Favorite Recent Poetry: 1980-2022

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April is National Poetry Month, and in honor of the occasion we're devoting our List of the Month to our favorite recent works of poetry, published between 1980 and 2022. Please add your top five picks, and only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme and/or publication range.
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A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings
de Shel Silverstein
10,667 membros
206 resenhas
½ 4.3
10 Members
jeshakespeare, yoyogod, amanda4242, sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42, rhbouchard, al.vick, mrortiz, Tosta
2
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
de Amanda Gorman
1,140 membros
25 resenhas
½ 4.5
8 Members
ablachly, bellawether, sallylou61, PaperbackPirate, AmyBHenderson, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta,
3
An American Sunrise: Poems
de Joy Harjo
358 membros
8 resenhas
3.9
5 Members
jeshakespeare, Kristelh, LizLindsey, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta
4
Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems 1957-1994
de Ted Hughes
478 membros
3.8
4 Members
thorold, AntonioGallo, Boand, Louiseworthington
5
A Thousand Mornings: Poems
de Mary Oliver
891 membros
29 resenhas
4.2
4 Members
AmyBHenderson, Heather39, msjudy, LizLindsey
6
Merwin: Collected Poems 1952-1993
de W. S. Merwin
82 membros
½ 4.5
3 Members
melmore, dianeham, gagapa
7
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
de Ross Gay
370 membros
13 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
laytonwoman3rd, AmyBHenderson, ArcherKel
8
Words under the Words: Selected Poems
de Naomi Shihab Nye
315 membros
6 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
lorsomething, Heather39, dianeham
9
David Whyte: Essentials
de David Whyte
47 membros
½ 4.3
3 Members
cornerhouse, melmore, JustJune
10
Poems and Songs
de Leonard Cohen
260 membros
1 resenha
4.2
3 Members
amanda4242, LizLindsey, JustJune
11
She Had Some Horses: Poems
de Joy Harjo
338 membros
6 resenhas
4.1
3 Members
rarm, PaperbackPirate, LizLindsey
12
Falling Up: Poems and Drawings
de Shel Silverstein
7,872 membros
199 resenhas
4.2
3 Members
sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42
13
Brown Girl Dreaming
de Jacqueline Woodson
4,439 membros
374 resenhas
½ 4.4
3 Members
wisemetis, sallylou61, mrortiz
14
Home Body
de Rupi Kaur
870 membros
9 resenhas
4
2 Members
Cecrow, thereseg
15
Alive Together: New and Selected Poems
de Lisel Mueller
214 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.5
2 Members
chellerystick, Heather39
16
Monument: Poems New and Selected
de Natasha Trethewey
123 membros
4 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
kara.shamy, msjudy
17
Standing To
de U. A. Fanthorpe
4 membros
1 resenha
2 Members
charl08, abbottthomas
Explicações
abbottthomas: I accept that this is a borderline case. Some of the poems in this collection predate 1980 but many do not. Fanthorpe deserves an entry!
18
Kid
de Simon Armitage
335 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.6
2 Members
abbottthomas, thorold
19
Magic City
de Yusef Komunyakaa
114 membros
3 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
melmore, DoomLuz
20
Human Chain
de Seamus Heaney
419 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
cornerhouse, Boand
21
Birthday Letters
de Ted Hughes
2,313 membros
23 resenhas
3.9
2 Members
Boand, Louiseworthington
22
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
de Ocean Vuong
932 membros
20 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, gagapa
23
99 Poems: New and Selected
de Dana Gioia
80 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.3
2 Members
AntonioGallo, SplendorofDelight
24
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
de Billy Collins
689 membros
53 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
Morphidae, Heather39
Explicações
Morphidae: The first book of poetry I've ever read through. Made me realize that maybe this "poetry stuff" isn't all that bad. 😄
25
The Opera of Trees
de Joseph Brinson
6 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
Quixada, absurdeist
26
Citizen: An American Lyric
de Claudia Rankine
2,018 membros
68 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
charl08, Kristelh
27
Serious Concerns
de Wendy Cope
360 membros
6 resenhas
4
2 Members
abbottthomas, thorold
28
The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse
de Vikram Seth
1,480 membros
41 resenhas
4.1
2 Members
charl08, JustJune
29
Sailing Alone around the Room: New and Selected Poems
de Billy Collins
2,364 membros
30 resenhas
4.2
2 Members
lorsomething, charl08
30
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
de Shel Silverstein
15,822 membros
477 resenhas
½ 4.3
2 Members
jeshakespeare, perennialreader,karenb
Explicações
karenb : This came out in 1974 and isn't quite new enough.
31
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
de Anne Carson
2,118 membros
36 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
mrortiz
32
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry
de Billy Collins
770 membros
10 resenhas
3.9
Member
sundancer
33
Dream Work
de Mary Oliver
657 membros
15 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
slimikin
34
Bright Dead Things: Poems
de Ada Limón
368 membros
9 resenhas
4.1
Member
PaperbackPirate
35
The Changing Light at Sandover
de James Merrill
364 membros
3 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
mandojoe
36
The Best of It: New and Selected Poems
de Kay Ryan
315 membros
10 resenhas
4
Member
cornerhouse
37
What Kind of Woman: Poems
de Kate Baer
239 membros
5 resenhas
3.9
Member
Tosta
38
The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford
de William Stafford
225 membros
6 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
lorsomething
39
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
de Robin Coste Lewis
220 membros
10 resenhas
4.2
Member
rarm
40
Hold Your Own
de Kae Tempest
189 membros
5 resenhas
4.1
Member
charl08
41
Nature Poem
de Tommy Pico
134 membros
8 resenhas
4.2
Member
karenb
42
Come, Thief: Poems
de Jane Hirshfield
109 membros
5 resenhas
4.1
Member
melmore
43
The Gods of Winter: Poems
de Dana Gioia
98 membros
½ 3.7
Member
EricStellrecht
44
How to Love a Country: Poems
de Richard Blanco
96 membros
15 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
MonaJean18
45
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
de Mahogany L. Browne
95 membros
½ 4.5
Member
susanbooks
46
blud
de Rachel McKibbens
71 membros
3 resenhas
4.2
Member
bellawether
47
Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
de Diane Wakoski
68 membros
1 resenha
3.8
Member
SimoneWrites
48
A Portable Paradise
de Roger Robinson
60 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.7
Member
kidzdoc
49
June Fourth Elegies: Poems
de Liu Xiaobo
54 membros
7 resenhas
½ 3.5
Member
SplendorofDelight
50
North End Love Songs
de Katherena Vermette
47 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
51
The Fortunate Traveller
de Derek Walcott
44 membros
4.8
Member
absurdeist
52
Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones: Selected and New Poems
de Lucia Perillo
36 membros
5
Member
Aug3Zimm
53
Thinkers and Doubters
de Michal Arbel
33 membros
29 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
Yuki-Onna
54
The Moons of August: Poems
de Danusha Lameris
23 membros
4
Member
2wonderY
55
Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life
de Ruth Padel
21 membros
1 resenha
3.8
Member
AnnieMod
56
The Malarkey
de Helen Dunmore
21 membros
2 resenhas
½ 3.3
Member
si
57
Hold
de Bob Hicok
13 membros
2 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
VioletBramble
58
Acts of Contortion
de Anna Meek
9 membros
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
59
A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function: Poems and Paintings
de Eric Gansworth
8 membros
1 resenha
5
Member
AbigailAdams26
60
The Sign of the Dragon
de Mary Soon Lee
5 membros
3 resenhas
3.8
Member
wisemetis
61
Moon Go Away, I Don't Love You No More: Poems
de Jim Simmerman
4 membros
5
Member
lottpoet
62
Werkboek : bloemlezing 1983-2010
de Jana Beranová
3 membros
4
Member
EMS_24
63
Late Assignments
de Larry Watson
1 membro
½ 4.5
Member
edparks
64
Crossword: A Woman's Narrative
de Margo Swiss
1 membro
4
Member
pickupf
65
Electric Church
de K. Curtis Lyle
1 membro
1 resenha
Member
paradoxosalpha
66
The Poet X
de Elizabeth Acevedo
2,537 membros
167 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
mrortiz
67
100 Love Sonnets
de Pablo Neruda
1,561 membros
20 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
sundancer
68
Book of Longing: A Song Cycle Based on the Poetry and Artwork of Leonard Cohen
de Leonard Cohen
1,402 membros
15 resenhas
3.8
Member
Mary-Anne42
69
Native Guard: Poems
de Natasha Trethewey
536 membros
17 resenhas
½ 4.3
Member
kidzdoc
70
Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems
de Billy Collins
470 membros
13 resenhas
3.9
Member
bellawether
71
What Narcissism Means to Me: Poems
de Tony Hoagland
353 membros
4 resenhas
4
Member
laytonwoman3rd
72
A Working Girl Can't Win and Other Poems
de Deborah Garrison
191 membros
4 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
melmore
73
Late Wife: Poems
de Claudia Emerson
180 membros
6 resenhas
½ 4.5
Member
jeshakespeare
74
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song
de Kevin Young
174 membros
4 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
AmyBHenderson
75
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
de Kevin Coval
171 membros
2 resenhas
4.2
Member
susanbooks
76
Blood Dazzler: Poems
de Patricia Smith
159 membros
6 resenhas
½ 4.6
Member
DoomLuz
77
Pillow Thoughts III: Mending the Mind
de Courtney Peppernell
136 membros
3 resenhas
3.8
Member
Yuki-Onna
78
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
de John Brehm
96 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.6
Member
Aug3Zimm
79
Scar Tissue: Poems
de Charles Wright
78 membros
3 resenhas
3.9
Member
slimikin
80
Dearest Creature
de Amy Gerstler
61 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.4
Member
VioletBramble
81
Small Congregations: New and Selected Poems
de Thylias Moss
41 membros
4
Member
lottpoet
82
Jim Harrison: Complete Poems (The Heart's Work; Jim Harrison's Poetic Legacy)
de Jim Harrison
40 membros
5
Member
edparks
83
Hill of Doors
de Robin Robertson
40 membros
½ 3.5
Member
si
84
A Nail the Evening Hangs On
de Monica Sok
39 membros
1 resenha
3.9
Member
AnnieMod
85
Waves
de P.J. Thomas
39 membros
33 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
rhbouchard
86
The Last Uncle: Poems
de Linda Pastan
37 membros
3 resenhas
½ 3.7
Member
msjudy
87
Eyeshot (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
de Heather McHugh
32 membros
2 resenhas
3.9
Member
chellerystick
88
77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin: Poems
de Thomas King
27 membros
1 resenha
½ 4.7
Member
gypsysmom
89
From Eve's Rib
de Gioconda Belli
27 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.5
Member
AbigailAdams26
90
From Scratch
de Clayton Eshleman
10 membros
Member
paradoxosalpha
91
Weapons Grade: Poems
de Terese Svoboda
6 membros
5
Member
absurdeist
92
Sunday Sugar
de Q. Gibson
6 membros
1 resenha
½ 3.7
Member
wisemetis
93
After Love
de Merle Amodeo
2 membros
4
Member
pickupf
94
The Last Human Heart
de Allison Joseph
1 membro
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
95
Beowulf
de Beowulf Poet
25,369 membros
334 resenhas
3.8
Member
rhbouchard
96
The World's Wife
de Carol Ann Duffy
745 membros
14 resenhas
4.1
Member
Louiseworthington
97
Why I Wake Early: New Poems
de Mary Oliver
718 membros
10 resenhas
4.2
Member
msjudy
98
Before the Ever After
de Jacqueline Woodson
489 membros
36 resenhas
½ 4.4
Member
sallylou61
99
Sifting through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems
de Charles Bukowski
422 membros
4 resenhas
4.1
Member
edparks
100
Postcolonial Love Poem
de Natalie Diaz
344 membros
10 resenhas
4.2
Member
gagapa