Poetry by Some of the World's Best Poets

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Leaves of Grass
By Walt Whitman
811.3 WHI
This celebrated work was greeted by Ralph Waldo Emerson as “the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.”

Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
By Emily Dickinson
811.4 DIC
The complete poems of one of America’s most loved poets.

New and Collected Poems
By Richard Wilbur
811.54 WIL
A Pulitzer Prize winning collection from an American master.

The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker
By Dorothy Parker
818.5209 PAR
Parker dominated pop literature in the ‘20s and ‘30s and is still the queen of witty, bitter poetry.

The Complete Poems of John Keats
By John Keats
821.7 KEA
Few poets capture beauty as wonderfully as Keats, and this volume brings all of his works together.

Idylls of the King
By Lord Tennyson
821.8 TEN
A reflection of Tennyson's lifelong interest in Arthurian themes achieved through a delicacy of phrase and metrical effect that are unmatched.

Selected Poems
By Jorge Luis Borges
861.6 BOR
An unparalleled volume of poetry by one of the most important Spanish writers in history.

Poetry of Pablo Neruda
By Pablo Neruda
861.62 NER
A comprehensive collection from the Chilean poet who was recognized during his lifetime as the “people’s poet.”

The Aeneid
By Virgil
873.01 VIR
The great epic depicting the fall of Troy and the founding of the Roman Empire.

Requiem and Poem without a Hero
By Anna Akhmatova
891.7142 AKH
Poetry from one of Russia’s great 20th century poets.

Selected Poems
By Czeslaw Milosz
891.8517 MIL
Poems from the winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize.

Sixty Poems
by Charles Simic 811.54 SIM
The best-known poetry of the 2007-2008 U.S. poet laureate.

White Apples and the Taste of Stone
By Donald Hall
811.54 HAL
A collection of poems written between 1946 and 2006 by a former U.S. poet laureate.