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The greatest American Poets of the 20th Century
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Imaginations (A New Directions paperbook)Imaginations (A New Directions paperbook) by William Carlos Williams
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Start her before you read the Collecetd Poems. This was The beginning of William's best Work
The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 1: 1909-1939The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 1: 1909-1939 by William Carlos Williams
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The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 2: 1939-1962The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 2: 1939-1962 by William Carlos Williams
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Ezra Pound: Poems and Translations (Library of America)Ezra Pound: Poems and Translations (Library of America) by Ezra Pound
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A great Poet despite his politics
The Collected Poems of Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens by Wallace Stevens
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Beautiful work
Opus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, ProseOpus Posthumous: Poems, Plays, Prose by Wallace Stevens
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Helen in Egypt (New Directions Paperbook)Helen in Egypt (New Directions Paperbook) by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
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High Modernism at it's finest
HERMETIC DEFINITIONS.HERMETIC DEFINITIONS. by Hilda, writing as H. D. Doolittle
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Same as above
TrilogyTrilogy by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
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Her late work was her best
The Dream SongsThe Dream Songs by John Berryman
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Berryman could make the sonnet do whatever he wanted
John Berryman: Collected Poems 1937-1971John Berryman: Collected Poems 1937-1971 by John Berryman
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The rest of his work was as good as the Dream Songs
Robert Lowell: Collected Poems: Edited by Frank Bidart and David Gewanter; Introduction by Frank BidartRobert Lowell: Collected Poems: Edited by Frank Bidart and David Gewanter; Introduction by Frank Bidart by Robert Lowell
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Probably the best of his generation
Life Supports: New and Collected Poems (Life Supports Ppr)Life Supports: New and Collected Poems (Life Supports Ppr) by William Bronk
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Bronk will still be read in 200 years
The Collected Poems of Theodore RoethkeThe Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke by Theodore Roethke
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Almost as good as Berryman
Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters (Library of America)Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters (Library of America) by Elizabeth Bishop
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Rescue the Dead: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series)Rescue the Dead: Poems (Wesleyan Poetry Series) by David Ignatow
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A masterpiece
New and Collected PoemsNew and Collected Poems by David Ignatow
Read it.
The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 by Robert Creeley
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The Finest poet of the Generation born in the 20s
The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1975-2005The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1975-2005 by Robert Creeley
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Collected Poems 1943-2004Collected Poems 1943-2004 by Richard Wilbur
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a great formalist Poet
The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992 (Wesleyan Poetry)The Whole Motion: Collected Poems, 1945-1992 (Wesleyan Poetry) by James Dickey
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A Singular body of work
New Collected PoemsNew Collected Poems by George Oppen
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A Poet of Great Integrity. He stopped writing for 30 years, then began to publish again in the 1960s.
Above the River: The Complete PoemsAbove the River: The Complete Poems by James Wright
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A Really good regional poet.