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Below is a list of poetry books for pleasure reading and/or use in the classroom.

     
   
  Writing Poetry from the Inside Out - Sanford Lyne The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon - Translated and edited by Ivan Morris Refusing Heaven - Jack Gilbert Nine Gates - Entering the Minds of Poetry - Jane Hirshfield  
           
 

 
  Red Bird - Mary Oliver Behind My Eyes - Li-Young Lee The Gold Cell - Sharon Olds Fire to Fire - Mark Doty  
           
         
  River of Words: Young Poets and Artists on the Nature of Things - Pamela Michael        
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