New American Poets [Paperback]

Jack Myers (Editor), Roger Weingarten (Editor)

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Publication Date: September 1994 | ISBN-10: 0879239077 | ISBN-13: 978-0879239077 | Edition: First Edition

A comprehensive and important selection from over ninety of modern poetry's brightest and most exciting voices. Innovative and provocative, this volume is required reading for all poetry enthusiasts, or for anyone interested in the current and future trends of American verse.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Deuce: 12:23 A.m. by Barbara Anderson
Breaking And Entering by Ralph Michael Angel
Man In A Window by Ralph Michael Angel
The River Has No Hair To Hold Onto by Ralph Michael Angel
Shadow Play by Ralph Michael Angel
Green Chile by Jimmy Santiago Baca
I Am Here by Jimmy Santiago Baca
Main Character by Jimmy Santiago Baca
And The Scream by Stephen Berg
The Coat by Stephen Berg
Self-potrait At Six by Stephen Berg
For The Sake Of Retrieval by Linda Louise Bierds
Off The Aleutian Chain by Linda Louise Bierds
The Stillness, The Dancing by Linda Louise Bierds
Colorado Blvd by Lorna Dee Cervantes
From The Bus To E.l. At Atascadero State Hospital by Lorna Dee Cervantes
Raisins by Lorna Dee Cervantes
This Book Belong To Susan Someone by David Clewell
We Never Close by David Clewell
Holy Family; Audubon Zoo, New Orleans by Peter Cooley
The House Of Poetry by Peter Cooley
Self-portrait As Van Gogh by Peter Cooley
The Soul by Peter Cooley
The Zouave by Peter Cooley
Archaic Torso Of My Uncle Phil by Mark Cox
Geese by Mark Cox
In This His Suit by Mark Cox
Poem For The Name Mary by Mark Cox
The Word by Mark Cox
Bathing by Kate Daniels
Christmas Party by Kate Daniels
For Miklos Radnoti: 1909-1944 by Kate Daniels
Blackbottom: 1945 by Toi Derricotte
Captivity: The Minks by Toi Derricotte
Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing by Toi Derricotte
On The Turning Up Of Unidentified Black Female Corpses by Toi Derricotte
Rock, Scissors, Paper by Deborah Lea Digges
Desire by Stephen Dobyns
Shaving by Stephen Dobyns
Tomatoes by Stephen Dobyns
Adonis Theater by Mark Doty
Heaven by Mark Doty
Night Ferry by Mark Doty
Cameos by Rita Dove
Elevator Man, 1949 by Rita Dove
Persephone Underground by Rita Dove
Persephone, Falling by Rita Dove
Sonnet In Primary Colors by Rita Dove
Used by Rita Dove
The Apocrypha Of Jacques Derrida by Norman Dubie
The Diatribe Of The Kite by Norman Dubie
The Elegy For Integral Domains by Norman Dubie
Radio Sky by Norman Dubie
Trakl by Norman Dubie
At The Smithville Methodist Church by Stephen Elliott Dunn
He/she by Stephen Elliott Dunn
The Routine Things Around The House by Stephen Elliott Dunn
A Blond Bombshell by Lynn Emanuel
Frying Trout While Drunk by Lynn Emanuel
Inspiration by Lynn Emanuel
Of Your Father's Indiscretions And The Train To California by Lynn Emanuel
On Waking After Dreaming Of Raoul by Lynn Emanuel
When Father Decided He Did Not Love Her Anymore by Lynn Emanuel
Another Word For Blue by John Robert Engman
Atlantis by John Robert Engman
Mushroom Clouds by John Robert Engman
One Minute Of Night Sky by John Robert Engman
Staff by John Robert Engman
Cherry Bombs by Alice Fulton
Powers Of Congress by Alice Fulton
Self-storage by Alice Fulton
After The Chinese by Tess Gallagher
Each Bird Walking by Tess Gallagher
Now That I Am Never Alone by Tess Gallagher
Red Poppy by Tess Gallagher
Strange Thanksgiving by Tess Gallagher
Amazons by Louise Gluck
Brown Circle by Louise Gluck
Lullaby by Louise Gluck
Paradise by Louise Gluck
Widows by Louise Gluck
How The World Works: An Essay by Albert Goldbarth
The Nile by Albert Goldbarth
In The Badlands Of Desire by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
In The Middle Of Things, Begin by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
Monsoon by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
The Possibilities by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
To A Girl Writing Her Father's Death by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
American Innocents, Oberlin, Ohion, 1954 by Barry Nathan Goldensohn
Honeymoon by Barry Nathan Goldensohn
The Marrano by Barry Nathan Goldensohn
Post Mortem As Angels by Barry Nathan Goldensohn
Salmon by Jorie Graham
What The End Is For (grand Forks, North Dakota) by Jorie Graham
Population by Mark Halliday
Reality U.s.a by Mark Halliday
Seventh Avenue by Mark Halliday
Blue Elliptic by Joy Harjo
Grace by Joy Harjo
Petroglyph by Joy Harjo
Sante Fe by Joy Harjo
Human Wishes by Robert Hass
Privilege Of Being by Robert Hass
A Story About The Body by Robert Hass
Vintage by Robert Hass
A Poem In Response To Doom by William Hathaway
Wan Hope by William Hathaway
After The Last Practice; Grinnell, Iowa, November 1941 by Edward Hirsch
Art Pepper by Edward Hirsch
One Season by Tony Hoagland
Poem For Men Only by Tony Hoagland
Sweet Ruin by Tony Hoagland
Against Paradise by Jonathan Holden
Tumbleweed by Jonathan Holden
The Wisdom Tooth by Jonathan Holden
Four Chinatown Figures by Garrett Kaoru Hongo
The Legend by Garrett Kaoru Hongo
The Underworld by Garrett Kaoru Hongo
Death, The Last Visit by Marie Howe
Part Of Eve's Discussion by Marie Howe
The Split by Marie Howe
Without Devotion by Marie Howe
Frugal Repasts by Lynda Hull
Love Song During Riot With Many Voices; Newark, 1967 by Lynda Hull
Shore Leave by Lynda Hull
Austerity In Vermont by T. R. Hummer
A Heart Attack In The Country by T. R. Hummer
Mississippi 1955 Confessional by T. R. Hummer
Spring Comes To Mid-ohio In A Holy Shower Of Stars by T. R. Hummer
Breaking by Cynthia Huntington
The Hackeysack Players by Cynthia Huntington
Party by Cynthia Huntington
Rhapsody by Cynthia Huntington
The Angels Of 1912 And 1972 by Richard Jackson
Homeric by Richard Jackson
A Violation by Richard Jackson
The Black Riviera by Mark Jarman
Ground Swell by Mark Jarman
The Shrine And The Burning Wheel by Mark Jarman
The Bell by Richard Jones
The Birds by Richard Jones
Certain People by Richard Jones
The Hearing Aid by Richard Jones
Leaving Town After The Funeral by Richard Jones
The Mechanic by Richard Jones
Wan Chu's Wife In Bed by Richard Jones
Caught by Rodney Jones
Mule by Rodney Jones
The Weepers by Rodney Jones
The Beating by Richard Katrovas
A Dog And A Boy by Richard Katrovas
My Friends The Pigeons by Richard Katrovas
The Public Mirror by Richard Katrovas
Silver Lake by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Those Who Wrestle With The Angel For Us by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Wild Turkeys: The Dignity Of The Damned by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Young Wife's Lament by Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Blackberries by Yusef Komunyakaa
My Father's Loveletters by Yusef Komunyakaa
Sunday Afternoons by Yusef Komunyakaa
Temples Of Smoke by Yusef Komunyakaa
Venus's-flytraps by Yusef Komunyakaa
Museum by Sydney Lea
Prayer For The Little City; January 6 by Sydney Lea
The Cleaving by Li-young Lee
Enigma Variations by David Lehman
Fear by David Lehman
Operation Memory by David Lehman
Perfidia by David Lehman
Spontaneous Combustion by David Lehman
The Widening Spell Of The Leaves by Larry Levis
Found And Lost by Robert Long
Fumetti by Robert Long
Have A Nice Day by Robert Long
Saying One Thing by Robert Long
What Happens by Robert Long
Couch Fantasy by Adrian C. Louis
The First Of The Month by Adrian C. Louis
Indian College Blues by Adrian C. Louis
Rhetoric Leads To Cliche by Adrian C. Louis
Wakinyan by Adrian C. Louis
Family Plot, October by Gail Mazur
May, Home After A Year Away by Gail Mazur
Phonic by Gail Mazur
Spring Planting by Gail Mazur
Earthmoving Malediction by Heather Mchugh
Inflation by Heather Mchugh
Place Where Things Got by Heather Mchugh
Third Person Neuter by Heather Mchugh
Ann Lee by Lynne Mcmahon
Barbie's Ferrari by Lynne Mcmahon
Convalescence by Lynne Mcmahon
Devolution Of The Nude by Lynne Mcmahon
Little Elegy For The Age by Lynne Mcmahon
The Face by Susan Mitchell
Feeding The Ducks At The Howard Johnson Motel by Susan Mitchell
Havana Birth by Susan Mitchell
Brother Of The Mount Of Olives by Paul Monette
The Colors Of Desire: 1. Photograph Of A Lynching by David Mura
The Colors Of Desire: 2. 1957 by David Mura
The Colors Of Desire: 3. Miss June 1964 by David Mura
The Colors Of Desire: 4 by David Mura
The Experts by Jack Elliott Myers
Have A Nice Day by Jack Elliott Myers
Jake Addresses The World From The Garden by Jack Elliott Myers
Not Thinking Of Himself by Jack Elliott Myers
Visitation Rites by Jack Elliott Myers
Balance by Marilyn Nelson
Chosen by Marilyn Nelson
Lonely Eagles by Marilyn Nelson
Star-fix by Marilyn Nelson
Hello by Naomi Shihab Nye
The House Made Of Rain by Naomi Shihab Nye
Rain by Naomi Shihab Nye
Streets by Naomi Shihab Nye
What Brings Us Out by Naomi Shihab Nye
May 1968 by Sharon Olds
The Moment Of My Father's Death by Sharon Olds
The Quest by Sharon Olds
Summer Solstice, New York City by Sharon Olds
The Dead Monkey by William Olsen
The Oasis Motel by William Olsen
Tomorrow by William Olsen
The Unicorn Tapestries by William Olsen
Horse Latitudes by Frankie Paino
The Truth by Frankie Paino
Don't Think Governments End The World by Molly Peacock
How I Had To Act by Molly Peacock
Say You Love Me by Molly Peacock
The Surge by Molly Peacock
Driving Lesson by Michael Pettit
Legless Boy Climbing In An Out Of Chair by Michael Pettit
Pavlov's Dog by Michael Pettit
Sparrow Of Espanola by Michael Pettit
The New Saddhus by Robert Pinsky
The Questions by Robert Pinsky
Shirt by Robert Pinsky
Birthday by Stanley Plumly
Cedar Waxwing On Scarlet Firethorn by Stanley Plumly
Hedgerows by Stanley Plumly
Infidelity by Stanley Plumly
Toward Umbria by Stanley Plumly
Bernadette Murphy, 1943-1955 by Thomas Rabbitt
Blue Lights by Thomas Rabbitt
For Thomas Stearns Eliot On The Occasion Of His 100 Birthday by Thomas Rabbitt
The Power Of Faith by Thomas Rabbitt
The Inquietude Of A Particular Matter by Alberto Alvaro Rios
Madre Sofia by Alberto Alvaro Rios
True Story Of The Pins by Alberto Alvaro Rios
Earth To Tell Of The Beasts by David Rivard
Later History by David Rivard
Naive Invocation by David Rivard
Summons by David Rivard
Geocentric by Pattiann Rogers
The Hummingbird: A Seduction by Pattiann Rogers
The Next Story by Pattiann Rogers
The Power Of Toads by Pattiann Rogers
Not The End Of The World by Michael Ryan
Switchblade by Michael Ryan
Tv Room At The Children's Hospice by Michael Ryan
At The Half Note Cafe (version B) by Ira Sadoff
The Bath by Ira Sadoff
Nazis by Ira Sadoff
The Air Base At Chateauroux, France by Sherod Santos
Inspiration by Sherod Santos
Nineteen Fifty-five by Sherod Santos
The Answering Machine by Philip Schultz
For My Mother by Philip Schultz
Ode by Philip Schultz
Pumpernickel by Philip Schultz
The Quality by Philip Schultz
For Brothers Everywhere by Timothy Seibles
Trying For Fire by Timothy Seibles
Wind by Timothy Seibles
Championship Fight by Dave Smith
Cuba Night by Dave Smith
On A Quilt In The Bennington College Library by Dave Smith
Pulling A Pig's Tail by Dave Smith
Brothers by Marcia Southwick
Child, Invisible Fire by Marcia Southwick
Horse On The Wall by Marcia Southwick
The Rain's Marriage by Marcia Southwick
The Beds by Elizabeth Spires
Mutoscope by Elizabeth Spires
Sunday Afternoon At Fulham Palace by Elizabeth Spires
I Know by David St. John
Leap Of Faith by David St. John
Meridian by David St. John
Terraces Of Rain by David St. John
Wavelength by David St. John
The Grocery Store by Maura Stanton
Living Apart by Maura Stanton
A Portrait By Bronzino by Maura Stanton
The Bull-roarer by Gerald Stern
The Founder by Gerald Stern
What It Is Like by Gerald Stern
The Gypsy by Susan Stewart
The Memory Cabinet Of Mrs. K. - 1960 by Susan Stewart
Mouth Of The Wolf by Susan Stewart
Curtains by Ruth Stone
Happiness by Ruth Stone
Turn Your Eyes Away by Ruth Stone
Where I Came From by Ruth Stone
Chanel No. 5 by Chase Twichell
The Condom Tree by Chase Twichell
The Shades Of Grand Central by Chase Twichell
Six Belons by Chase Twichell
Dawn Feeding by Leslie Ullman
Desire by Leslie Ullman
Mauve by Leslie Ullman
The Age Of Reason by Michael Van Walleghen
Blue Tango by Michael Van Walleghen
Meat by Michael Van Walleghen
Baby Random by Belle Waring
Back To Catfish by Belle Waring
Breeze In Translation by Belle Waring
When A Beautiful Woman Gets On The Jutiapa Bus by Belle Waring
Anna's Grace by Bruce Weigl
The Black Hose by Bruce Weigl
The Confusion Of Planes We Must Wander In Sleep by Bruce Weigl
Meditation At Pearl Street by Bruce Weigl
They Name Heaven by Bruce Weigl
What Saves Us by Bruce Weigl
Father Hunger And Son by Roger Weingarten
Four Seasons Of His Discontent by Roger Weingarten
From The Temple Of Longing by Roger Weingarten
Jungle Gliders by Roger Weingarten
The Flood by Dara Wier
Holidays by Dara Wier
Old-fashioned by Dara Wier
The Assassination Of John Lennon ... Tussaud Wax Museum by David Wojahn
Matins: James Brown & His Famous Flames Tour The South, 1958 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Harlequins, 1962 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Morphine, 1988 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Picture Window, 1988 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Study, 1989 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Visiting Accounting, 1960 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Walking To School, 1964 by David Wojahn
White Lanterns: Writing Desk, 1989 by David Wojahn
King's Daughters, Home For Unwed Mothers, 1948 by Carolyn D. Wright
More Blues And The Abstract Truth by Carolyn D. Wright
Our Dust by Carolyn D. Wright
Scratch Music by Carolyn D. Wright
Certain Tall Buildings by Franz Wright
Elegy: Breece D'j Pancake by Franz Wright
Entry In An Unknown Hand by Franz Wright
The Needle: For A Friend Who Disappeared by Franz Wright
Lace by Dean Young
Other Obit by Dean Young
Storms by Dean Young
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher; First Edition edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879239077
• ISBN-13: 978-0879239077
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Confused, October 24, 2005

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Driver9 (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New American Poets (Paperback)

I saw "New American Poets" in a local bookstore, and had a long look. I noticed on the back the comment that it is "groundbreaking" collection of "some of the most exciting verse being written today." But some of the names inside frankly did not ring a bell. And others, like Robert Pinsky, Louise Gluck, Jorie Graham, without taking anything away from them, seemed oddly included in a groundbreaking collection. You can probably tell that I ended up buying it.

Then I noticed that this collection was first published in 1991 under the title "New American Poets of the '90s," reissued in August 2005. But the thing that was weird to me was that it was reissued as though it continues to be 1991. There is a brief explanation by Jack Myers that some of the poets have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, etc. And as for the poems, there are some wild, extraordinary surprises in there. It is definitely something a lover of poetry should add to the collection.

But I wanted to know more. There is zero information about the poets themselves, except some publishing notes. It seemed unfair to the reader and the poets not to give some kind of update. Are you still alive? Are you teaching somewhere? have you written anything since 1991? Did you move to New Zealand? Do you have ten kids? Do you like pina coladas? Does your dog still bark all night?

Was it too much work to give this collection a real update? If they need help at Godine, I can volunteer once a month. That way they might come up with something that belongs in the "new books" section of the store which is where I found this historical anomaly.

But the poems are still great.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great intro to contemporary poetry, April 7, 2000

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"ambrosiangel" - See all my reviews

This review is from: New American Poets (Paperback)

Poetry doesn't have to be Shakesperian sonnets and school type stuff and so much does NOT "have to depend on the red wheelbarrow".

Poetry does not have to be dry and boring and only read in schools!

This is not fixed verse. This is not about flowers, sunshine, and shiny-happy love. This is not nicities.

This is raw.personal.new.freeverse.

Anyway, I like it and maybe you will too!