Good reads, even if you aren't really into poetry.

The list author says:
	"Heaney's always a favourite, and this book includes a bunch of his prose poems not available anyplace else."

The list author says:
	"Lots of travel stories, and some bits about love, astronomy and Fisher Price people having their heads gnawed on by squirrels."

The list author says:
	"Hysterical - in the sense of madness rather than humour - but damn hard to put down."

The list author says:
	"He's not just for children anymore. This book imagines the end of the world, but it's fun, really."

The list author says:
	"Domestic stories - anybody can relate."

The list author says:
	"Misleadingly simple. A good thing to read on the train, and then look out the window at the passing scenery and graffiti, and ponder."

The list author says:
	"It doesn't get more real than Laux."

The list author says:
	"The master of the villanelle and the sestina, Bishop wrote formal poetry that was somehow both easy to read and freighted with complexity."