From An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Brazilian Poetry, ed by  Elizabeth Bishop and Emanuel Brasil.

from The National Library / by Oswald de Andrade, trans. by Jean R. Longland

Miss Spring
Brazilian Code of Civil Law

From The Best of the Best American Poetry, 1988-1997, ed. by Harold Bloom, series editor, David Lehman. Another fellow Ohioan. More here and here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/thylias-moss
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/thylias-moss

from The Warmth of Hot Chocolate / by Thylias Moss b. 1954

I showed him where my wings had been recently trimmed.

From Anne, a woman with a complicated biography and a complicated reputation. This is from her book, Transformations. All in all, she has moments of brilliance not to be missed. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/anne-sexton

from The Gold Key / by Anne Sexton (1928-1974)

The speaker in this case
is a middle-aged witch, me —

For prose poetry and tigers. From the book, Dreamtigers, and from the poem of the same name. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/jorge-luis-borges 

from Dreamtigers / by Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) 

In my childhood, I was a fervent worshiper of the tiger

From our new Poet Laureate of the US, for Paul Cezanne, and from The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, ed. by JD McClatchy (1999). More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/charles-wright

from Homage to Paul Cezanne / by Charles Wright b. 1935

At night, in the fish-light of the moon, the dead wear our white shirts
To stay warm, and litter the fields.

And then, Elizabeth’s Lowell. From Notebook (1967). More here:
http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/robert-lowell

from For John Berryman / by Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

John, we used the language as if we made it.

This one’s for Lady Lowell. I notice there’s no Robert Lowell! Must fix that. From Sound the Deep Waters: Women’s Romantic Poetry in the Victorian Age (1991). More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/amy-lowell

from Hora Stellatrix / by Amy Lowell (1874-1925)

The stars hang thick in the apple tree

For childbirth. Another from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).

from Now That I Am Forever With Child / by Audre Lorde (1934–1992)

How the days went
while you were blooming within me
I remember each upon each —

From a beautiful poet for the sky. More here:
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/alberto-rios

from A Small Story about the Sky / by Alberto Ríos b. 1952

Another from Love Poems by Women, ed. by Wendy Mulford (1990).

from It’s No Secret / by Medaksé b. 1933

Every wash has its own biography and reveals
the people in a house, their size,
their taste, even what they love.