The Top 10 Poetry Books of the 21st Century

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#1
Acolytes: Poems
by Nikki Giovanni
#2
Cannibal
by Safiya Sinclair
#3
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
#5
Head Off & Split: Poems
by Nikky Finney
#6
Life On Mars: Poems
by Tracy K. Smith
#7
Olio
by Tyehimba Jess
#9
White Egrets: Poems
by Derek Walcott
#10
Wild Hundreds
by Nate Marshall