The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988-1997
THE BEST OF THE BEST AMERICAN POETRY 1988-1997 Guest Editor: HAROLD BLOOM
Table of Contents
Jonathan Aaron, Dance Mania Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
A. R. Ammons, Anxiety's Prosody Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
A. R. Ammons, Garbage Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
A. R. Ammons, from "Strip" Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
John Ashbery, Baked Alaska Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
John Ashbery, Myrtle Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
John Ashbery, The Problem of Anxiety Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
Elizabeth Bishop, It is Marvellous . . . Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
George Bradley, The Fire Fetched Down Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Lucie Brock-Broido, Inevitably, She Declined Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
Anne Carson, The Life of Towns Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Amy Clampitt, My Cousin Muriel Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Douglas Crase, True Solar Holiday Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Carolyn Creedon, litany Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Thomas M. Disch, The Cardinal Detoxes: A Play in One Act Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Irving Feldman, Terminal Laughs Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Aaron Fogel, The Printers Error Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Alice Fulton, Powers of Congress Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Allen Ginsberg, Salutations to Fernando Pessoa Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Louise Glück, Celestial Music Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Louise Glück, Vespers Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
Jorie Graham, Manifest Destiny Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
Jorie Graham, What the Instant Contains Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Allen Grossman, The Piano Player Explains Himself Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
Donald Hall, Prophecy Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
Donald Hall, The Porcelain Couple Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
Vicki Hearne, St. Luke Painting the Virgin Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
Anthony Hecht, Prospects Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Edward Hirsch, Man on a Fire Escape Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
John Hollander, Kinneret Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
John Hollander, An Old-Fashioned Song Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
John Hollander, The See-Saw Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Richard Howard, Like Most Revelations Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1992
Donald Justice, Nostalgia of the Lakefronts Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
Donald Justice, Invitation to a Ghost Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Brigit Pegeen Kelly, The White Pilgrim: Old Christian Cemetery Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Jane Kenyon, Three Songs at the End of the Summer Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Galway Kinnell, When One Has Lived a Long Time Alone Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Karl Kirchwey, Sonogram Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Kenneth Koch, One Train May Hide Another Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Yusef Komunyakaa, Facing It Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Ann Lauterbach, Psyches Dream Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
Philip Levine, Scouting Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Harry Matthews, Histoire Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
J. D. McClatchy, An Essay on Friendship Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
James Merrill, Family Week at Oracle Ranch Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
James Merrill, The 'Ring' Cycle Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
James Merrill, A Room at the Heart of Things Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
W.S. Merwin, The Stranger Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Susan Mitchell, Havana Birth Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
A. F. Moritz, Protracted Episode Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Thylias Moss, The Warmth of Hot Chocolate Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Brighde Mullins, At the Lakehouse Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Molly Peacock, Have You Ever Faked an Orgasm? Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Bob Perelman, Movie Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Carl Phillips, A Mathematics of Breathing Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Kay Ryan, Outsider Art Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
Grace Schulman, The Present Perfect Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
David Shapiro, The Seasons Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Charles Simic, Country Fair Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Charles Simic, The Something Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
Gary Snyder, Ripples on the Surface Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Mark Strand, Reading in Place Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Mark Strand, from "Dark Harbor" Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1993
Mark Strand, Morning, Noon, and Night Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
May Swenson, Sleeping with Boa Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1994
Derek Walcott, Omeros Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1991
Rosanna Warren, The Cormorant Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Rosanna Warren, Diversion Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
Susan Wheeler, What Memory Reveals Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1988
Richard Wilbur, Lying Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Richard Wilbur, A Wall in the Woods: Cummington Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1990
Charles Wright, Disjecta Membra Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1997
Jay Wright, Madrid Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1989
Jay Wright, The Cradle Logic of Autumn Appeared in: The Best American Poetry 1995
