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

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