Dennis Cooper: 16 Favorite Poetry Books of 2012 (as numbered on Cooper’s site, but note that he precedes the list with “in no order”)

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015]

1. The Malady of the Century
   Jon Leon
2. Victory
   Ben Kopel
3. Percussion Grenade
   Joyelle McSweeney
4. The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard
   Joe Brainard
5. Hider Roser
   Ben Mirov
6. Baby Babe
   Ana Carrete
7. Foamghast
   Paul Cunningham
8. The Invention of Glass
   Emmanuel Hocquard (translated by Cole Swenson and Rod Smith)
9. I am My Own Betrayal
   Guillaume Morissette
10. Meat Heart
    Melissa Broder
11. Mercury
    Ariana Reines
12. Crunk Juice
    Steve Roggenbuck
13. Snowflake / different streets
    Eileen Myles
14. Trill
    Justin Carter
15. Stealing Things
    Keegan Crawford
15. mysapce.com
    Walter Mackey

Michael Andor Brodeur: 8 Best Poetry Books of 2012, as published by The Boston Globe

• Pink Thunder
  Michael Zapruder
• Mayakovsky’s Revolver
  Matthew Dickman
• Thunderbird
  Dorothea Lasky
• Quick Question
  John Ashbery
• Alien vs. Predator
  Michael Robbins
• As Long as Trees Last
  Hoa Nguyen
• Music for Porn
  Rob Halpern
• Place
  Jorie Graham

Michael Robbins: 7 Best Small-Press Poetry Books of 2012, as published by The Chicago Tribune

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

• Fragile Acts
  Allan Peterson
• Thunderbird
  Dorothea Lasky
• I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say
  Anthony Madrid
• Snowflake / different streets
  Eileen Myles
• Balloon Pop Outlaw Black
  Patricia Lockwood
• Meat Heart
  Melissa Broder
• Madame X
  Darcie Dennigan

Frontier Psychiatrist: Top 18 Poetry Books of 2012

1. The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard
   Joe Brainard
2. A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics
   CAConrad
3. Bean Spasms
   Ted Berrigan & Ron Padgett
4. Enduring Freedom
   Laura Mullen
5. Snowflake / different streets
   Eileen Myles
6. Flowering Mall
   Brandon Brown
7. how to survive a hotel fire
   Angela Veronica Wong
8. The Emily Dicknson Reader: An English-to-English Translation of Emily Dickinson’s Complete Poems
   Paul Legault
9. Partyknife
   Dan Magers
10. Sonics in Warholia
    Megan Volpert

Honorable Mentions

• Victory
  Ben Kopel
• A Real Time of It
  Sally Delehant
• cloudfang :: cakedirt
  Daniela Olszewska
• As Long as Trees Last
  Hoa Nguyen
• The Invention of Glass
  Emmanuel Hocquard (translated by Cole Swenson and Rod Smith)
• Hider Roser
  Ben Mirov
• Desiring Map
  Megan Kaminski
• Vital Pursuits
  Evan Glasson

Publishers Weekly: 5 Best Poetry Books of 2012

[see also 2018, 2017, 2016]

1. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
   Lucille Clifton
2. Slow Lightning
   Eduardo C. Corral
3. Place
   Jorie Graham
4. Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys
   D.A. Powell
5. Animal Eye
   Paisley Rekdal

Coldfront: Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012

1. Engine Empire
   Cathy Park Hong
2. Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys
   D.A. Powell
3. Snowflake / different streets
   Eileen Myles
4. Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
   Patricia Smith
5. Our Andromeda
   Brenda Shaughnessy
6. To Keep Love Blurry
   Craig Morgan Teicher
7. Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations
   David Ferry
8. Nice Weather
   Frederick Seidel
9. Further Adventures in Monochrome
   John Yau
10. Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast
    Hannah Gamble
11. Bright Brave Phenomena
    Amanda Nadelberg
12. me and Nina
    Monica A. Hand
13. Balloon Pop Outlaw Black
    Patricia Lockwood
14. Gravesend
    Cole Swensen
15. Slow Lightning
    Eduardo C. Corral
16. Meme
    Susan Wheeler
17. Partyknife
    Dan Magers
18. A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon: New (Soma)tics
    CAConrad
19. If I Should Say I Have Hope
    Lynn Melnick
20. Thunderbird
    Dorothea Lasky
21. The Glimmering Room
    Cynthia Cruz
22. ROTC Kills
    John Koethe
23. Grand & Arsenal
    Kerri Webster
24. Sermons and Lectures Both Blank and Relentless
    Matt Hart
25. China Cowboy
    Kim Gek Lin Short
26. Fjords, Vol. 1
    Zachary Schomburg
27. Vanitas, Rough
    Lisa Russ Spaar
28. Mother Was a Tragic Girl
    Sandra Simonds
29. Exit, Civilian
    Idra Novey
30. The Fact of the Matter
    Sally Keith
31. Madame X
    Darcie Dennigan
32. Victory
    Ben Kopel
33. The Ground
    Rowan Ricardo Phillips
34. Quick Question
    John Ashbery
35. Robinson Alone
    Kathleen Rooney
36. Charms Against Lightning
    James Arthur
37. how to survive a hotel fire
    Angela Veronica Wong
38. The Game of Boxes
    Catherine Barnett
39. Hider Roser
    Ben Mirov
40. I Live in a Hut
    S.E. Smith