The Top 10 Poetry Books of the 21st Century

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#1

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Acolytes: Poems
by Nikki Giovanni

#2

Cannibal
by Safiya Sinclair

#3

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Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine

#4

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Collected Poems: 1974–2004
by Rita Dove

#5

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Head Off & Split: Poems
by Nikky Finney

#6

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Life On Mars: Poems
by Tracy K. Smith

#7

Olio
by Tyehimba Jess

#8

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Voyage of the Sable Venus: and Other Poems
by Robin Coste Lewis

#9

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White Egrets: Poems
by Derek Walcott

#10

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Wild Hundreds
by Nate Marshall