Jess's votes on the list Best Contemporary Female Poets

Listopia > Jess's votes on the list Best Contemporary Female Poets (52 Books)

1	Weeds and Wild Flowers by Alice Oswald 4.01 avg rating — 177 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Will to Change by Adrienne Rich 4.20 avg rating — 249 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	What the Living Do: Poems by Marie Howe 4.32 avg rating — 5,188 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Nature: Poems Old and New by May Swenson 4.23 avg rating — 96 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Dead and the Living by Sharon Olds 4.17 avg rating — 3,931 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Anatomy of Being by Shinji Moon (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 4,434 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Complete Poems by Marianne Moore 4.02 avg rating — 3,168 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Satan Says (Pitt Poetry Series) by Sharon Olds 4.21 avg rating — 2,472 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	bone by Yrsa Daley-Ward 4.14 avg rating — 8,448 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Usable Field by Jane Mead 4.13 avg rating — 63 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Smoke by Dorianne Laux (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 493 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Here by Wisława Szymborska 4.22 avg rating — 2,232 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Imitation of Life by Allison Joseph 3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Waving from Shore: Poems by Lisel Mueller 4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Otherwise: New and Selected Poems by Jane Kenyon 4.33 avg rating — 1,938 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Boneshaker (Pitt Poetry Series) by Jan Beatty 4.15 avg rating — 102 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Nana, Vol. 1 by Ai Yazawa 4.39 avg rating — 74,059 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Red Virgin: A Poem of Simone Weil by Stephanie Strickland 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Memorial: An Excavation of the Iliad by Alice Oswald 4.23 avg rating — 1,967 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye 3.65 avg rating — 2,977 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	A Double Sorrow: Troilus and Criseyde by Lavinia Greenlaw 3.93 avg rating — 142 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Slave Moth: A Narrative in Verse by Thylias Moss 4.29 avg rating — 82 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Selected Poems by Anne Sexton 4.20 avg rating — 2,786 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Dear Boy by Emily Berry 3.85 avg rating — 544 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Incarnadine: Poems by Mary Szybist 4.18 avg rating — 1,750 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks 4.20 avg rating — 2,853 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Leaf and the Cloud: A Poem by Mary Oliver 4.38 avg rating — 1,010 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Country Between Us: The Achingly Sensual Political Poetry from a Journalist in El Salvador by Carolyn Forché (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 2,787 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde 4.43 avg rating — 3,825 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far by Adrienne Rich 4.27 avg rating — 887 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Wild Iris by Louise Glück 4.18 avg rating — 15,146 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Morning in the Burned House: Poems by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 3,319 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Collected Poems of Sara Teasdale by Sara Teasdale 4.33 avg rating — 749 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Thirst by Mary Oliver 4.32 avg rating — 6,677 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Unwords by Non Nomen (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 269 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Dream of a Common Language by Adrienne Rich 4.33 avg rating — 6,882 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Transformations by Anne Sexton 4.11 avg rating — 7,367 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	salt. by Nayyirah Waheed (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 25,236 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Love in my Language by Alexandra Elle (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 804 ratings Jess rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Preparing My Daughter For Rain by Key Ballah 4.10 avg rating — 1,519 ratings Jess rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	nejma by Nayyirah Waheed (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 6,031 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Bluets by Maggie Nelson 4.05 avg rating — 57,097 ratings Jess rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Selected Poems 2: 1976 - 1986 by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,020 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Selected Poems 1: 1965-1975 by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,846 ratings Jess rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Rise of the Trust Fall by Mindy Nettifee 4.23 avg rating — 208 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	; by X.Q. 3.92 avg rating — 1,079 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker 4.05 avg rating — 14,962 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Passion by Jeanette Winterson 4.11 avg rating — 26,394 ratings Jess added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Holy Heathen Rhapsody by Pattiann Rogers 4.26 avg rating — 38 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	A Thousand Mornings: Poems by Mary Oliver 4.20 avg rating — 31,446 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001 by Joy Harjo (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,312 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton 4.29 avg rating — 16,776 ratings Jess rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars