Favourite Books of Poetry and Translation

A Listmania! list by Ruth Elizabeth
 
Human Wishes
1.  Human Wishes by Robert Hass
The list author says:
  "Some of Robert Hass's most beautiful poems."
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Sun Under Wood: New Poems
2.  Sun Under Wood: New Poems by Robert Hass
The list author says:
  "Another of my favourite Robert Hass collections."
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Essential Haiku Volume 20
3.  Essential Haiku Volume 20 by Robert Hass
The list author says:
  "Robert Hass's translations of the haiku masters."
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The Apple Trees At Olema: New and Selected Poems
4.  The Apple Trees At Olema: New and Selected Poems by Robert Hass
The list author says:
  "Robert's Hass new and selected poems."
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New And Collected Poems: 1931-2001
5.  New And Collected Poems: 1931-2001 by Czeslaw Milosz
The list author says:
  "Wonderful. Czeslaw Milosz's poems are a joy."
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Talking to My Body
6.  Talking to My Body by Anna Swir
The list author says:
  "Czeslaw Milosz's translation of some of Anna Swir's beautiful poems about being a woman and a writer."
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The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
7.  The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
The list author says:
  "The definite translation of Rilke's poetry."
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Letters to a Young Poet
8.  Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
The list author says:
  "Steven Mitchell translates Rilke again, this time his ever-useful advice to young writers everywhere."
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Full Woman Fleshly Apple Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda
9.  Full Woman Fleshly Apple Hot Moon: Selected Poems of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda
The list author says:
  "Steven Mitchell's translations of his favourite Pablo Neruda poems. Delightful, a real gift."
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Book Of Job
10.  Book Of Job by Stephen Mitchell
The list author says:
  "Stunning translation of Job's trials."
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Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Biblical Stories
11.  Genesis: A New Translation of the Classic Biblical Stories by Stephen Mitchell
The list author says:
  "Highly readable translation of Genesis."
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Petrarch's Lyric Poems: Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics
12.  Petrarch's Lyric Poems: Rime Sparse and Other Lyrics by Francesco Petrarch
The list author says:
  "Highly readable, yet still musical, free verse translations of Petrach's poems."
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
13.  If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho by Sappho
The list author says:
  "Fragments of Sappho's poetry."
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The Norton Shakespeare, 2nd Revised Edition
14.  The Norton Shakespeare, 2nd Revised Edition by William Shakespeare
The list author says:
  "Shakespeare's sonnets are immensely re-readable."
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Collected Sonnets
15.  Collected Sonnets by Edna St. Vincent Millay
The list author says:
  "This includes the entire sonnet seqence "Fatal Interview," the story of a love affair."
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Worlds Wife
16.  Worlds Wife by Carol A Duffy
The list author says:
  "Mrs. Beast, Mrs. Faust, Mrs. Quasimodo and other wives wittily recast myth and history from a woman's point of view."
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