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Snow and Summers: Selected Poems, 1940-89 (Poems 1940-1989)
1.  Snow and Summers: Selected Poems, 1940-89 (Poems 1940-1989) by Solveig Von Schoultz
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  "Most amazing book of anything i've ever read"
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Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas
2.  Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas by R S Thomas
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  "Poetry began for me with R.S. Thomas"
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Floating the River in Melancholy
3.  Floating the River in Melancholy by Shuntaro Tanikawa
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  "Great Japanese poet - this is my favourite of the books of his that i've read"
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Selected poems
4.  Selected poems by Tadeusz Rózewicz
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  "Post WW2 Polish poet: grim, haunting, stubborn, tender"
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Poetry of Wales, 1930-70
5.  Poetry of Wales, 1930-70 by R.Gerallt Jones
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  "Some fantastic translations of 20th Century Welsh language poetry including a version of "Mair Fadlen" by Saunders Lewis which is a masterpiece in itself"
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Yannis Ritsos: Selected poems (Modern Greek poetry)
6.  Yannis Ritsos: Selected poems (Modern Greek poetry) by Yannis Ritsos
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  "Great 20th Century Greek poet: love, loss, oppression and migration"
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The World Split Open: Four Centuries of Women Poets in England and America, 1552-1950.
7.  The World Split Open: Four Centuries of Women Poets in England and America, 1552-1950. by Louise Bernikow
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  "Where else will you find Elizabethan love poetry and 20th Century blues lyrics together?"
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Open Secret: Versions of Rumi
8.  Open Secret: Versions of Rumi by Jelaluddin Rumi
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  "Marvellous 'versions' of  poems by the great Sufi master Rumi"
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The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New 1950-1984
9.  The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems Selected and New 1950-1984 by Adrienne Rich
The list author says:
  "Not just a passionate, intelligent Feminist activist but a passionate, intelligent (and great) poet too!"
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Human Landscapes from My Country - an Epic Novel in Verse
10.  Human Landscapes from My Country - an Epic Novel in Verse by Nazim Hikmet
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  "The great Turkish poet's masterpiece"
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New Collected Poems
11.  New Collected Poems by Les Murray
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  "One of the greatest poets of the 20th century"
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Naked Lonely Hand: Selected Poems
12.  Naked Lonely Hand: Selected Poems by Jibanananda Das
The list author says:
  "A Bengali poet with a unique voice - up there with Tagore and Nazrul Islam"
£8.95   Used & New from: £3.38

The Norton Anthology of Poetry
13.  The Norton Anthology of Poetry by Margaret Ferguson
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  "The one truly essential anthology of poetry"
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Temple Dusk: Zen Haiku
14.  Temple Dusk: Zen Haiku by Mitsu Suzuki
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  "Exquisitely delicate haiku poetry"
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Selected Poems
15.  Selected Poems by Aphra Behn
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  "A 17th Century rebel - intelligent, racy and sensual"
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Song Lyrics: Gitali
16.  Song Lyrics: Gitali by Rabindranath Tagore
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  "My favourite book of lyrics by Tagore"
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The Selected Poems of Cavafy (Penguin Modern Classics Poetry)
17.  The Selected Poems of Cavafy (Penguin Modern Classics Poetry) by Cavafy
The list author says:
  "Erotic and elegiac - the poetry of exile by a 20th Century great"
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Through Naked Branches: Selected Poems of Tarjei Vesaas (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
18.  Through Naked Branches: Selected Poems of Tarjei Vesaas (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation) by Tarjei Vesaas
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  "Norwegian nature poetry"
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Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot
19.  Selected Poems of T. S. Eliot by T.S. Eliot
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  "T.S. Eliot at his best"
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Poems of Oktay Rifat
20.  Poems of Oktay Rifat by Oktay Rifat
The list author says:
  "Very different from Nazim Hikmet, but another great modern Turkish poet"
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Flowers of Sulphur
21.  Flowers of Sulphur by Mario Petrucci
The list author says:
  "Fantastically good contemporary British poet"
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The Missing (Salt Modern Poets)
22.  The Missing (Salt Modern Poets) by Sian Hughes
The list author says:
  "Moving and deceptively simple - another excellent contemporary British poet"
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On Love and Barley: The Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics)
23.  On Love and Barley: The Haiku of Basho (Penguin Classics) by Matsuo Basho
The list author says:
  "The greatest haiku poet ever"
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Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska
24.  Miracle Fair: Selected Poems of Wislawa Szymborska by Wislawa Szymborska
The list author says:
  "Wonderful selection of poetry by a great Polish poet"
£11.99   Used & New from: £5.57

Afterimages
25.  Afterimages by Shinkichi Takahashi
The list author says:
  "The great Zen poet of 20th Century Japan"
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