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Contemporary Kentucky Poets

Naomi Clewett
Library Assistant, Tates Creek Branch

Kentucky has a rich literary tradition and a vibrant community of poets and other writers. Here is a sampling of works by Kentucky poets.

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A garden in Kentucky : poems [1]
by Gentry, Jane.

Length: 74 p. ;

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Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge : c1995.
[1]
by Gentry, Jane.

Length: 74 p. ;

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Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge : c1995.
A sense of time left [2]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: xv, 92 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2003.
[2]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: xv, 92 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2003.
A simple human motion : poems [3]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 40 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
[3]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 40 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
Affrilachia : poems [4]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 100 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington, Ky. : c2000.
[4]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 100 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington, Ky. : c2000.
Anne & Alpheus, 1842-1882 [5]
by Survant, Joe

Length: 118 p. ;

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Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Ark. : 1996.
[5]
by Survant, Joe

Length: 118 p. ;

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Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, Ark. : 1996.
Appalachian studies : poems [6]
by Shelby, Anne.

Length: 103 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, KY : c2006.
[6]
by Shelby, Anne.

Length: 103 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, KY : c2006.
Back : poems [7]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 91 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Ky. : 2010.
[7]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 91 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Ky. : 2010.
Bucolics : poems [8]
by Manning, Maurice

Length: 95 p. ;

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Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., Orlando : c2007.
[8]
by Manning, Maurice

Length: 95 p. ;

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Publisher: Harcourt, Inc., Orlando : c2007.
Catalpa [9]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 61 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Lexington, Ky. : c1993.
[9]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 61 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Lexington, Ky. : c1993.
Dismal rock [10]
by McCombs, Davis

Length: 62 p. ;

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Publisher: Tupelo Press, Dorset, Vt. : 2007.
[10]
by McCombs, Davis

Length: 62 p. ;

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Publisher: Tupelo Press, Dorset, Vt. : 2007.
Dividing Ridge [11]
by Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann.

Length: 56 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : 2008.
[11]
by Taylor-Hall, Mary Ann.

Length: 56 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : 2008.
Five Kentucky poets laureate : an anthology [12]

Length: 102 p. ;

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Publisher: Kentucky Arts Council, [Frankfort, Ky.] : [2008?].
[12]

Length: 102 p. ;

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Publisher: Kentucky Arts Council, [Frankfort, Ky.] : [2008?].
From the mountain, from the valley : new and collected poems [13]
by Still, James

Length: 166 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2001.
[13]
by Still, James

Length: 166 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2001.
Guest house : poems [14]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 41 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2003.
[14]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 41 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2003.
Happy hour at the Two Keys Tavern : poems [15]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 88 p. ;

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Publisher: Mid-List Press, Minneapolis : c2006.
[15]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 88 p. ;

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Publisher: Mid-List Press, Minneapolis : c2006.
Head off & split : poems [16]
by Finney, Nikky.

Length: xv, 97 p. ;

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Publisher: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill. : 2011.
[16]
by Finney, Nikky.

Length: xv, 97 p. ;

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Publisher: TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill. : 2011.
In the country of morning calm [17]
by Taylor, Richard.

Length: x, 65 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 1998.
[17]
by Taylor, Richard.

Length: x, 65 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 1998.
Incommunicado [18]
by Sutherland, Eric.

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) ;

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Publisher: Blacoetry Press, Versailles, Ky. : 2007.
[18]
by Sutherland, Eric.

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) ;

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Publisher: Blacoetry Press, Versailles, Ky. : 2007.
Isaac Murphy : I dedicate this ride [19]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 66 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington : c2010.
[19]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 66 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington : c2010.
Leavings : poems [20]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 132 p. ;

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Publisher: Counterpoint : Berkeley : c2010.
[20]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 132 p. ;

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Publisher: Counterpoint : Berkeley : c2010.
New covenant bound [21]
by Crunk, Tony.

Length: 95 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2010.
[21]
by Crunk, Tony.

Length: 95 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2010.
Portrait of the artist as a white pig : poems [22]
by Gentry, Jane.

Length: x, 81 p. ;

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Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge : c2006.
[22]
by Gentry, Jane.

Length: x, 81 p. ;

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Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge : c2006.
Praeder's letters. [23]
by Hall, James Baker

Length: 137 p. ;

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Publisher: Sarabande Books, Louisville, Ky. : 2002.
[23]
by Hall, James Baker

Length: 137 p. ;

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Publisher: Sarabande Books, Louisville, Ky. : 2002.
Second opinion : poems [24]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 68 p. ;

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Publisher: David Robert Books, Cincinnati, OH : c2008.
[24]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 68 p. ;

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Publisher: David Robert Books, Cincinnati, OH : c2008.
Stone eye : poems [25]
by Taylor, Richard.

Length: 76 p. ;

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2001.
[25]
by Taylor, Richard.

Length: 76 p. ;

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2001.
The air around the butterfly : poems [26]
by Stoykova, Katerina.

Length: 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Fakel Express, Sofia, Bulgaria : 2009.
[26]
by Stoykova, Katerina.

Length: 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Fakel Express, Sofia, Bulgaria : 2009.
The Brier poems [27]
by Miller, Jim Wayne.

Length: 159 p. ;

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Publisher: Gnomon Press, Frankfort, Ky. : 1997.
[27]
by Miller, Jim Wayne.

Length: 159 p. ;

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Publisher: Gnomon Press, Frankfort, Ky. : 1997.
The common man [28]
by Manning, Maurice

Length: viii, 96 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2010.
[28]
by Manning, Maurice

Length: viii, 96 p. ;

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Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston : 2010.
The dark woods I cross : an anthology of contemporary Louisville women poets [29]

Length: 207 p. ;

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Publisher: White Fields Press, [s.l.] : c1992.
[29]

Length: 207 p. ;

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Publisher: White Fields Press, [s.l.] : c1992.
The good life : poems [30]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 32 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
[30]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 32 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
The highwayman's wife : poems [31]
by Edwards, Lynnell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Red Hen Press, Los Angeles : c2007.
[31]
by Edwards, Lynnell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Red Hen Press, Los Angeles : c2007.
The melancholy teacher [32]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: 54 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2010.
[32]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: 54 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2010.
The total light process : new & selected poems [33]
by Hall, James Baker

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : 2004.
[33]
by Hall, James Baker

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : 2004.
The wolfpen poems [34]
by Still, James

Length: xxiii, 82 p. ;

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Publisher: Berea College Press ; [Berea, Ky.] : c1986.
[34]
by Still, James

Length: xxiii, 82 p. ;

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Publisher: Berea College Press ; [Berea, Ky.] : c1986.
The world is round [35]
by Finney, Nikky.

Length: 106 p. ;

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Publisher: InnerLight Pub., Atlanta, GA : c2003.
[35]
by Finney, Nikky.

Length: 106 p. ;

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Publisher: InnerLight Pub., Atlanta, GA : c2003.
Through the gap : an anthology of contemporary Kentucky poetry [36]

Length: 118 p. ;

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Publisher: Lexington Press, Lexington, Ky. : 1990.
[36]

Length: 118 p. ;

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Publisher: Lexington Press, Lexington, Ky. : 1990.
Ultima thule [37]
by McCombs, Davis

Length: xiv, 52 p. :

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Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven : 2000.
[37]
by McCombs, Davis

Length: xiv, 52 p. :

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Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven : 2000.
What comes down to us : 25 contemporary Kentucky poets [38]

Length: xiv, 274 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2009.
[38]

Length: xiv, 274 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2009.
Window poems [39]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) :

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Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard : Emeryville, CA : 2007.
[39]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) :

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Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard : Emeryville, CA : 2007.
Woman reading to the sea : poems [40]
by Williams, Lisa

Length: 128 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2008.
[40]
by Williams, Lisa

Length: 128 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2008.
Writing who we are : poems by Kentucky feminists [41]

Length: vii, 114 p. ;

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Publisher: Western Kentucky University Press, Bowling Green, Ky. : 2000.
[41]

Length: vii, 114 p. ;

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Publisher: Western Kentucky University Press, Bowling Green, Ky. : 2000.
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