Poems that I like a lot. As I read more, I hope this list will grow.
Betty Adcock “Penumbra“
W.H. Auden “Lady Weeping at the Crossroads“
Elizabeth Bishop “First Death in Nova Scotia“
Elizabeth Bishop “Insomnia“
Elizabeth Bishop “Invitation to Miss Marianne More“
Elizabeth Bishop “Letter to N.Y.“
Elizabeth Bishop “The Map“
Elizabeth Bishop “One Art“
Elizabeth Bishop “Poem“
Elizabeth Bishop “Seascape“
Elizabeth Bishop “Sestina“
Elizabeth Bishop “View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress“
Henri Cole “Bats“
Henri Cole “Bees“
Henri Cole “Buddha and the Seven Tiger Cubs“
Henri Cole “Harvard Classics“
Henri Cole “Hens“
Henri Cole “Immortal“
Henri Cole “Loons“
Henri Cole “Pig“
Henri Cole “Taxidermied Fawn“
Joanne Diaz “Clarinet“
Stephen Dobyns “How to Like It“
Rita Dove “American Smooth“
Rita Dove “Parsley” (NPR Reading)
Stephen Dunn “A Secret Life“
Claudia Emerson “One Hand on the Wheel“
Claudia Emerson “Portrait“
Patricia Fargnoli “Breaking Silence — For My Son“
Louise Gluck “Departure“
Louise Gluck “Matins“
Louise Gluck “A Myth of Devotion“
Louise Gluck “A Myth of Innocence“
Louise Gluck “The Night Migrations“
Louise Gluck “Omens“
Louise Gluck “Persephone the Wanderer“
Louise Gluck “Quiet Evening“
Louise Gluck “Vespers“
Andrew Hudgins “Courtesy“
Andrew Hudgins “Heat Lightning in a Time of Drought“
Richard Hugo “Death in the Aquarium“
Richard Hugo “Lady in Kicking Horse Reservoir“
John Keats “Ode on a Grecian Urn“
Katherine Larson “Crypsis and Mimicry”
Katherine Larson “Love at Thirty-Two Degrees“
Katherine Larson “Low Tide Evening“
Katherine Larson “Statuary“
Li-Young Lee “Persimmons“
W.S. Merwin “227 Waverly Place“
W.S. Merwin “Good Night“
W.S. Merwin “To the New Year“
W.S. Merwin “Youth“
Sharon Olds “I’d Ask Him for It“
J. Allyn Rosser “Night Drive“
William Stafford “Traveling through the Dark“
Anne Stevenson “Sous-Entendu“
Anne Stevenson “The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument“
Dylan Thomas “Do not go gentle into that good night“
Richard Wilbur “The Ride“