swap_horiz Midsummer Alternatives

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The Whitsun Weddings

The Whitsun Weddings is a poetry collection by Philip Larkin, published in 1964 by Faber and Faber. It includes some of...

Lyric 20TH Century British English

9.5 Brilliant

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Omeros

Omeros is an epic poem written by Caribbean poet Derek Walcott, published in 1990. Structured in seven books and divided...

Epic 20TH Century Caribbean Canonical

9.4 Excellent

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The Less Deceived

"The Less Deceived" is a collection of poetry by the English writer Philip Larkin, published in 1955 by the Marvell Pres...

Lyric 20TH Century British Pessimist

9.1 Excellent

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Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas

Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas was first published by New Directions and J. M. Dent in 1952, compiling works that Thoma...

Lyric 20TH Century Welsh Collected

9.0 Excellent

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Collected Poems 1934-1952

Collected Poems 1934-1952 is a selection of Dylan Thomas's poetry published by J. M. Dent in 1952, gathering work from t...

Lyric 20TH Century Welsh Canonical

8.9 Great

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Lustra

Lustra (1916) is a poetry collection by Ezra Pound, collecting Imagist and early modernist poems written between 1912 an...

Lyric Modernist 20TH Century Imagist

8.8 Great

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Sea Grapes

Sea Grapes is a 1976 poetry collection by Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott. Its poems examine Caribbean landscape, coloni...

Nature Lyric 20TH Century Caribbean

8.7 Great

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Deaths and Entrances

"Deaths and Entrances" is a 1946 poetry collection by the Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. It is widely regarded as his most s...

Lyric 20TH Century Welsh Wartime

8.7 Great

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The Annals of Chile

"The Annals of Chile" is a 1994 poetry collection by Irish poet Paul Muldoon. The volume won the T.S. Eliot Prize and th...

Lyric 20TH Century Irish Elegy

8.7 Great

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Parts of a World

Parts of a World is a 1942 poetry collection by the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens. Published by Alfred A. Knop...

Lyric Philosophical Modernist 20TH Century

8.6 Great

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Rivers and Mountains

Rivers and Mountains is a 1966 poetry collection by the American poet John Ashbery, associated with the New York School...

Lyric 20TH Century Long Poem Ashbery

8.6 Great

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White Egrets

White Egrets is a 2010 poetry collection by the Saint Lucian poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Published by Farrar,...

Lyric 21ST Century Caribbean Walcott

8.6 Great

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Glass, Irony and God

Glass, Irony and God is a 1995 poetry collection by the Canadian poet and classicist Anne Carson. The book is known for...

Lyric Canadian 20TH Century Experimental

8.6 Great

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Quoof

"Quoof" is a poetry collection published in 1983 by the Northern Irish poet Paul Muldoon. The title refers to a private...

Lyric 20TH Century Playful Irish

8.6 Great

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100 Love Sonnets

100 Love Sonnets, originally published in Spanish as Cien sonetos de amor in 1959, is a renowned poetry collection by th...

20TH Century Chilean Love Sonnets

8.5 Great

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The Double Dream of Spring

The Double Dream of Spring is a 1970 poetry collection by American poet John Ashbery, published by E. P. Dutton. The tit...

Lyric 20TH Century Ekphrastic Ashbery

8.5 Great

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Nones

Nones is a 1951 poetry collection written by the Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden. The collection is recognized for intro...

Lyric 20TH Century Meditative British

8.5 Great

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The Prodigal

The Prodigal is a book-length poem by the Caribbean poet and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, published in 2004. The narrat...

Lyric 21ST Century Caribbean Late Career

8.4 Great

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The Fortunate Traveller

The Fortunate Traveller is a 1981 poetry collection by Caribbean writer Derek Walcott, who was awarded the Nobel Prize i...

Lyric 20TH Century Political Caribbean

8.2 Great

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The Arkansas Testament

The Arkansas Testament is a poetry collection by Saint Lucian poet and playwright Derek Walcott, published in 1987 by Fa...

Lyric 20TH Century Political Caribbean

8.1 Great