Anthologies like the Norton and resources like Poetry Out Loud are doing a better job of including more contemporary poetry. We can still do more to get students excited about the amazing diversity of poets writing now.
Top Ten Books of Contemporary Poetry
The Badlands of Desire by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
Salt Works by Michael Chitwood
Strike Anywhere by Dean Young
Donkey Gospel by Tony Hoagland
Night Clerk at the Hotel of Both Worlds by Angela Ball
Selected Poems by Charles Simic
Tulip Farms and Leper Colonies by Charles Harper Webb
Flesh and Blood by C.K. Williams
Marriage and Other Science Fiction by Albert Goldbarth
Mystery Train by David Wojahn
Wow, thanks for the list. I don't know any of these works and will have to stop by to talk to you about your recommendations on where to start or which text may draw me in.
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