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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 sense of time left [1]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: xv, 92 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2003.
[1]
by Morehead, Maureen Podshadley

Length: xv, 92 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2003.
A simple human motion : poems [2]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 40 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
[2]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 40 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
Affrilachia : poems [3]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 100 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington, Ky. : c2000.
[3]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 100 p. ;

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Publisher: Old Cove Press, Lexington, Ky. : c2000.
Appalachian studies : poems [4]
by Shelby, Anne.

Length: 103 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, KY : c2006.
[4]
by Shelby, Anne.

Length: 103 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, KY : c2006.
Back : poems [5]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 91 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Ky. : 2010.
[5]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 91 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Nicholasville, Ky. : 2010.
Buffalo dance : the journey of York [6]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 71 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2004.
[6]
by Walker, Frank X.

Length: 71 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2004.
Catalpa [7]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 61 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Lexington, Ky. : c1993.
[7]
by Lyon, George Ella

Length: 61 p. ;

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Publisher: Wind Publications, Lexington, Ky. : c1993.
Five Kentucky poets laureate : an anthology [8]

Length: 102 p. ;

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Publisher: Kentucky Arts Council, [Frankfort, Ky.] : [2008?].
[8]

Length: 102 p. ;

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Publisher: Kentucky Arts Council, [Frankfort, Ky.] : [2008?].
From the mountain, from the valley : new and collected poems [9]
by Still, James

Length: 166 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2001.
[9]
by Still, James

Length: 166 p. ;

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington : 2001.
Guest house : poems [10]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 41 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2003.
[10]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 41 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, KY : 2003.
Happy hour at the Two Keys Tavern : poems [11]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 88 p. ;

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Publisher: Mid-List Press, Minneapolis : c2006.
[11]
by Worley, Jeff

Length: 88 p. ;

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Publisher: Mid-List Press, Minneapolis : c2006.
Heart cake : poems [12]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 65 p. ;

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Publisher: The Sow's Ear Press, Abingdon, Va. : c2000.
[12]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 65 p. ;

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Publisher: The Sow's Ear Press, Abingdon, Va. : c2000.
New covenant bound [13]
by Crunk, Tony.

Length: 95 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2010.
[13]
by Crunk, Tony.

Length: 95 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2010.
Praeder's letters. [14]
by Hall, James Baker

Length: 137 p. ;

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Publisher: Sarabande Books, Louisville, Ky. : 2002.
[14]
by Hall, James Baker

Length: 137 p. ;

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Publisher: Sarabande Books, Louisville, Ky. : 2002.
Second opinion : poems [15]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 68 p. ;

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Publisher: David Robert Books, Cincinnati, OH : c2008.
[15]
by Kendrick, Leatha.

Length: 68 p. ;

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Publisher: David Robert Books, Cincinnati, OH : c2008.
The air around the butterfly : poems [16]
by Stoykova, Katerina.

Length: 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Fakel Express, Sofia, Bulgaria : 2009.
[16]
by Stoykova, Katerina.

Length: 141 p. ;

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Publisher: Fakel Express, Sofia, Bulgaria : 2009.
The good life : poems [17]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 32 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
[17]
by Smock, Frederick.

Length: 32 p. :

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Publisher: Larkspur Press, Monterey, Ky. : c2000.
The highwayman's wife : poems [18]
by Edwards, Lynnell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Red Hen Press, Los Angeles : c2007.
[18]
by Edwards, Lynnell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Red Hen Press, Los Angeles : c2007.
The total light process : new & selected poems [19]
by Hall, James Baker

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : 2004.
[19]
by Hall, James Baker

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : 2004.
The wolfpen poems [20]
by Still, James

Length: xxiii, 82 p. ;

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Publisher: Berea College Press ; [Berea, Ky.] : c1986.
[20]
by Still, James

Length: xxiii, 82 p. ;

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Publisher: Berea College Press ; [Berea, Ky.] : c1986.
What comes down to us : 25 contemporary Kentucky poets [21]

Length: xiv, 274 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2009.
[21]

Length: xiv, 274 p. :

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Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. : c2009.
When angels speak of love : poems [22]
by Hooks, Bell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Atria Books, New York : 2007.
[22]
by Hooks, Bell.

Length: 99 p. ;

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Publisher: Atria Books, New York : 2007.
Window poems [23]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) :

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Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard : Emeryville, CA : 2007.
[23]
by Berry, Wendell

Length: 1 v. (unpaged) :

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Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard : Emeryville, CA : 2007.
Woman reading to the sea : poems [24]
by Williams, Lisa

Length: 128 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2008.
[24]
by Williams, Lisa

Length: 128 p. ;

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Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co., New York : c2008.
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