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.
1
A Light in the Attic: Poems and Drawings
de Shel Silverstein
10,673 membres
205 critiques
½ 4.3
10 Members
jeshakespeare, yoyogod, amanda4242, sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42, rhbouchard, al.vick, mrortiz, Tosta
3
An American Sunrise: Poems
de Joy Harjo
357 membres
8 critiques
3.9
5 Members
jeshakespeare, Kristelh, LizLindsey, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta
4
Ted Hughes: New Selected Poems 1957-1994
de Ted Hughes
476 membres
3.8
4 Members
thorold, AntonioGallo, Boand, Louiseworthington
5
A Thousand Mornings: Poems
de Mary Oliver
886 membres
29 critiques
4.2
4 Members
AmyBHenderson, Heather39, msjudy, LizLindsey
6
Merwin: Collected Poems 1952-1993
de W. S. Merwin
82 membres
½ 4.5
3 Members
melmore, dianeham, gagapa
7
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
de Ross Gay
369 membres
13 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
laytonwoman3rd, AmyBHenderson, ArcherKel
8
Words under the Words: Selected Poems
de Naomi Shihab Nye
314 membres
6 critiques
4.2
3 Members
lorsomething, Heather39, dianeham
9
David Whyte: Essentials
de David Whyte
47 membres
½ 4.3
3 Members
cornerhouse, melmore, JustJune
10
Poèmes et chansons
de Leonard Cohen
259 membres
1 critique
4.2
3 Members
amanda4242, LizLindsey, JustJune
11
She Had Some Horses: Poems
de Joy Harjo
336 membres
6 critiques
4.1
3 Members
rarm, PaperbackPirate, LizLindsey
12
Falling Up: Poems and Drawings
de Shel Silverstein
7,855 membres
199 critiques
4.2
3 Members
sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42
13
Brown Girl Dreaming
de Jacqueline Woodson
4,432 membres
372 critiques
½ 4.4
3 Members
wisemetis, sallylou61, mrortiz
14
Home Body
de Rupi Kaur
864 membres
8 critiques
4
2 Members
Cecrow, thereseg
15
Alive Together: New and Selected Poems
de Lisel Mueller
214 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.5
2 Members
chellerystick, Heather39
16
Monument: Poems New and Selected
de Natasha Trethewey
123 membres
4 critiques
4.2
2 Members
kara.shamy, msjudy
17
Standing To
de U. A. Fanthorpe
4 membres
1 critique
2 Members
charl08, abbottthomas
Explications
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 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
abbottthomas, thorold
19
Magic City
de Yusef Komunyakaa
114 membres
3 critiques
3.9
2 Members
melmore, DoomLuz
20
Human Chain
de Seamus Heaney
419 membres
13 critiques
3.9
2 Members
cornerhouse, Boand
21
Birthday Letters
de Ted Hughes
2,312 membres
23 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Boand, Louiseworthington
22
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
de Ocean Vuong
931 membres
20 critiques
4.1
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, gagapa
23
99 Poems: New and Selected
de Dana Gioia
80 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
2 Members
AntonioGallo, SplendorofDelight
24
Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems
de Billy Collins
687 membres
53 critiques
4.2
2 Members
Morphidae, Heather39
Explications
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 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Quixada, absurdeist
26
Citizen: An American Lyric
de Claudia Rankine
2,015 membres
68 critiques
4.2
2 Members
charl08, Kristelh
27
Serious Concerns
de Wendy Cope
358 membres
6 critiques
4
2 Members
abbottthomas, thorold
28
Golden gate
de Vikram Seth
1,478 membres
41 critiques
4.1
2 Members
charl08, JustJune
29
Sailing Alone around the Room: New and Selected Poems
de Billy Collins
2,360 membres
30 critiques
4.2
2 Members
lorsomething, charl08
30
Le bord du monde
de Shel Silverstein
15,797 membres
476 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
jeshakespeare, perennialreader,karenb
Explications
karenb : This came out in 1974 and isn't quite new enough.
31
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
de Anne Carson
2,113 membres
36 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
mrortiz
32
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry
de Billy Collins
768 membres
10 critiques
3.9
Member
sundancer
33
Dream Work
de Mary Oliver
654 membres
15 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
slimikin
34
Bright Dead Things: Poems
de Ada Limón
367 membres
9 critiques
4.1
Member
PaperbackPirate
35
The Changing Light at Sandover
de James Merrill
364 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
mandojoe
36
The Best of It: New and Selected Poems
de Kay Ryan
315 membres
10 critiques
4
Member
cornerhouse
37
What Kind of Woman: Poems
de Kate Baer
237 membres
5 critiques
3.9
Member
Tosta
38
The Darkness Around Us Is Deep: Selected Poems of William Stafford
de William Stafford
225 membres
6 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
lorsomething
39
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
de Robin Coste Lewis
219 membres
10 critiques
4.2
Member
rarm
40
Hold Your Own
de Kae Tempest
189 membres
5 critiques
4.1
Member
charl08
41
Nature Poem
de Tommy Pico
133 membres
8 critiques
4.2
Member
karenb
42
Come, Thief: Poems
de Jane Hirshfield
108 membres
5 critiques
4.1
Member
melmore
43
The Gods of Winter: Poems
de Dana Gioia
98 membres
½ 3.7
Member
EricStellrecht
44
How to Love a Country: Poems
de Richard Blanco
96 membres
15 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
MonaJean18
45
The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic
de Mahogany L. Browne
95 membres
½ 4.5
Member
susanbooks
46
blud
de Rachel McKibbens
71 membres
3 critiques
4.2
Member
bellawether
47
Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
de Diane Wakoski
68 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
SimoneWrites
48
A Portable Paradise
de Roger Robinson
60 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.7
Member
kidzdoc
49
June Fourth Elegies: Poems
de Liu Xiaobo
54 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
SplendorofDelight
50
North End Love Songs
de Katherena Vermette
45 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
51
Heureux le voyageur
de Derek Walcott
44 membres
4.8
Member
absurdeist
52
Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones: Selected and New Poems
de Lucia Perillo
35 membres
5
Member
Aug3Zimm
53
Thinkers and Doubters
de Michal Arbel
33 membres
29 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Yuki-Onna
54
The Moons of August: Poems
de Danusha Lameris
23 membres
4
Member
2wonderY
55
Beethoven Variations: Poems on a Life
de Ruth Padel
21 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
AnnieMod
56
The Malarkey
de Helen Dunmore
21 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.3
Member
si
57
Hold
de Bob Hicok
13 membres
2 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
VioletBramble
58
Acts of Contortion
de Anna Meek
9 membres
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
59
A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function: Poems and Paintings
de Eric Gansworth
8 membres
1 critique
5
Member
AbigailAdams26
60
Moon Go Away, I Don't Love You No More: Poems
de Jim Simmerman
4 membres
5
Member
lottpoet
61
The Sign of the Dragon
de Mary Soon Lee
4 membres
3 critiques
3.8
Member
wisemetis
62
Werkboek : bloemlezing 1983-2010
de Jana Beranová
3 membres
4
Member
EMS_24
63
Late Assignments
de Larry Watson
1 utilisateur
½ 4.5
Member
edparks
64
Crossword: A Woman's Narrative
de Margo Swiss
1 utilisateur
4
Member
pickupf
65
Electric Church
de K. Curtis Lyle
1 utilisateur
1 critique
Member
paradoxosalpha
66
The Poet X
de Elizabeth Acevedo
2,529 membres
166 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
mrortiz
67
La Centaine d'amour
de Pablo Neruda
1,559 membres
20 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
sundancer
68
Le livre du désir
de Leonard Cohen
1,401 membres
15 critiques
3.8
Member
Mary-Anne42
69
Native Guard: Poems
de Natasha Trethewey
536 membres
17 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
kidzdoc
70
Horoscopes for the Dead: Poems
de Billy Collins
469 membres
13 critiques
3.9
Member
bellawether
71
What Narcissism Means to Me: Poems
de Tony Hoagland
353 membres
4 critiques
4
Member
laytonwoman3rd
72
A Working Girl Can't Win and Other Poems
de Deborah Garrison
191 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
melmore
73
Late Wife: Poems
de Claudia Emerson
179 membres
6 critiques
½ 4.5
Member
jeshakespeare
74
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song
de Kevin Young
174 membres
4 critiques
½ 4.6
Member
AmyBHenderson
75
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
de Kevin Coval
171 membres
2 critiques
4.2
Member
susanbooks
76
Blood Dazzler: Poems
de Patricia Smith
159 membres
6 critiques
½ 4.6
Member
DoomLuz
77
Pillow Thoughts III: Mending the Mind
de Courtney Peppernell
134 membres
3 critiques
3.8
Member
Yuki-Onna
78
The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy
de John Brehm
96 membres
1 critique
½ 4.6
Member
Aug3Zimm
79
Scar Tissue: Poems
de Charles Wright
79 membres
3 critiques
3.9
Member
slimikin
80
Dearest Creature
de Amy Gerstler
61 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
VioletBramble
81
Small Congregations: New and Selected Poems
de Thylias Moss
41 membres
4
Member
lottpoet
83
Hill of Doors
de Robin Robertson
40 membres
½ 3.5
Member
si
84
A Nail the Evening Hangs On
de Monica Sok
39 membres
1 critique
3.9
Member
AnnieMod
85
Waves
de P.J. Thomas
39 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
rhbouchard
86
The Last Uncle: Poems
de Linda Pastan
37 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
msjudy
87
Eyeshot (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
de Heather McHugh
32 membres
2 critiques
3.9
Member
chellerystick
88
77 Fragments of a Familiar Ruin: Poems
de Thomas King
27 membres
1 critique
½ 4.7
Member
gypsysmom
89
From Eve's Rib
de Gioconda Belli
27 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
AbigailAdams26
90
From Scratch
de Clayton Eshleman
10 membres
Member
paradoxosalpha
91
Weapons Grade: Poems
de Terese Svoboda
6 membres
5
Member
absurdeist
92
Sunday Sugar
de Q. Gibson
6 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
Member
wisemetis
93
After Love
de Merle Amodeo
2 membres
4
Member
pickupf
94
The Last Human Heart
de Allison Joseph
1 utilisateur
½ 4.5
Member
hipdeep
95
Beowulf
de Beowulf Poet
25,325 membres
333 critiques
3.8
Member
rhbouchard
96
The World's Wife
de Carol Ann Duffy
744 membres
14 critiques
4.1
Member
Louiseworthington
97
Why I Wake Early: New Poems
de Mary Oliver
717 membres
10 critiques
4.2
Member
msjudy
98
Before the Ever After
de Jacqueline Woodson
487 membres
36 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
sallylou61
99
Sifting through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems
de Charles Bukowski
422 membres
4 critiques
4.1
Member
edparks
100
Postcolonial Love Poem
de Natalie Diaz
344 membres
10 critiques
4.2
Member
gagapa