Poetry:
* "The Dream of the Blue Heron" (1975) - His first collection of poems
* "A World of Difference" (1979)
* "The Elements" (1987)
* "The Book of Hours" (1990)
* "The Weight of Words" (1996)
* "The Stone in the River" (2002)
* "The Burning Season" (2005) - Winner of the 2005 Paterson Poetry Prize
* "The Book of Days" (2010)
* "The Sun and the Moon" (2015)
* "The Gift of Time" (2020)
Fiction:
* "The First Time" (1981) - A novella
* "The Book of Changes" (1988) - A novel
Literary Criticism:
* "The Craft of Poetry" (1991)
* "The Art of the Short Story" (1995)
* "The Poetics of Translation" (2001)
Translation:
* "The Complete Poems of Yehuda Amichai" (2000)
* "The Selected Poems of Dahlia Ravikovitch" (2005)
Other:
* "The Poetry of the United States" (2010) - An anthology co-edited with Stephen Burt
* "The Art of the Essay" (2016)
In addition to these, Ronald Michael Barasch has published numerous articles and essays in literary journals and magazines. He has also received numerous awards for his work, including the Paterson Poetry Prize, the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Pushcart Prize.