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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12,222 members
219 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 35.16
Added 2022-04-11, 05:39 PM
- 10 Members
- jeshakespeare, yoyogod, amanda4242, sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42, rhbouchard, al.vick, mrortiz, Tosta
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- 8 Members
- ablachly, bellawether, sallylou61, PaperbackPirate, AmyBHenderson, perennialreader, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta,
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by Ross Gay
534 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
507 members
3.8
Score 14.04
Added 2022-04-11, 07:48 PM
- 4 Members
- thorold, AntonioGallo, Boand, Louiseworthington
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by Mary Oliver
1,197 members
35 reviews
4.2
Score 13.23
Added 2022-04-13, 06:58 PM
- 4 Members
- AmyBHenderson, Heather39, msjudy, LizLindsey
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337 members
5 reviews
4.2
Score 10.09
Added 2022-04-12, 05:56 PM
- 3 Members
- lorsomething, Heather39, dianeham
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9,194 members
205 reviews
4.2
Score 9.08
Added 2022-04-12, 04:12 PM
- 3 Members
- sundancer, perennialreader, Mary-Anne42
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5,488 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
1,437 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
104 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.73
Added 2022-04-12, 10:57 PM
- 2 Members
- AntonioGallo, SplendorofDelight
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830 members
55 reviews
4.2
Score 6.68
Added 2022-04-13, 06:59 PM
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2,559 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 6.4
Added 2022-04-13, 07:05 AM
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18,410 members
512 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.
