and 296 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 103,815 ratings score: 24,131, and 249 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 105,691 ratings score: 21,669, and 224 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.20 avg rating — 80,977 ratings score: 21,058, 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
5	The Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.22 avg rating — 69,554 ratings score: 20,738, and 215 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 45,234 ratings score: 17,291, 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	Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda 4.22 avg rating — 73,624 ratings score: 14,532, and 151 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.13 avg rating — 112,532 ratings score: 14,523, 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 — 23,698 ratings score: 12,986, and 137 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating — 38,949 ratings score: 11,791, 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
11	Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake 4.09 avg rating — 49,336 ratings score: 11,676, 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 3.84 avg rating — 167,803 ratings score: 11,061, and 118 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 74,153 ratings score: 10,753, 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
14	The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 48,047 ratings score: 10,416, and 111 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.34 avg rating — 1,417,703 ratings score: 10,117, 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
16	The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 4.08 avg rating — 155,085 ratings score: 9,866, 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 4.29 avg rating — 28,977 ratings score: 9,806, 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
18	Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot 4.37 avg rating — 18,357 ratings score: 9,561, and 102 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 3.96 avg rating — 59,544 ratings score: 9,030, 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 4.24 avg rating — 45,872 ratings score: 8,979, 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 Rumi (Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi) 4.39 avg rating — 47,780 ratings score: 8,772, 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
22	The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 4.23 avg rating — 302,515 ratings score: 8,503, 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
23	Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.40 avg rating — 9,159 ratings score: 8,287, and 90 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 — 17,052 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 — 223,682 ratings score: 7,034, 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 4.33 avg rating — 12,980 ratings score: 6,933, 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
27	The Collected Poems by Langston Hughes 4.36 avg rating — 17,821 ratings score: 6,595, 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
28	Beowulf by Unknown 3.49 avg rating — 318,371 ratings score: 6,434, 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
29	The Collected Poems by Wallace Stevens 4.27 avg rating — 11,410 ratings score: 6,387, 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 Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 4.29 avg rating — 16,215 ratings score: 6,315, 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
31	The Complete English Poems by John Donne 4.15 avg rating — 9,788 ratings score: 6,276, 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 — 37,074 ratings score: 5,983, 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
33	The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot 4.11 avg rating — 54,703 ratings score: 5,893, 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
34	100 Love Sonnets by Pablo Neruda 4.35 avg rating — 17,675 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 4.37 avg rating — 16,470 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	The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot 4.32 avg rating — 19,076 ratings score: 5,407, 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
37	Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara 4.16 avg rating — 12,333 ratings score: 5,214, and 56 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 4.09 avg rating — 72,138 ratings score: 5,189, 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	Song of Myself by Walt Whitman 4.16 avg rating — 14,898 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
40	The Iliad by Homer 3.91 avg rating — 461,723 ratings score: 4,932, 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
41	The Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop 4.20 avg rating — 12,822 ratings score: 4,915, 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 — 6,264 ratings score: 4,815, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 3.81 avg rating — 1,096,436 ratings score: 4,581, and 52 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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	Poems New And Collected by Wisława Szymborska 4.42 avg rating — 3,388 ratings score: 4,257, 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
45	The Complete Poetry and Prose by William Blake 4.26 avg rating — 16,540 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	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot 4.07 avg rating — 28,186 ratings score: 4,158, 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
47	The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker 4.33 avg rating — 11,836 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
48	Selected Poems by Lord Byron 4.06 avg rating — 14,403 ratings score: 4,053, 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
49	The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins 4.29 avg rating — 1,808 ratings score: 3,980, 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
50	A World of Verse (ASMSG Collections #2) by Christopher Shields (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.56 avg rating — 93 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
51	The Collected Poems, Vol. 1: 1909-1939 by William Carlos Williams 4.20 avg rating — 6,163 ratings score: 3,935, 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
52	Collected Poems by Philip Larkin 4.21 avg rating — 8,759 ratings score: 3,864, 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
53	Collected Poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.24 avg rating — 8,498 ratings score: 3,832, 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 3.86 avg rating — 131,682 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 4.44 avg rating — 18,306 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 4.06 avg rating — 76,762 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	New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver 4.55 avg rating — 13,590 ratings score: 3,541, 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	A Coney Island of the Mind by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 4.16 avg rating — 11,930 ratings score: 3,515, 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	Transformations by Anne Sexton 4.13 avg rating — 7,009 ratings score: 3,458, 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
60	Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.12 avg rating — 12,448 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
61	The Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou 4.42 avg rating — 16,776 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
62	Selected Poems by W.H. Auden 4.19 avg rating — 7,260 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
63	The Dream Songs by John Berryman 4.19 avg rating — 6,736 ratings score: 3,244, 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
64	Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams 4.16 avg rating — 14,867 ratings score: 3,221, 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
65	The Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda 4.44 avg rating — 19,644 ratings score: 3,219, 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
66	The Major Works by William Wordsworth 4.04 avg rating — 7,003 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 4.38 avg rating — 4,363 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 4.39 avg rating — 251,383 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 — 71,222 ratings score: 2,957, 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 — 8,782 ratings score: 2,867, 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
71	Diving Into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich 4.24 avg rating — 9,235 ratings score: 2,733, 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
72	The Collected Poems by Theodore Roethke 4.14 avg rating — 5,035 ratings score: 2,665, 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
73	The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New, 1950-1984 by Adrienne Rich 4.24 avg rating — 3,095 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 4.13 avg rating — 3,083 ratings score: 2,502, 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
75	Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney 4.26 avg rating — 3,942 ratings score: 2,445, 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
76	The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Anna Akhmatova 4.43 avg rating — 7,428 ratings score: 2,421, 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
77	Picnic, Lightning by Billy Collins 4.27 avg rating — 4,368 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
78	Poems of Paul Celan by Paul Celan 4.35 avg rating — 3,412 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
79	White Knuckle by Steven Bruce (Goodreads Author) 4.68 avg rating — 341 ratings score: 2,400, 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
80	Above the River: The Complete Poems by James Wright 4.33 avg rating — 1,821 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	Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay 4.34 avg rating — 1,029 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
82	The Complete Poems by Hart Crane 4.15 avg rating — 3,088 ratings score: 2,316, 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
83	The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Tennyson 4.19 avg rating — 19,293 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
84	Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg 4.01 avg rating — 2,550 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
85	Love Is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski 3.98 avg rating — 35,697 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
86	Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery 4.08 avg rating — 4,451 ratings score: 2,162, 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
87	A Book Of Luminous Things: An International Anthology of Poetry by Czesław Miłosz (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 2,810 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
88	The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic 4.14 avg rating — 2,876 ratings score: 2,055, 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	The Colossus and Other Poems by Sylvia Plath 4.17 avg rating — 13,087 ratings score: 2,052, 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
90	Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen 4.38 avg rating — 2,787 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
91	The Complete Poems and Plays, 1909-1950 by T.S. Eliot 4.35 avg rating — 6,779 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
92	milk and honey by Rupi Kaur (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 736,957 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
93	Shelley's Poetry and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley 4.10 avg rating — 4,561 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
94	Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.25 avg rating — 3,712 ratings score: 1,914, 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
95	95 Poems by E.E. Cummings 4.25 avg rating — 1,975 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
95	Fugue for Other Hands by Joseph Fasano (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 168 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
97	The Cantos by Ezra Pound 3.91 avg rating — 5,262 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
98	Tennyson's Poetry by Alfred Tennyson 4.07 avg rating — 7,951 ratings score: 1,810, 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
99	Complete Works by Arthur Rimbaud 4.41 avg rating — 10,067 ratings score: 1,760, 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
100	Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by Anne Carson 4.27 avg rating — 30,303 ratings score: 1,690, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate 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 06, 2008 01:15AM

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

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message 2: by Stevie (new)

Jul 19, 2009 03:16AM

The Lost Lunar Baedeker Poems of Mina Loy

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message 3: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 14, 2009 06:57AM

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 10:02AM) (new)

Sep 14, 2009 10:00AM

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 11, 2009 02:58AM

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 03:31PM

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 12:43PM

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 20, 2010 12:02AM

yum

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message 9: by Christine (new)

Feb 08, 2011 09:06PM

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message 10: by Matthew (new)

Feb 28, 2011 02:51AM

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 01:30PM

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 02, 2011 04:16AM

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

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message 13: by Tiffany (new)

May 09, 2012 03:41AM

"Lucky Charms" poetry by Poetess Tiffany Tolbert

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message 14: by Beth A. (new)

May 19, 2012 04:57AM

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 05:04PM

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 02:37PM

The Circle Game: Poems

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message 17: by Thomas (new)

Mar 16, 2013 08:20PM

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 09:15AM) (new)

Mar 29, 2013 09:13AM

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 03:01PM

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 19, 2013 12:37AM) (new)

Apr 17, 2013 03:41PM

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 12, 2013 05:42AM

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

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message 22: by AnnMarie (new)

Jun 07, 2014 01:55AM

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 07, 2014 01:57AM

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 09:27AM

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 09:28AM

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

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message 26: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 09:29AM

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

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message 27: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 09:30AM

Same with "Life of Pi."

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message 28: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 09:31AM

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

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message 29: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 09:33AM

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

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message 30: by Lobstergirl (new)

Aug 10, 2014 09:34AM

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

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message 31: by Jan C (new)

Nov 02, 2014 01:02AM

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

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message 32: by Jan C (new)

Nov 02, 2014 01:06AM

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 02, 2014 01:15AM

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

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message 34: by Tinderbox (new)

Jun 01, 2015 05:01AM

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 02:22PM

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 04:28PM

the rubaiyat of omar khayyam The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

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message 37: by Ramanuja (new)

Apr 10, 2019 07:15AM

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 07:09PM

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 10:52PM

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

Done.

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message 40: by Sam (last edited May 08, 2019 06:31AM) (new)

May 08, 2019 06:31AM

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.

Poems of Love and Letting Go

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message 41: by [on hiatus, probably forever] The rockabilly werewolf from Mars (last edited Nov 17, 2019 06:26AM) (new)

Nov 17, 2019 04:38AM

I can't believe that I am the only person who voted for Poems of Puncture. Amanda Ros was the greatest poet of the late 19th/early 20th century, and indeed, all time.

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message 42: by Anderson (new)

Jul 16, 2021 08:56AM

That is so beautiful.

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message 43: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jul 16, 2021 10:39AM

There are several plays here on this Listopia; although they are poetry (one didn't write anthing else at the time), they were intended as plays...

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message 44: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jul 16, 2021 10:43AM

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

I agree (see also my earlier remark)