Table of Contents |
1 | Volume 1 | |
| | Walt Whitman | |
| | | America / Walt Whitman | |
| | William Butler Yeats | |
| | | Lake Isle of Innisfree 1865-1939 / William Butler Yeats | |
| | | Song of The Old Mother 1865-1939 / William Butler Yeats | |
| | Robert Frost | |
| | | Road Not Taken / Robert Frost | |
| | | Birches / Robert Frost | |
| | | Gift Outright / Robert Frost | |
| | Gertrude Stein | |
| | | If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso / Gertrude Stein | |
| | Wallace Stevens | |
| | | So & So Reclining On Her Couch / Wallace Stevens | |
| | William Carlos Williams | |
| | | Red Wheelbarrow / William Carlos Williams | |
| | | To Elsie / William Carlos Williams | |
| | Ezra Pound | |
| | | Hugh Selwyn Mauberley(Excerpt) / Ezra Pound | |
| | Marianne Moore | |
| | | Bird-Witted / Marianne Moore | |
| | Edna St. Vincent Millay | |
| | | Recuerdo / Edna St. Vincent Millay | |
| | | Love Is Not All / Edna St. Vincent Millay | |
| | E.E. Cummings | |
| | | Next to of course god america | |
| | | Anyone lived in a pretty how town / E.E. Cummings | |
| | Robert Graves | |
| | | To Juan at the Winter Solstice / Robert Graves | |
| | Steven Vincent Benet | |
| | | Opening of the Battle of Gettysburg / Steven Vincent Benet | |
| | Langston Hughes | |
| | | Negro Speaks of Rivers / Langston Hughes | |
| | | Ballad of the Gypsy / Langston Hughes | |
| | | Mulatto | |
| | Ogden Nash | |
| | | Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man 1902-1971 / Ogden Nash | |
| | Robert Penn Warren | |
| | | Love Recognized / Robert Penn Warren | |
| | Stanley Kunitz | |
| | | King of the River / Stanley Kunitz | |
| | W.H. Auden | |
| | | In Memory of W.B. Yeats(Part 1) / W.H. Auden | |
| Volume 2 | |
| | Theodore Roethke | |
| | | I Knew a Woman / Theodore Roethke | |
| | | Elegy for Jane / Theodore Roethke | |
| | Stephen Spender | |
| | | Rough / Stephen Spender | |
| | | Thoughts During an Air Raid / Stephen Spender | |
| | May Sarton | |
| | | My Sisters, O My Sisters / May Sarton | |
| | Muriel Rukeyser | |
| | | In Our Time / Muriel Rukeyser | |
| | | Despisals / Muriel Rukeyser | |
| | | Ballad of Orange and Grape / Muriel Rukeyser | |
| | David Ignatow | |
| | | World is so difficult to give up ... / David Ignatow | |
| | | This is the solution, to be happy with slaughter ... / David Ignatow | |
| | | Here I am with mike in hand, shooting down the rapids ... / David Ignatow | |
| | | I killed a fly ... / David Ignatow | |
| | | What about dying? ... / David Ignatow | |
| | William Stafford | |
| | | Scars / William Stafford | |
| | | It Is / William Stafford | |
| | Dylan Thomas | |
| | | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night / Dylan Thomas | |
| | | If I Were Tickled By The Rub of Love / Dylan Thomas | |
| | John Ciardi | |
| | | HappinesscJohn Ciardi | |
| | Robert Lowell | |
| | | Old Flame / Robert Lowell | |
| | | Skunk Hour / Robert Lowell | |
| | | Epilogue / Robert Lowell | |
| | William Meredith | |
| | | Crossing Over / William Meredith | |
| | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | |
| | | See it was like this when ... / Lawrence Ferlinghetti | |
| | | Underwear / Lawrence Ferlinghetti | |
| | Charles Bukowski | |
| | | Secret of My Endurance / Charles Bukowski | |
| | Howard Nemerov | |
| | | Thanksgrieving / Howard Nemerov | |
| | Mona Van Duyn | |
| | | Sonnet for Minimalists / Mona Van Duyn | |
| | Richard Wilbur | |
| | | Shame / Richard Wilbur | |
| | | Apology / Richard Wilbur | |
| | | Love Calls us To The Things Of This World / Richard Wilbur | |
| | Jack Kerouac | |
| | | American Haikus(Excerpt) / Jack Kerouac | |
| | Lisel Mueller | |
| | | Monet Refuses the Operation / Lisel Mueller | |
| | Allen Ginsberg | |
| | | America / Allen Ginsberg | |
| | John Ashbery | |
| | | Song / John Ashbery | |
| | Galway Kinnell | |
| | | After Making Love We Hear Footsteps / Galway Kinnell | |
| | | Last Gods / Galway Kinnell | |
| Volume 3 | |
| | W.S. Merwin | |
| | | The River Bees / W.S. Merwin | |
| | James Wright | |
| | | Blessing / James Wright | |
| | Anne Sexton | |
| | | Truth The Dead Know / Anne Sexton | |
| | | All My Pretty Ones / Anne Sexton | |
| | Maya Angelou | |
| | | Phenomenal Woman / Maya Angelou | |
| | Richard Howard | |
| | | Even In Paris(Excerpt) / Richard Howard | |
| | Adrienne Rich | |
| | | Diving Into The Wreck / Adrienne Rich | |
| | Derek Walcott | |
| | | Omeros(Excerpt) / Derek Walcott | |
| | Gary Snyder | |
| | | Song Of The Taste / Gary Snyder | |
| | | How Poetry Comes To Me / Gary Snyder | |
| | | Why I Took Good Care Of My Macintosh Computer / Gary Snyder | |
| | Sylvia Plath | |
| | | Daddy / Sylvia Plath | |
| | | Ariel / Sylvia Plath | |
| | David Ray | |
| | | Greatest Poem In The World / David Ray | |
| | John Updike | |
| | | An Oddly Lovely Day Alone / John Updike | |
| | Dan Jaffe | |
| | | Learning About Easter And Passover / Dan Jaffe | |
| | Amri Baraka | |
| | | Bang, Bang Outishly / Amri Baraka | |
| | | Rhythm Blues / Amri Baraka | |
| | | Shazam Doowah / Amri Baraka | |
| | Leonard Cohen | |
| | | Story of Isaac / Leonard Cohen | |
| | Audre Lorde | |
| | | Dahomey / Audre Lorde | |
| | Marge Piercy | |
| | | Putting The Good Things Away / Marge Piercy | |
| | | Right To Life / Marge Piercy | |
| | Mark Strand | |
| | | Keeping Things Whole / Mark Strand | |
| | | Way It Is / Mark Strand | |
| | | Poem / Mark Strand | |
| | Paul Zimmer | |
| | | Zimmer Imagines Heaven / Paul Zimmer | |
| | Lucille Clifton | |
| | | yes Lord, he was born ... / Lucille Clifton | |
| | | cruelty / Lucille Clifton | |
| Volume 4 | |
| | Diane Wakoski | |
| | | I Have Had To Learn To Live With My Face / Diane Wakoski | |
| | Michael S. Harper | |
| | | Dear John, Dear Coltrane / Michael S. Harper | |
| | Charles Simic | |
| | | We were so poor ... / Charles Simic | |
| | | I was stolen by the gypsies ... / Charles Simic | |
| | | Everybody knows the story ... / Charles Simic | |
| | Al Young | |
| | | Lester Leaps In / Al Young | |
| | | For Poets / Al Young | |
| | | Dance For Militant Diletantes / Al Young | |
| | Joseph Brodsky | |
| | | Odysseus To Telemachus / Joseph Brodsky | |
| | Erica Jong | |
| | | Ode To My Shoes / Erica Jong | |
| | Joseph Bruchac | |
| | | Prayer / Joseph Bruchac | |
| | | Translator's Son / Joseph Bruchac | |
| | Sharon Olds | |
| | | Wonder / Sharon Olds | |
| | James Tate | |
| | | Lost Pilot / James Tate | |
| | Tess Gallagher | |
| | | One Kiss / Tess Gallagher | |
| | James Ragan | |
| | | Tent People Of Beverley Hills / James Ragan | |
| | Anne Waldman | |
| | | Uh Oh Plutonium / Anne Waldman | |
| | Adrian Louis | |
| | | Fine Printing On The Label Of A Bottle Of Non-Alcohol Beer / Adrian Louis | |
| | | Sweat Lodge / Adrian Louis | |
| | Juan Felipe Herrara | |
| | | Logan Heights & The World / Juan Felipe Herrara | |
| | Carolyn, Forché | |
| | | Colonel / Carolyn, Forché | |
| | Edward Hirsch | |
| | | Wild Gratitude / Edward Hirsch | |
| | Joy Harjo | |
| | | For Anna Mae Pictou Aquash / Joy Harjo | |
| | Carmen Tafolla | |
| | | Tia Sophia / Carmen Tafolla | |
| | Jimmy Santiago Baca | |
| | | This Is Number 26 / Jimmy Santiago Baca | |
| | | I Am Offering You This Poem / Jimmy Santiago Baca | |
| | Rita Dove | |
| | | Parsley / Rita Dove | |
| | Luci Tapahonso | |
| | | Raisin Eyeso | |
| | Donald Revell | |
| | | Children's Undercroft / Donald Revell | |
| | Luis Rodriguez | |
| | | Concrete River / Luis Rodriguez | |
| | | Tia Chuchia / Luis Rodriguez | |
| | Li-Young Lee | |
| | | My Father, In Heaven, Is Reading Out Loud / Li-Young Lee | |