Instruction to the Double (poems) (1976)
Under Stars (poems) (1978)
Portable Kisses (poems) (1978)
The Hug (poems) (1981)
Willingly (poems) (1984)
Amplitude (poems) (1987)
The Lover of Horses (1987)
Dostoevsky: A Screenplay / King Dog : A Screenplay (1988) (with Raymond Carver)
Moon Crossing Bridge (poems) (1992)
The Valentine Elegies (poems) (1993)
Owl-spirit Dwelling (poems) (1995)
My Black Horse (poems) (1995)
At the Owl Woman Saloon (1996)
Dear Ghosts (poems) (2006)
Barnacle Soup (2007) (with Josie Gray)
The Man from Kinvara (2009)
Midnight Lantern (poems) (2011)

Dostoevsky (1985) (with Raymond Carver)

A Concert of Tenses (1986)
Carver Country: The World of Raymond Carver (1990) (with Bob Adelman, Raymond Carver)
Soul Barnacles: On the Literature of a Relationship: Tess Gallagher And Raymond Carver (2000) (with Raymond Carver)