Book cover. Ariel by Sylvia Plath (1965) Cover shows a white flower. (3.5 stars) Words; "Axes After whose stroke the wood rings, And the echoes! Echoes travelling Off from the centre like horses. The sap Wells like tears, like the Water striving To re-establish its mirror Over the rock. That drops and turns, A white skull, Eaten by weedy greens, Years later I Encounter them on the road - Words dry and riderless, The indefatigable, hoof-taps, While From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars Govern a life."

Photo of Sylvia Plath facing sideways. Born Boston, Mass 1932, died London, England 1963. American poet and author.

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Photo of Jason Reynolds from 2020. Born Washington, DC 1983. Author of novels and poetry for Young adults and middle grades.

Book cover. Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, art by Danica Novgorodoff (2017) Cover shows different people on an elevator.

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Photo of Carl Sandburg from 1955. Born Galesburg, IL 1878, died Flat Rock, NC 1967 American poet, biographer, journalist, editor.

Book cover. Honey and Salt by Carl Sandburg (1963) drawing of 2 women and a man and a dog by a tree... (I believe anyway) 3 stars

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Photo of Dorothy Parker taken 1910's / 1920's. Born Long Branch NJ 1893, died NYC 1967. American poet, literary critic, author of plays, movie scripts, fiction.

Book cover. Not Much Fun, The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker (1996) Cover in stripes of black, white and red 4.0 stars

Book cover. Enough Rope (14th Ed) by Dorothy Parker (1926) 4 stars. Tan cover with dark print and a coiled rope. Indian Summer "In youth, it was way I had To do my best to please, And change, with every passing lad, To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know, And do the things I do; And if you do not like me so, To hell, my love, with you!"

Book cover. Sunset Gun: Poems by Dorothy Parker (1928) tan cover with pen smears. 3.5 stars "Rhyme against Living If wild my breast and sore my pride, I bask in dreams of suicide; If cool my heart and high my head, I think, 'How lucky are the dead!"

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Photo of Michael Ondaatje taken 2010 at Tulane University. Born Colombo, Sri Lanka 1943. Poet, fiction writer, essayist

Book cover. The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left Handed Poems (1975 / 4 stars) Shows a man on horseback.

Book cover. A Year of Last Things (Poems) by Michael Ondaatje (2025 / 3 stars) Cover is cream with two arrows flying over a landscape. Poem that struck a chord with me - "'In the last hours before her death her enemies came A raccoon, that storm, the FedEx truck manned by a gentle woman who'd recently lost her own dog. Considering the woman who was usually her enemy our dog perhaps read the grief in her,' 'Now we are less. How do we become more? How to die courteous and beautiful protecting her house, guarding our door.'

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Book cover. Poems from the Women's Movement, edited by Honor Moore (2009) Cover shows photo of women marching in solidarity (4 stars) ""The is no difference between being raped and being pushed down a flight of concrete steps except that the wounds also bleed inside. There is no difference between being raped and being run over by a truck except that afterward men ask if you enjoyed it. There is no difference between being raped and being bit on the ankle by a rattlesnake except that people ask if your skirt was short and why you were out alone anyway......" excerpt of Rape Poem by Marge Piercy Ten Commandments for Liberation 1. though shalt clean up thine own messes. no servants whether paid (cleaning ladies) or indentured (wives) 2. thou shalt not use other people. as tome hayden used james rector to advertise people's park, as marxists use workers to overthro the ruling class, as i just used tom hayden for demonstration purposes. 3. thou shalt not foul the air, with motor vehicles, the water, with detergents, the earth, with chemicals and pesticides. 4. thou shalt not deny any person's humanity. blacks are not niggers, vietnamese are not gooks, women are not chicks, cops are not pigs. 5. thou shalt not endanger other people for an idea. 6. thou shalt not be ashamed, we are all perverts. we all have pasts we could spend our lives denying. 7. thou shalt revel in what you really are: don't change your looks, don't stop talking, go ahead and be. 8. listen to your body: it will let you know whether or not you are content 9. living things shall be allowed to breathe & grow. 10. write your own commandments. i am only a person like you. "burn this & memorize yourself." poem by Alta

Photo of Honor Moore, born Oct 1948 New York City. American author of poetry, creative non-fiction, plays.

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Book cover. So Far So Good, Final Poems: 2014 - 2018 by Ursula K. Le Guin (2018) Cover is a painting of a river running by a hillside. 3.5 stars "Company A paw, a questing nose half waken me, and I let him get under the covers. He curls up and purrs himself asleep. Cats are less troublesome than lovers."

Photo of Ursula K. Le Guin, sitting on a chair by a fire place. Born Berkeley CA 1929, died Portland OR 2018. American author of poetry, speculative fiction, short stories, essays. One of the greats.

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Photo of Amanda Gorman taken in 2021 at Joe Biden's inauguration. Born Los Angeles, CA in 1998. American poet and activist.

Book cover. Amanda Gorman Call Us What We Carry (2021) Blue cover with clouds or white streaks floating through. 5 stars

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Book cover. Selected Poems by T.S. Eliot (1948) Tan cover with drawing of Eliot in center.

Photo of Thomas Stearns Eliot taken 1934. Born St. Louis Missouri 1888, died London, England 1965. Poet, essayist, playwright

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Book cover. Bad Luck is what you make it by Jordan Drake (2018) Cover has the same words written in white scrolling diagonally across the page. 4 stars

Photo of Jordan Drake. Ex US Navy Supply Officer and linebacker for the Naval Academy. American poet

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Drawing of Charles Causley by Stanley Simmonds. Causley born 1917 in Cornwall, died 2003, Cornwall. Cornish poet, school teacher, writer.

Book cover. A Field of Vision by Charles Causley (1988) Cover in shades of yellow, red and green. 4 stars

Book cover. Collected Poems 1951 - 1975 by Charles Causley (1975), not yet read. Red cover. Author's name in white and title in yellow.

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Book cover. Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan (1967) Shows a man and a woman standing in front of a statue.

Photo of Richard Brautigan, born Tacoma, Wash 1935, died Bolinas, Cali 1984. American novelist, poet, short story writer.

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Photo of Margaret Atwood taken 2022. Born Ottawa, ON 1939. Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic and inventor.

Book cover. Power Politics by Margaret Atwood (1971 / 4 stars) Red cover shows night in armor and a woman upside down to his left

Book cover. Dearly by Margaret Atwood (2020 / 4 stars) Cover shows two birds sitting in the branches of a tree.

Book cover. The Animals in that Country by Margaret Atwood (1968) Not read yet. Cover is red and pink with two lions, one in each square.

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Book cover. The Crossover by Kwame Alexander. Graphic novelization of original book, story told in verse (2015)

Photo of Kwame Alexander taken 2019 at Texas Book Festival. Born Manhattan 1969, American writer of poetry and children's fiction

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Photo of Elizabeth Acevedo taken 2018. Born New York City, American poet and author.

Book cover. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (2018). Picture of a young lady surrounded by words.

Book cover. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo (2020) Cover picture of two girls, side by side, but in different locations, divided by the shadow of a plane.

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