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"Kevin Young has thoughtfully gathered many of these sorrowful perambulations and grievous plummets." -- Billy Collins.

"Jane Kenyon had a virtually faultless ear. She was an exquisite master of the art of poetry." —Wendell Berry.

Pulitzer Prize Winner – From one of today's best poets – a stunningly poignant sequence of poems that tells the story of a divorce, embracing strands of love, sex, sorrow, memory, and new free

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), English poet and wife of the poet Robert Browning, is perhaps best known for her remarkable series of 44 love poems Sonnets from the Portuguese.

Considered by many to be the quintessential American poet, Walt Whitman (1819–92) exerted a profound influence on all the American poets who came after him.

Dorianne Laux's long-awaited third book of poetry follows her collection, What We Carry, a finalist for the 1994 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.

A radiant collection of new poems from one of Canada's most renowned and well-read poets.

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822) was perhaps the most intellectually adventurous of the great Romantic poets.

Langston Hughes electrified readers and launched a renaissance in Black writing in America—the poems in this collection were chosen by Hughes himself shortly before his death and represent stunning

The New York Times has said that "Jorie Graham's poetry is among the most sensuously embodied and imaginative writing we have," and this new collection is a reminder of how startling

With the publication of this book, Charles Tomlinson's edition of Williams's Selected Poems, New Directions has introduced a gathering larger and more comprehensive than the original 1963

From award-winning Canadian author George Amabile comes a collection of poems celebrating life and mourning death—the loss of innocence that it brings.

These Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover editions are popular for their compact size and reasonable price which do not compromise content.

The first new collection of poetry from Roo Borson since her highly acclaimed collection Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida, winner of three major prizes, including the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Poems in the Manner Of is an illuminating journey through centuries of writers who continue to influence new work today, including that of respected poet and series editor of The Best American Poet