Favorite Recent Poetry: 1980-2022
- List of the Month
- April 2022 (see all)
- Description
- 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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12,166 members
219 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 39.16
Added 2022-04-11, 05:39 PM
- 11 Members
- jeshakespeare, yoyogod, amanda4242, sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42, rhbouchard, al.vick, mrortiz, Tosta, 0516mika
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1,615 members
36 reviews
½ 4.5
Score 25.85
Added 2022-04-11, 05:42 PM
- 8 Members
- ablachly, bellawether, sallylou61, PaperbackPirate, AmyBHenderson, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta,
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by Mary Oliver
1,186 members
35 reviews
4.2
Score 16.6
Added 2022-04-13, 06:58 PM
- 5 Members
- AmyBHenderson, Heather39, msjudy, LizLindsey, 0516mika
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by Ross Gay
528 members
18 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 14.68
Added 2022-04-11, 05:06 PM
- 4 Members
- laytonwoman3rd, AmyBHenderson, DAGray08, ArcherKel
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by Ted Hughes
505 members
3.8
Score 14.04
Added 2022-04-11, 07:48 PM
- 4 Members
- thorold, AntonioGallo, Boand, Louiseworthington
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9,148 members
204 reviews
4.2
Score 12.12
Added 2022-04-12, 04:12 PM
- 4 Members
- sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42, 0516mika
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336 members
5 reviews
4.2
Score 10.09
Added 2022-04-12, 05:56 PM
- 3 Members
- lorsomething, Heather39, dianeham
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5,463 members
416 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 9.08
Added 2022-04-19, 04:26 PM
- 3 Members
- wisemetis, sallylou61, mrortiz
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- 2 Members
- charl08, abbottthomas
- Explanations
- 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!
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by Ocean Vuong
1,417 members
28 reviews
4
Score 6.73
Added 2022-04-12, 01:09 PM
- 2 Members
- ManWithAnAgenda, gagapa
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by Dana Gioia
102 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.73
Added 2022-04-12, 10:57 PM
- 2 Members
- AntonioGallo, SplendorofDelight
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826 members
55 reviews
4.2
Score 6.68
Added 2022-04-13, 06:59 PM
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2,542 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Added 2022-04-13, 07:05 AM
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18,295 members
511 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 4.83
Added 2022-04-22, 02:36 PM
- 2 Members
- jeshakespeare, perennialreader,karenb
- Explanations
- karenb : This came out in 1974 and isn't quite new enough.
