Poetry

Presents a diverse sample of twentieth century Latin American poems from eighty-four authors in Spanish, Portuguese, Ladino, Spanglish, and several indigenous languages with English translations on facing pages.

The daughter of John F. Kennedy and the New York Times best-selling author of A Family of Poems collects verse by some of the great poets and organizes them into an intimate telling of a woman's life.

A volume of fifty poetic works by the former U.S. Poet Laureate includes poignant and lighthearted pieces on intimate topics ranging from love and death to solitude and aging.

A new collection of poems by the winner of the 2001 National Book Award chronicles forty years in the career of one of the nation's most talented poetic voices. Reprint.

A collection of poetry by 2007-2008 poet laureate of the United States Charles Simic in which he examines themes such as identity, mystery, violence, and innocence.

A fourth collection by the author of Wind in a Box investigates through verse how humans construct experience and combines the loftiness of dreams and the reality of everyday life into poetry that is both dark and buoyant. Original.

Presents a collection of poems, along with a historical account, describing the 1969 "walk against fear" through a small Arkansas by a group of African Americans.

Presents a facsimilie of a book the author created after the death of her brother, and includes poetry, family photographs, letters, and sketches that deal with coming to terms with the loss.

Poems by each of the forty-three poets who have been named our nation's Poet Laureate since the post (originally called Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress) was established in 1937.

The famous poem that began a major censorship trial. Illustrated with stills from the computer animation that was included in the 2010 movie by the same name.