McSweeney's book of poets picking poets / edited by Dominic Luxford ; introduction by David Orr.

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Contents
Introduction
The charm of 5:30 ; Now II / David Berman
Flowering Judas ; Firm against the pattern / Brett Eugene Ralph
Arizona ; Subtraction forever / Bernd Sauermann
Distance from loved ones ; The radish / James Tate
The devils ; That little something / Charles Simic
Hair ; Theory of beauty (Tony) / Mark Doty
I'm over the moon ; Why is the color of snow? / Brenda Shaughessy
Six apologies, Lord ; Look at Lesbia now! / Olena Kalytiak Davis
World's bliss ; Our violent times / Alice Notley
Stanzas before time ; Of the "East" River's charm / John Ashbery
Like God ; My subjectivity / Lynn Emanuel
Heated passions ; Flor ars hippocratica / Tomaž Šalamun
From somewhere steam is drawn ; Suppose what is left behind / Thomas Kane
Umbra penumbra ; Identity poem / Brandon Som
Riding the richest (after Damocles) of North America ; In / Francine J. Harris
Upon waking ; Untitled / Denis Johnson
In this strange time (An unwritten Gogol story) ; No one / Michael Burkard
That was another Patrick Lawler ; Patrick Lawler writes about "Patrick Lawler" / Patrick Lawler
Chew ; Doll repair shop / Linda Tomol Pennisi
- Leaving a trail (for Keith) ; Toward you (another for Keith) / Mary Stebbins
Disgraceland ; The fall and rise of the domestically violent empire / Mary Karr
The anti-leading lady dissociates ; Eloping alone / Courtney Queeney
The blue Terrance ; Ghazal-head / Terrance Hayes
"From" ; The atom discovers string theory DC comics, June-July 1964, #13 "Weapon watches of Cronos" / A. Van Jordan
Issues involving interpretation ; 41 / Ruth Ellen Kocher
Thanks ; From Love in the time of war / Yusef Komunyakaa
Duende ; Astral / Tracy K. Smith
Naming the light ; Reign / Tina Chang
Leaving the eccentric ; The recluse / Larissa Szporluk
University Hospital Pathology Lab ; Feast / Heidi Johannesen Poon
Driving with Dominic in the southern province we hints of the circus ; Step / Michael Ondaatje
Untitled ; My frieze (from Debbie: an epic / Lisa Robertson
Gong 11 July 2003 - 48 lines ; 1. Grøt: the limit of a yawn / Caroline Bergvall
Simple present ; Axionometric manhattenings / Rodrigo Toscano
Prologue ; The president probably talks / Kaia Sand
Picture ; The bell / Atsuro Riley
Ideal audience ; Dogleg / Kay Ryan
Cheese penguin ; Valhalla burn unit on the moon Callisto / Sarah Lindsay
A common sight ; In addition to faith, hope and charity / Pattiann Rogers
Each moment a white bull steps shining into the world ; Theology / Jane Hirshfield
This couple ; Floating trees / C. D. Wright
Clouds near San Leandro ; Wind treaties / Brenda Hillman
Sleeping with the dictionary ; Land of the discount price, home of the brand name / Harryette Mullen
Little slave narrative #1: master ; The dream that I told my mother-in-law / Elizabeth Alexander
Twelve ; A poem also about whiteness / Forrest Hamer
Rabbit, I love you ; How I get my ideas / Dean Young
Talking to strangers ; Faster love is all there is / Mary Ruefle
The heart of things ; Nobody's dead there / Ralph Angel
On nights like these ; Beauty / Ángel García
Poem with the morning sun reflected in freshly shined shoes ; The silence that follows / Gerry LaFemina
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