Ackerman's Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New & Selected Poems (1993) contains 118 poems that show her ability to dazzle the reader with her skill with words and ideas without sacrificing the need to be understood. The collection also reveals her celebrated ability to incorporate scientific concepts into her poems about the natural world and imbue them with a sense of curiosity and wonder.

In Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden (2002), Ackerman describes her garden in Ithaca, New York, through all the four seasons. She has her accustomed eye for small detail and writes in poetic prose that holds the reader's attention. In addition to the natural phenomena she describes so intricately, Ackerman is also effective in describing how the garden provides fuel for the human soul and spirit.

Ravishing DisUnities: Real Ghazals in English (2000), edited by the late Agha Shahid Ali...