Longman Anthology of Contemporary Poetry The (2nd Edition) [Textbook Binding]

Stuart Friebert (Author), David Young (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0801300460 | ISBN-13: 978-0801300462 | Publication Date: January 1, 1989 | Edition: 2

This collection is a balanced survey of some of the best American poetry written since World War II.

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Transit by Guillaume Apollinaire
But Not That One by John Ashbery
Civilization And Its Discontents by John Ashbery
Friends by John Ashbery
Glazunoviana by John Ashbery
Marchenbilder by John Ashbery
On Autumn Lake by John Ashbery
Shadow Train by John Ashbery
What Is Poetry by John Ashbery
Damside by Margaret Atwood
Game After Supper by Margaret Atwood
Landcrab by Margaret Atwood
Last Poem by Margaret Atwood
The Robber Bridegroom by Margaret Atwood
Trainride, Vienna-bonn by Margaret Atwood
Vultures by Margaret Atwood
The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart by Margaret Atwood
American Lights, Seen From Off Abroad by John Berryman
Certainty Before Lunch by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 107 by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 12. Sabbath by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 23. The Lay Of Ike by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 366 by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 76. Henry's Confession by John Berryman
The Dream Songs: 9 by John Berryman
Gislebertus' Eve by John Berryman
Washington In Love by John Berryman
At The Fishhouses by Elizabeth Bishop
First Death In Nova Scotia by Elizabeth Bishop
In The Waiting Room by Elizabeth Bishop
Over 2000 Illustrations And A Complete Concordance by Elizabeth Bishop
The Prodigal by Elizabeth Bishop
Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop
August Rain by Robert Bly
Driving Toward The Lac Qui Parle River by Robert Bly
Mourning Pablo Neruda by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 1 by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 2 by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 3 by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 4. On Meditation by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 5. Listening To Bach by Robert Bly
Six Winter Privacy Poems: 6 by Robert Bly
Snowbanks North Of The House by Robert Bly
Three Presidents: Andrew Jackson by Robert Bly
Three Presidents: John F. Kennedy by Robert Bly
Three Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt by Robert Bly
Turning Away From Lies by Robert Bly
Visiting Emily Dickinson's Grave With Robert Francis by Robert Bly
The Ballad Of Late Annie by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Bean Eaters by Gwendolyn Brooks
Do Not Be Afraid Of No by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Last Quatrain Of The Ballad Of Emmett Till by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Lovers Of The Poor by Gwendolyn Brooks
Notes From The Childhood And The Girlhood by Gwendolyn Brooks
Old Relative by Gwendolyn Brooks
The Parents: People Like Our Marriage, Maxie And Andrew by Gwendolyn Brooks
'pygmies Are Pygmies Still, Though Percht On Alps' by Gwendolyn Brooks
Sunday Chicken by Gwendolyn Brooks
A Sunset Of The City by Gwendolyn Brooks
Throwing Out The Flowers by Gwendolyn Brooks
And by Robert Creeley
The City by Robert Creeley
Damon & Pythias by Robert Creeley
For W.c.w. by Robert Creeley
A Gift Of Great Value by Robert Creeley
Place by Robert Creeley
The Statue by Robert Creeley
Time by Robert Creeley
The Turn by Robert Creeley
Bread by James Dickey
Fall by James Dickey
Hedge Life by James Dickey
Banneker by Rita Dove
Courtship by Rita Dove
Daystar by Rita Dove
Dusting by Rita Dove
The Satisfaction Coal Company by Rita Dove
Sunday Greens by Rita Dove
Weathering Out by Rita Dove
Elizabeth's War With The Christmas Bear: 1601 by Norman Dubie
February: The Boy Breughel by Norman Dubie
The Fox Who Watched For The Midnight Sun by Norman Dubie
The Ganges by Norman Dubie
Hummingbirds by Norman Dubie
Thomas Hardy by Norman Dubie
The Amateur by Russell Edson
The Automobile by Russell Edson
A Cottage In The Wood by Russell Edson
Darwin Descending by Russell Edson
The Death Of An Angel by Russell Edson
The Fall by Russell Edson
In The Forest by Russell Edson
A Journey Through The Moonlight by Russell Edson
The Long Picnic by Russell Edson
An Old Man's Son by Russell Edson
The Pilot by Russell Edson
The Wheelbarrow by Russell Edson
The Wounded Breakfast by Russell Edson
Apple Peeler by Robert Francis
Blue Winter by Robert Francis
Bluejay by Robert Francis
Boy Riding Forward Backward by Robert Francis
Cold by Robert Francis
Cypresses by Robert Francis
December by Robert Francis
Hogwash by Robert Francis
Like Ghosts Of Eagles by Robert Francis
Sheep by Robert Francis
Silent Poem by Robert Francis
Waxwings by Robert Francis
Yes, What? by Robert Francis
Howl; For Carl Solomon by Allen Ginsberg
An Airstrip In Essex, 1960 by Donald Hall
Apples by Donald Hall
The Black Faced Sheep by Donald Hall
The Long River by Donald Hall
New Hampshire by Donald Hall
'reclining Figure' (from Henry Moore's Sculpture) by Donald Hall
Wedding Party by Donald Hall
The Dance Of The Elephants by Michael S. Harper
Grandfather by Michael S. Harper
Howage To New World by Michael S. Harper
Kin by Michael S. Harper
Landfill by Michael S. Harper
Last Affair: Bessie's Blues Song by Michael S. Harper
Nightmare Begins Responsibility by Michael S. Harper
We Assume: On The Death Of Our Son, Reuben Masai Harper by Michael S. Harper
Aunt Jemima Of The Ocean Waves by Robert Earl Hayden
Homage To The Empress Of The Blues by Robert Earl Hayden
'mystery Boy' Looks For Kin In Nashville by Robert Earl Hayden
Night, Death, Mississippi by Robert Earl Hayden
Runagate Runagate by Robert Earl Hayden
Those Winter Sundays by Robert Earl Hayden
1614 Boren by Richard Hugo
The Freaks At Spurgin Road Field by Richard Hugo
In Your Bad Dream by Richard Hugo
The Lady In Kicking Horse Reservoir by Richard Hugo
A Map Of Montana In Italy by Richard Hugo
Napoli Again by Richard Hugo
Open Country by Richard Hugo
Cinderella by Randall Jarrell
The Death Of The Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell
Field And Forest by Randall Jarrell
The House In The Wood by Randall Jarrell
A Hunt In The Black Forest by Randall Jarrell
Losses by Randall Jarrell
Protocols (birkenau, Odessa; The Children Speak Alternately) by Randall Jarrell
Seele In Raum by Randall Jarrell
Adoration Of The Anchor by Laura Linnea Jensen
An Age by Laura Linnea Jensen
The Ajax Samples by Laura Linnea Jensen
As The Window Darkens by Laura Linnea Jensen
The Cloud Parade by Laura Linnea Jensen
Household by Laura Linnea Jensen
Kitchen by Laura Linnea Jensen
Kite by Laura Linnea Jensen
Pony Farm by Laura Linnea Jensen
The Red Dog by Laura Linnea Jensen
Bus Stop by Donald Justice
Childhood by Donald Justice
A Dancer's Life by Donald Justice
Dreams Of Water by Donald Justice
Landscape With Little Figures by Donald Justice
Nostalgia And Complaint Of The Grandparents by Donald Justice
On The Death Of Friends In Childhood by Donald Justice
Sonatina In Yellow by Donald Justice
White Notes by Donald Justice
The Dream Of Completion by Shirley Kaufman
His Wife by Shirley Kaufman
Looking At Henry Moore's Elephant Skull Etchings In Jerusalem ... by Shirley Kaufman
Nechama by Shirley Kaufman
The Angel by Galway Kinnell
Flower Herding On Mount Monadnock by Galway Kinnell
Freedom, New Hampshire by Galway Kinnell
Little Sleep's-head Sprouting Hair In The Moonlight by Galway Kinnell
Ruins Under The Stars by Galway Kinnell
The Shroud by Galway Kinnell
Earliest Spring by Denise Levertov
Olga Poems (olga Levertov, 1914-1964) by Denise Levertov
Six Variations by Denise Levertov
Window-blind by Denise Levertov
1933 by Philip Levine
Clouds by Philip Levine
Heaven by Philip Levine
Milkweed by Philip Levine
Sweet Will by Philip Levine
They Feed They Lion by Philip Levine
Linnets by Larry Levis
Beyond The Alps (on The Train From Rome To Paris, 1950) by Robert Lowell
For The Union Dead by Robert Lowell
July In Washington by Robert Lowell
The Lesson by Robert Lowell
Skunk Hour; For Elizabeth Bishop by Robert Lowell
Those Before Us by Robert Lowell
Water by Robert Lowell
Barn Fire by Thomas Lux
Farmers by Thomas Lux
Flying Noises by Thomas Lux
The Milkman And His Son by Thomas Lux
Solo Native by Thomas Lux
Tarantulas On The Lifebuoy by Thomas Lux
There Were Some Summers by Thomas Lux
The Bittern by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
A Coconut For Katerina by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Games by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Gnawing The Breast by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Helen Todd: My Birthname by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
The Microscope In Winter by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
The Museum Of The Second Creation by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Peter Rabbit by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Resigning From A Job In A Defense Industry by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
Wanting A Mummy by Sandra Jean Mcpherson
In The Dark by James Ingram Merrill
Lost In Translation; For Richard Howard by James Ingram Merrill
The Pier: Under Pisces by James Ingram Merrill
The Black Jewel by William Stanley Merwin
The Broken by William Stanley Merwin
Caesar by William Stanley Merwin
A Door (3) by William Stanley Merwin
The Last One by William Stanley Merwin
Low Fields And Light by William Stanley Merwin
The River Of Bees by William Stanley Merwin
When You Go Away by William Stanley Merwin
Yesterday by William Stanley Merwin
1951 by Frank O'hara
Answer To Voznesensky & Evtushenko by Frank O'hara
Blocks by Frank O'hara
The Day Lady Died by Frank O'hara
Homosexuality by Frank O'hara
An Image Of Leda by Frank O'hara
In Hospital by Frank O'hara
Interior (with Jane) by Frank O'hara
Poem by Frank O'hara
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
The Couriers by Sylvia Plath
Death & Co. by Sylvia Plath
The Manor Garden by Sylvia Plath
The Night Dances by Sylvia Plath
Poppies In July by Sylvia Plath
Poppies In October by Sylvia Plath
Watercolor Of Grantchester Meadows by Sylvia Plath
Winter Trees by Sylvia Plath
Words by Sylvia Plath
After Whistler by Stanley Plumly
For Esther by Stanley Plumly
The Iron Lung by Stanley Plumly
Out-of-the-body Travel by Stanley Plumly
Peppergrass by Stanley Plumly
Wildflower by Stanley Plumly
After Dark by Adrienne Cecile Rich
The Burning Of Paper Instead Of Children by Adrienne Cecile Rich
Children Playing Checkers At The Edge Of The Forest by Adrienne Cecile Rich
In The Wake Of Home by Adrienne Cecile Rich
Child On Top Of A Greenhouse by Theodore Roethke
Cuttings by Theodore Roethke
Cuttings (later) by Theodore Roethke
First Meditation by Theodore Roethke
My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke
North American Sequence: Journey To The Interior by Theodore Roethke
The Shape Of The Fire by Theodore Roethke
Children's Elegy by Muriel Rukeyser
Children, The Sandbar, That Summer by Muriel Rukeyser
Resurrection Of The Right Side by Muriel Rukeyser
The Speed Of Darkness by Muriel Rukeyser
Then by Muriel Rukeyser
Waiting For Icarus by Muriel Rukeyser
Bird-watching by Dennis Schmitz
Letter To Ron Silliman On The Back Of A Map Of Solar System by Dennis Schmitz
Making A Door by Dennis Schmitz
Making Chicago by Dennis Schmitz
Mile Hill by Dennis Schmitz
A Picture Of Okinawa by Dennis Schmitz
Queen Of Heavenly Mausoleum by Dennis Schmitz
Star & Garter Theater; For Roger Alpon by Dennis Schmitz
String by Dennis Schmitz
The Abortion by Anne Sexton
The Fury Of Overshoes by Anne Sexton
Rowing by Anne Sexton
Sixth Psalm by Anne Sexton
Sylvia's Death by Anne Sexton
The Truth The Dead Know by Anne Sexton
What's That by Anne Sexton
Animal Acts by Charles Simic
Ballad by Charles Simic
Begotten Of The Spleen by Charles Simic
Bestiary For The Fingers Of My Right Hand by Charles Simic
Butcher Shop by Charles Simic
Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic
Dark Farmhouses by Charles Simic
Empire Of Dreams by Charles Simic
Fork by Charles Simic
Harsh Climate by Charles Simic
The Marvels Of The City by Charles Simic
Promises Of Leniency And Forgiveness by Charles Simic
Psalm by Charles Simic
Tapestry by Charles Simic
Above Pate Valley by Gary Snyder
Hitch Haiku by Gary Snyder
Hop, Skip, And Jump by Gary Snyder
It (reading Blake In A Cowshed - Island In East China Sea) by Gary Snyder
Mother Earth: Her Whales by Gary Snyder
Song Of The Taste by Gary Snyder
Water by Gary Snyder
Dolls by David St. John
Hush by David St. John
Iris; Vivian St. John (1891-1974) by David St. John
Slow Dance by David St. John
Wedding Preparations In The Country by David St. John
Accountability by William Edgar Stafford
Bring The North by William Edgar Stafford
Ceremony by William Edgar Stafford
The Epitaph Ending In And by William Edgar Stafford
In A Museum In The Capital by William Edgar Stafford
Notice What This Poem Is Not Doing by William Edgar Stafford
Observation Car And Cigar by William Edgar Stafford
The Rescued Year by William Edgar Stafford
School Days by William Edgar Stafford
Serving With Gideon by William Edgar Stafford
Traveling Through The Dark by William Edgar Stafford
The Dancing by Gerald Stern
The Expulsion by Gerald Stern
Kissing Stieglitz Goodbye by Gerald Stern
Morning Harvest by Gerald Stern
Romania, Romania by Gerald Stern
There Is Wind, There Are Matches by Gerald Stern
Angel Surrounded By Paysans by Wallace Stevens
Final Soliloquy Of The Interior Paramour by Wallace Stevens
Large Red Man Reading by Wallace Stevens
Metaphor As Degeneration by Wallace Stevens
Not Ideas About The Thing But The Thing Itself by Wallace Stevens
The Poem That Took The Place Of A Mountain by Wallace Stevens
Puella Parvula by Wallace Stevens
This Solitude Of Cataracts by Wallace Stevens
Vacancy In The Park by Wallace Stevens
The World As Meditation by Wallace Stevens
The Dance by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 1. The Empty Body by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 2. Answers by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 3. Your Dying by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 4. Your Shadow by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 5. Mourning by Mark Strand
Elegy For My Father: 6. The New Year by Mark Strand
Keeping Things Whole by Mark Strand
The Prediction by Mark Strand
Where Are The Waters Of Childhood? by Mark Strand
Breathing by James Tate
Deaf Girl Playing by James Tate
Dreamy Cars Graze On The Dewy Boulevard by James Tate
Goodtime Jesus by James Tate
In A Motel On Lake Erie by James Tate
Land Of Little Sticks, 1945 by James Tate
Neighbors by James Tate
Teaching The Ape To Write Poems by James Tate
The Wheelchair Butterfly by James Tate
Drift by Alberta Turner
Fourth Wish by Alberta Turner
In Love With Wholes by Alberta Turner
Making Old Bones by Alberta Turner
On The Nature Of Food by Alberta Turner
Three Easters by Alberta Turner
Water Eased Of Its Cliffs By Falling by Alberta Turner
After Elegies by Jean Valentine
December 21st by Jean Valentine
The Field by Jean Valentine
The Forgiveness Dream: Man From The Warsaw Ghetto by Jean Valentine
Living Together by Jean Valentine
Orpheus And Eurydice by Jean Valentine
Pilgrims by Jean Valentine
The Second Dream by Jean Valentine
Silences: A Dream Of Governments by Jean Valentine
Tale Of Time: 1. What Happened by Robert Penn Warren
Tale Of Time: 2. The Mad Druggist by Robert Penn Warren
Tale Of Time: 3. Answer Yes Or No by Robert Penn Warren
Tale Of Time: 4. The Interim by Robert Penn Warren
Tale Of Time: 5. What Were You Thinking, Dear Mother? by Robert Penn Warren
Tale Of Time: 6. Insomnia by Robert Penn Warren
Beasts by Richard Wilbur
A Black November Turkey by Richard Wilbur
The Mind-reader by Richard Wilbur
Stop by Richard Wilbur
Thyme Flowering Among Rocks by Richard Wilbur
Angels In Winter by Nancy Willard
The Feast Of St. Tortoise by Nancy Willard
How The Hen Sold Her Eggs To The Stingy Priest by Nancy Willard
The Insects by Nancy Willard
Night Light by Nancy Willard
Original Strawberry by Nancy Willard
Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him by Nancy Willard
Saint Pumpkin by Nancy Willard
The Sleep Of The Painted Ladies by Nancy Willard
The Artist by William Carlos Williams
Iris by William Carlos Williams
Pictures From Brueghel: 1. Self-portrait by William Carlos Williams
Pictures From Brueghel: 2. Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus by William Carlos Williams
Pictures From Brueghel: 3. The Hunters In The Snow by William Carlos Williams
Pictures From Brueghel: 9. The Parable Of The Blind by William Carlos Williams
To A Dog Injured In The Street by William Carlos Williams
The Complete Birth Of God by Carolyn D. Wright
Further Adventures With You by Carolyn D. Wright
The Legend Of Hell by Carolyn D. Wright
Obedience Of The Corpse by Carolyn D. Wright
On The Eve Of Our Mutually Assured Destruction by Carolyn D. Wright
Provinces by Carolyn D. Wright
Spread Rhythm by Carolyn D. Wright
Woman Looking Through A Viewmaster by Carolyn D. Wright
Dead Color by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Delta Traveller; Mww, 1910-1964 by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Dog Creek Mainline by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Dog Day Vespers by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Hawaii Dantesca by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
March Journal by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Sitting At Night On The Front Porch by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Snow by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Spider Crystal Ascension by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Stone Canyon Nocturne by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Two Stories by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Virgo Descending by Charles Penzel, Jr. Wright
Alcohol by Franz Wright
Blood by Franz Wright
Drinking Back by Franz Wright
I Did Not Notice by Franz Wright
Joseph Come Back As The Dusk (1950-1982) by Franz Wright
The Journey by Franz Wright
Mosquitoes by Franz Wright
The Old by Franz Wright
Will I Always Be Eleven. by Franz Wright
The Life by James Wright
Milkweed by James Wright
Mutterings Over The Crib Of A Deaf Child by James Wright
Ohioan Pastoral by James Wright
Outside Fargo, North Dakota by James Wright
Saint Judas by James Wright
Stages On A Journey Westward by James Wright
Twilights by James Wright
A Winter Daybreak Above Vence by James Wright
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

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• Textbook Binding: 629 pages
• Publisher: Pearson Education; 2 edition (January 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801300460
• ISBN-13: 978-0801300462
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This review is from: Longman Anthology of Contemporary Poetry The (2nd Edition) (Textbook Binding)

This is one of the most useful anthologies of contemporary American Poetry, especially because it contains thoughtful introductions to each poet. The selections are not always the typical ones, so you'll find yourself meeting both new poets and new poems by poets you are already acquainted with. What's more, it is the only anthology that regularly includes long poems by quite a few of its contributors. Indispensible.

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This review is from: Longman Anthology of Contemporary Poetry The (2nd Edition) (Textbook Binding)

This is the best anthology of contemporary poetry now available. But the publisher insists on overcharging for it.