Docker by Seamus Heaney
‘Docker’ is a 1966 poem by Seamus Heaney which depicts the life of a dockworker in Belfast and explores his personal and religious sense of discord.
Tucson by Stephen Dunn
‘Tucson’ by Stephen Dunn is a narrative poem that explores a particular city’s racial tensions. They are described through a single fight and allusions to the various men present in a single bar.
The Crunch by Charles Bukowski
‘The Crunch’ is a moving poem filled with memorable descriptions of society’s lost men and women and our treatment of one another.