I love Break, Blow, and Burn, which is a collection compiled by Camilia Paglia. Not only does it have some awesome poems in it, but also her analysis of the poems. Pretty cool!
I was also recommended to this book, Sound and Sense which also analyzes poetry and has a pretty good selection.
And, of course, I got the complete collection of Emily Dickenson! w00t!
Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est.
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly." ~ Richard Bach
An amazing compilation is The Oxford Book of American Poetry. You can find it for sale here. It's a little on the expensive side, but it's definitely worth it to get in touch with your American poets, spanning the centuries.
New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
Isobel Dixon @ Poetry International Web The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats @ Amazon The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson Any of the Penguin Poetry Anthologies (listed @ Wikipedia)
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry
Have fun.
Ta,
Cal.
Fraser: Stop stealing the blanket. [Diefenbaker whines] Fraser: You're an Arctic Wolf, for God's sake. (Due South)
Hatter: Do I need a reason to help a pretty girl in a very wet dress? (Alice)
If you want stuff that's blow your head off funny, try Ogden Nash. Of course I will also recommend Robert Frost. Lewis Carroll is a great one to look at if you're looking for something kind of off-the-wall, but they're really quite good. He should be known for his poetry more than he is. (And in case you've forgotten in all the Post-Ogden Nash euphoria, Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass")
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