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	Good Poems for Hard Times Buy used from: $1.24 A wonderful collection of poems from John Donne to Billy Collins. Keillor's introduction is also superb.
	John Donne's Poetry (Norton Critical Editions) by John Donne Buy used from: $1.46 An excellent selection of Donne's work with great commentary.
	Anthology of Modern American Poetry Buy new: $60.17 / Used from: $25.00 Cary Nelson has done a wonderful job collecting the well known poets to a lot of lost or unknown ones.
	Voices of Modern Greece Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $1.99 Fine collection of some of Greece's best modern poets.
	Revolutionary Memory: Recovering the Poetry of the American Left by Cary Nelson Buy new: $29.03 / Used from: $15.95 Invaluable guide to the lost political poems of the Labor Movement. Eye opening.
	George Herbert and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Poets [Authoritative Texts, Criticism] by George Herbert Buy new: $18.75 / Used from: $2.99 Metaphysical religious poet not to be missed!
	A Century of Greek Poetry 1900-2000: Bilingual Edition by Peter Bien Buy used from: $100.00 Essential collection of modern Greek poetry! Worth every penny!
	Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Edition) by John Milton Buy new: $13.67 / Used from: $10.50 Another essential text for English majors.
	The Norton Anthology of Poetry Buy new: $50.02 / Used from: $39.32 A lot here to wrap your mind around.
	The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry by Richard Ellmann Buy new: $47.25 / Used from: $44.70 Ditto of above.
	Notebook of a Return to the Native Land (Wesleyan Poetry) by Aime Cesaire Buy new: $9.88 / Used from: $8.61 Martinique writer wrote this potent surrealist poem about the sufferings of Blacks under colonization! A masterpiece!
	The Norton Anthology of African American Literature Buy new: $61.50 / Used from: $40.00 A brilliant collection of literature/poetry too long neglected in American history. Read and learn.
	The Collected Poems of Odysseus Elytis by Odysseus Elytis Buy new: $50.62 / Used from: $38.25 Greek poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. Incredible imagery and emotion.
	The Complete Poems of Cavafy: Expanded Edition by C.P. Cavafy Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.01 The most well known Greek poet outside of Greece.
	The Odyssey by Homer Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $4.99 My opinion, but you can't truly be an English major without reading this classic text. It shows up throughout the subsequent centuries everywhere! This version is the best translation.
	The Iliad (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Homer Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $6.29 Another must read Greek classic.
	George Seferis: Collected Poems by George Seferis Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $12.45 Greek poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963.
	Spenser: The Faerie Queene (2nd Edition) (Longman Annotated English Poets) by A.C. Hamilton Buy used from: $27.96 Spenser's epic masterpiece with informative critical notes.
	The Erotic Spirit: An Anthology of Poems of Sensuality, Love, and Longing (Shambhala Library) by Sam Hamill Buy used from: $0.25 A tasteful collection of love poems from the 15th century BC to the 1950s AD.
	The Aeneid by Virgil Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $3.56 Another timeless classic!
	Dante's Inferno, The Indiana Critical Edition (Indiana Masterpiece Editions) by Dante Buy new: $12.98 / Used from: $1.22 One of the all time classic masterpieces!
	Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems 1938-1988 (New American Translations) by Yannis Ritsos Buy new: $22.36 / Used from: $6.94 Another important Greek poet.
	The Riverside Shakespeare, 2nd Edition by William Shakespeare Buy new: $85.36 / Used from: $60.00 Few would argue that Shakespeare's plays are really stunning poetry.
	Ben Jonson and the Cavalier Poets (Norton Critical Editions) by Ben Jonson Buy new: $16.13 / Used from: $1.00 Jonson was another master poetic wordsmith!

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