Poetry 2005
Outstanding poetry collections from 2004-2005.

American Smooth
Dove, Rita | W.W. Norton, © 2004 | 811 Dove
An elegantly crafted collection that examines a wide range of American experience.
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Breath
Levine, Philip | Knopf, © 2004 | 811 Levine
Unflinching reflections on aging, death, and everyday life.
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The Clerk's Tale
Reese, Spencer | Houghton Mifflin, © 2004 | 811 Reece
A noteworthy and atmospheric debut collection from an assistant manager at Brooks Brothers.
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Collected Poems
Auster, Paul | Overlook Press, © 2004 | 811 Auster
Fate and chance, Auster's trademark themes, are compellingly explored in this collection of previously published poems.
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Danger on Peaks
Snyder, Gary | Shoemaker & Hoard, © 2004 | 811 Snyder
Mount St. Helens and Hiroshima serve as backdrops to these poems that grapple with themes of peace and destruction.
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Delights and Shadows
Kooser, Ted | Copper Canyon, © 2004 | 811 Kooser
The U.S. Poet Laureate brings seemingly unremarkable events to vivid life in these reflections on small town America.
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Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
Valentine, Jean | Wesleyan University Press, © 2004 | 811 Valentine
Diverse poems that explore the passage of time.
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The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain: New Poems
Bukowski, Charles | Ecco, © 2004 | 811 Bukowski
The second volume of posthumously published work from the influential writer.
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Jack and Other New Poems
Kumin, Maxine | W.W. Norton, © 2005 | 811 Kumin
Meditations on animals, aging and political history from this notable poet.
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M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A
Jordan, A. Van | W.W. Norton, © 2004 | 811 Jordan
Haunting poems inspired by MacNolia Cox, a 1936 black teen spelling bee champ.
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Mercy
Clifton, Lucille | BOA, © 2004 | 811 Clifton
Poems that explore and celebrate the possibility of living a significant life.
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New and Selected Poems
Ryan, Michael | Houghton Mifflin, © 2004 | 811 Ryan
A wide variety of subjects are explored through the poet's characteristic wit and edginess.
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The Prodigal
Walcott, Derek | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 2004 | 811 Walcott
A poetic travelogue that conveys the Walcott's emotional return to his native St. Lucia.
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Raw Silk
Alexander, Meena | Triquarterly Books, © 2004 | 811 Alexander
East meets west in the poet's vivid reflections of being an immigrant and a woman.
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The Rest of Love
Phillips, Carl | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 2004 | 811 Phillips
A rousing collection focusing on love, sex and masculinity.
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Return to the City of White Donkeys
Tate, James | ECCO, © 2004 | 811 Tate
A collection of parables infused with humor and insight.
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The School Among the Ruins: Poems, 2000-2004
Rich, Adrienne | W.W. Norton, © 2004 | 811 Rich
Observations on the first four years of the twenty-first century.
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So Quietly the Earth
Lee, David | Copper Canyon, © 2004 | 811 Lee
Landscape meditations on the American Southwest; these poems begin with walking tours at dawn and explore earth, fire, water and air.
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Streets in their Own Ink
Dybek, Stuart | Farrar, Straus & Giroux, © 2004 | 811 Dybek
City streets are the backdrops to these poems that explore nostalgia, fantasy and finding the extraordinary in ordinary events.
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Table of Content
Tanning, Dorothea | Graywolf Press, © 2004 | 811 Tanning
Collage-like reflections on family, places and life by the painter and sculptor.
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Turning to Fiction
Masini, Donna | W.W. Norton, © 2004 | 811 Masini
Meditations on the impact of change and loss on our daily lives.
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