i tried for five there was an honest effort to choose only five and it lasted about eight seconds
seamus heaney, ânorthâ (x)
marina tsvetaeva, âpoems for moscowâ (x)
w.h. auden, âmusee des beaux artsâ (x)
derek walcott, âmidsummer, tobagoâ (x)
lewis carroll, âthe walrus and the carpenterâ (x)
james wright, âa blessingâ (x)
alexander pushkin, âthe prophetâ (x)
nadine sabra meyer, âinvocation: a fragmentâ (x)
william blake, âjerusalem: the emanation of great albionâ (x)
sappho, âfragment 94â
paul celan, âdeath-fugueâ (x)
philip larkin, âbridge for the livingâ (x)
kim addonizio, âfor youâ (x)
arthur rimbaud, âbarbarianâ (x)
w.b. yeats, âthe second comingâ (x)
kay ryan, âstardustâ (x)
wilfred owen, âdulce et decorum estâ
geoffrey hill, âtenebraeâ (x)
h.d., eideolon (book iii section vii (x))
pablo neruda, âsonnet xxxivâ (x)
emily dickinson, âi dwell in possibilityâ (x)
jacob shores-argeĂŒllo, âparadiseâ
anon, sir gawain and the green knight
kathleen sheeder bonanno, âdeath barged inâ (x)
john donne, âholy sonnet xivâ (x)
elizabeth bishop, âat the fish-housesâ (x)
rainer maria rilke, âthe boyâ (x) and âlamentâ (x)
mahmoud darwish, âyour night is of lilacâ (x)
gregory orr, âtrauma (storm)â (x)
frank oâhara, âhaving a coke with youâ (x)
john milton, paradise lost (books v & ix)
anne carson, âthe autobiography of redâ
naomi shihab nye, âburning the old yearâ (x)
christopher marlowe, hero and leander
sylvia plath, âthree women: a poem for three voicesâ (x)
anna akhmatova, âvoronezhâ (x)
ted hughes, âbride and groom lie hidden for three daysâ (x)
dylan thomas, âfern hillâ (x)
margaret atwood, âsumacsâ (x)
kiki petosino, âgenuflectâ
t.j. jarrett, âhow to speak to the deadâ (x)
louise glĂŒck, âlandscapeâ (x)
jorge luis borges, âpoem of the giftsâ (x)
e.e. cummings, âi will wade outâ (x)
sean ó coileĂĄin, âthe ruins of timoleague abbeyâ (x)
yusef komunyakaa, âjasmineâ (x)