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- Wordsworth, William. William Wordsworth was a renowned English Romantic Movement poet who lived from 1770 to 1850.
- Shakespeare, William. William Shakespeare was born in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. He is one of the world's most highly esteemed writers, and is thought to be the most quoted author in history, second only to the Bible.
- Wilde, Oscar. An Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason.. Irish writer playwright and poet.
- Dickinson, Emily. Emily Dickinson, born on December 10, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, is one of the premier American poets of the 19th century.
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The Essential Rumi by Rumi (1207–1273), Translated by Coleman Barks
“Rumi was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic who lived in Konya, a city of Ottoman Empire (Today’s Turkey). His poems have been widely translated into many of the world’s languages, and he has been described as the most popular poet and the best-selling poet in the United States.”
The Complete Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
“This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare’s sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.”
John Donne’s Poetry by John Donne
“John Donne was an English poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons.”
Robert Frost’s Poems by Robert Frost
“Robert Frost’s Poems contains all of Robert Frost’s best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are ‘Birches,’ ‘Mending Wall,’ ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,’ ‘Two Tramps at Mudtime,’ ‘Choose Something Like a Star,’ and ‘The Gift Outright,’ which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy.”
Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams
“A poet of astonishing range and inventiveness, Williams was at once a daring formal innovator, one of the band of modernists who transformed American poetry, and an intimate, sometimes savagely frank chronicler of the life and landscape of his native New Jersey.”
Trilogy by H.D.
“The first book of the Trilogy, ‘The Walls Do Not Fall,’ published in the midst of the ‘fifty thousand incidents’ of the London blitz, maintains the hope that though ‘we have no map; / possibly we will reach haven,/ heaven.’ ‘Tribute to Angels’ describes new life springing from the ruins, and finally, in ‘The Flowering of the Rod’ … faith in love and resurrection is realized in lyric and strongly Biblical imagery.”
The Wild Iris by Louise Glück
“This collection of stunningly beautiful poems encompasses the natural, human, and spiritual realms, and is bound together by the universal themes of time and mortality. With clarity and sureness of craft, Gluck’s poetry questions, explores, and finally celebrates the ordeal of being alive.”
Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems by Yusef Komunyakaa
“[Neon Vernacularis] an award-winning poet’s testimony of the war in Vietnam. Yusef Komunyakaa is an American poet who teaches at New York University and is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.”
What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe
“Informed by the death of a beloved brother, here are the stories of childhood, its thicket of sex and sorrow and joy, boys and girls growing into men and women, stories of a brother who in his dying could teach how to be most alive.”
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Sep 26, 2023 · From the horrors of war and racism to the familiarity of the New England seaside, influential poets like Pablo Neruda, Maya Angelou, and Robert Frost could seemingly find inspiration in almost ...
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- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) Emily Dickinson surprisingly only had eleven poems published during her lifetime.
- If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho, Translated by Anne Carson (Died 580 BC) The Ancient Greek poet Sappho wrote nine volumes of poetry books, but only one poem survived in its entirety, “The Ode To Aphrodite.”
- The Rumi Collection by Rumi (1207–1273), Translated by Kabir Helminski. Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī was a 13th-century Persian poet, theologian, scholar, and mystic whose poetry has transcended cultures and language barriers.
- On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho by Basho (1644–1694), Translated by Lucien Stark. Basho was not only a 17th-century Japanese haiku master — he was also a Buddhist monk and traveler.
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