Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selected Poems 1923-1943 | 1942 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 2 | Eleven Poems on the Same Theme | 1942 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 3 | Selected Poems of Robert Penn Warren | 1944 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 4 | The Circus in the Attic | 1947 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 5 | Brother to Dragons | 1953 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 6 | Promises: Poems 1954-1956 | 1957 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 7 | You, Emperors, And Others | 1960 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 8 | Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966 | 1966 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 9 | Incarnations | 1968 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 10 | Audubon | 1969 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 11 | Or Else | 1974 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 12 | New and Selected Poems, 1923-1985 | 1976 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 13 | Being Here: Poetry 1977-1980 | 1980 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 14 | Rumor Verified | 1981 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 15 | Love: Four Versions | 1981 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 16 | Have You Ever Eaten Stars? Poems 1979-1980 | 1981 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 17 | New And Selected Poems 1960-1985 | 1986 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 18 | The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren | 1998 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
| 19 | Now and Then: Poems, 1976-1978 | 2012 | Robert Penn Warren | Buy |
Robert Penn Warren published poetry throughout his career, and his collections span from the 1940s through the 1980s. Promises: Poems 1954-1956 won the Pulitzer Prize and marked a turning point in his verse, moving toward a more personal and open style. Later collections like Audubon, Or Else, and Being Here continued to develop his poetic voice.
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren, published posthumously in 1998, gathers his life’s work in verse into a single volume. Warren’s poetry covers subjects from Southern landscapes and family memory to American history and the natural world. His nineteen collections represent one of the richest bodies of American poetry from the twentieth century.