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Explore 24 books like Blur by Doug Ramspeck — a handpicked selection united by Death, Grief, Loss, Subjects & Themes, American, and Family.

Death, Grief, Loss Subjects & Themes American Family Poetry

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A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

What the Deep Water Knows — Miranda Cowley Heller

What the Deep Water Knows

Miranda Cowley Heller

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey Poems — James Hoch

Last Pawn Shop in New Jersey Poems

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Kindest Regards New and Selected Poems — Ted Kooser

Kindest Regards New and Selected Poems

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

The Stoop — Jeff Saperstein

Jeff Saperstein

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Fixer Poems — Edgar Kunz

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Readiness — Mark Cox

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

And Yet Poems — Kate Baer

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

I’ll Fly Away — Rudy Francisco

I’ll Fly Away

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Brown Poems — Kevin Young

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

The Shift Poetry for a New Perspective — Melody Godfred

The Shift Poetry for a New Perspective

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Collected Poems 1943-2004 — Richard Wilbur

Collected Poems 1943-2004

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Imagine Us, the Swarm — Muriel Leung

Imagine Us, the Swarm

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Worldly Things — Michael Kleber-Diggs

Michael Kleber-Diggs

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

What the Moon Gave Her — Christi Steyn

What the Moon Gave Her

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Midflight — David Corcoran

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Nirvana Pieces of Self-Healing — Michael Tavon

Nirvana Pieces of Self-Healing

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Light for the World to See — Kwame Alexander

Light for the World to See

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Elegy for a Broken Machine Poems — Patrick Phillips

Elegy for a Broken Machine Poems

Patrick Phillips

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Out of Order — Alexis Sears

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Patter Poems — Douglas Kearney

Douglas Kearney

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Tommy Noun — Maurya Kerr

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

What Kind of Man — Tony Gloeggler

What Kind of Man

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Parallel Movement of the Hands Five Unfinished Longer Works — John Ashbery

Parallel Movement of the Hands Five Unfinished Longer Works

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

Days of Our Lives — Joan Aleshire

Days of Our Lives

Themes: Death, Grief, Loss • Subjects & Themes • American

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Death, Grief, Loss, Subjects & Themes, American — the same threads that run through Blur by Doug Ramspeck. Among the authors featured: Miranda Cowley Heller, James Hoch, Ted Kooser, Jeff Saperstein, and others.

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