We’re all spending a lot of time staring out windows longingly these days. Longing for what varies by person but whether its nature, family, or just plain old human intimacy these master poets are sure to have the words that capture those inexpressible feelings deep inside you. I’m forgoing my regular blurbs for this list other than author and year. I want you to go into each of these without preconceptions.
- Prelude to Bruise– A 2014 collection from Saeed Jones.
- On Cats- A 2015 collection from Charles Bukowski.
- Cien Sonetos de Amor- A 1959 collection from Pablo Neruda.
- The Dream Keeper and Other Poems- A 1932 collection from Langston Hughes.
- 100 Selected Poems – A 1959 collection from EE Cummings.
- The Waste Land and Other Poems– A 1934 collection from T. S. Eliot.
- Leaves of Grass- A 1855 collection from Walt Whitman.
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickenson– A 1890 collection from Emily Dickenson.
- The Cantos– A 1925 collection from Ezra Pound.
- Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs– A 1993 collection from Leonard Cohen.