| Description |
xiii, 366 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. DISLOCATIONS -- Dialect MarkJarman, 3 -- China Camp, California Kim Addonizio, 5 -- Passports Patricia Goedicke, 7 -- Generations Kim Addonizio, 1o -- The Years Reginald Gibbons, 12 -- In the Chips Reginald Gibbons, 13 -- Gallery Albert Goldbarth, 15 -- The Letter KaseyJueds, r7 -- Exile Sandra Castillo, i8 -- Diasporadic Patty Seybum, 21 -- On Forgettings Patty Seybum, 23 -- Flood Plain: The Right-of-Way Jim Shugrue, 25 -- And Wake Up Where? David Lazar, 27 -- Political or Not, Here Comes that Poem Wendy Bishop, 29 -- Changing the Name to Ochester Ed Ochester, 31 -- lose Canseco Breaks Our Hearts Again Gustavo Perez Firmat, 35 -- Poem for Pancho Gonzales Leroy V. Quintana, 36 -- Running to America luis Rodriguez, 37 -- City ofAngels Luis Rodriguez,38 -- I The Emigrant Katherine Sdnchez, 39 -- Willie and the Train Carissa Neff, 40 -- Distance Carolina Hospital, 41 -- Mi Vida: Wings of Fright Martin Espada, 42 -- I Thieves of Light Martin Espada, 43 -- R Come to Find Out Jacqueline Dee Parker, 46 -- I Poem for a Vietnamese Student Leroy V. Quintana, 48 -- Variations for Hendrix and Vietnam Monifa Love, 49 -- -- -- -- Thoreau Timothy Liu, i89 -- The Minks Toi Derrcotte, Igo -- Postcards from Florida Larry WayneJohns, I92 -- Vanity of the Atlantic Ocean John Bradley, 194 -- For the Old Rider at the Mall in Sioux Falls Donald Morrill, i96 -- Mexican Ray Gonzalez, I98 -- To the Bougainvillaea C. Dale Young, 20z -- The Patriot Christopher Davis, 202 -- In Heavy Fog Outside Bishopville, South Carolina David Starkey, 203 -- Underwater Heather Sellers, 204 -- Cross-Cultural Genres Wendy Bishop, 205 -- Seizure Michele Wolf, 206 -- Shoyn Fergssin: "I've Forgotten" in Yiddish Albert Goldbarth, 207 -- Prodigal Peter Cooley, 208 -- Barbie, Madame Alexander, Bronislawa Wajs Vivian Shipley, 2Io -- American Suite for a Lost Daughter Jack Ridl, 213 -- Scoured David Starkey, 2I6 -- The Estrangement of Luis Morone Stuart Dybek, 217 -- For the Sake of Tiger Lilies C. Dale Young, 219 -- Lamentation Canzone Sean Thomas Dougherty, 220 -- On Being Told I Don't Speak Like a Black Person Allison Joseph, 224 -- El Balserito Campbell McGrath, 227 -- Ninety-one in the Shade Robert Dana, 228 -- 35-mm Clips Richard Blanco, 233 -- The End of Soup Kitchens MarkTaksa, 235 -- Poem at an Unmarked Grave Judith Vollmer, 237 -- Portrait of a Couple at Century's End Sherod Santos, 238 -- Towns Angela Ball, 240 -- Four Clouds Like the Irish in Memory Campbell McGrath, 242 -- A Northern Darkness Dixie Partridge, 243 -- III. INVOCATIONS -- Absence Peter Meinke, 247 -- For Someone Considering Death Lola Haskins, 249 -- -- -- -- Dwarf with Violin, Government Center Station Stanley Plumly, 250 -- Postcards to Columbus Sherman Alexie, 25 -- Postmodernism David Baker, 252 -- Survivor's Song Robert Phillips, 253 -- Credo Lilace Mellin Guionard, 254 -- Questions for Ecclesiastes MarkJarman, 255 -- No Living in Parked Vehicles Steve Fay, 258 -- Soul William Kloefkorn, 259 -- Seven & Seven Peter Meinke, 26i -- Breaking and Entering William Baer, 262 -- Joint Venture Marilyn Krysl, 263 -- Manifesto MarSot Schilpp, 265 -- How the Streets in Front of Kaufmann's Department Store -- Tell Me I Am Home Rick Campbell, 267 -- A Change of Place Mary Crow, 269 -- Nod Christopher Davis, 270 -- Dark Songs: Slave House and Synagogue Laurence Lieberman, 272 -- July 4th Gaylord Brewer, 28i -- Internal Exile Rachel Loden, 285 -- Bodwin's Madmen John Lundberg, 286 -- Autobiography Stuart Dybek, 287 -- Confession Steve Orlen, 291 -- Ang Tunay Na Lalaki Stalks the Streets of New York Nick Carb6, 293 -- Mask Marcos MtPeek Villatoro, 295 -- The Reappeared Vijay Seshadri, 297 -- In California Kathy Fagan, 298 -- East River Prison Barge Hunt Hawkins, 300 -- The Sirens of Los Angeles Bruce Bond, 301 -- Beach Rogue Joanne Lowery, 303 -- Plus Shipping Bob Hicok, 304 -- David's Rumor Liam Rector, 306 -- Big Thicket Requiem H. Palmer Hall, 310 -- Rural Particles Barry Siiesky, 315 -- Symmetry Barry Ballard, 316 -- -- -- -- Teshuvah LamarThomas, 317 -- Max Beckmann & Quappi in Blue J.J. Blikstein, 318 -- Green Ash, Red Maple, Black Gum Michael Waters, 321 -- Comcomly's Skull Jim Barnes, 322 -- Looking for Level Green Judith Vollmer, 324 -- Two Uncertainties Paul Hoover, 325 -- What Hurts Gustavo PMrez Firmat, 326 -- Moment Jane Hirshfield, 327 -- Walking Back William Trowbridge, 328 -- A Flock of Phantom Limbs Gather at the Border Bruce Bond, 329 -- Elegy Written on a Blue Cement Gravestone (To You, the Archeologist) -- Benjamin Alire Sa6nz, 331 -- Poem from Across the Country Margot Schilpp, 333 -- Miami Monifa Love, 335 -- How It Begins - How It Ends Richard Blanco, 336 -- Contributors' Notes, 337 -- Permissions, 357 -- Index, 365 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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Emigration and immigration -- Poetry.
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Migration, Internal -- Poetry.
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Moving, Household -- Poetry.
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Loss (Psychology) -- Poetry.
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Immigrants -- Poetry.
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Refugees -- Poetry.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Author |
Suárez, Virgil, 1962-
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Van Cleave, Ryan G., 1972-
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| LC no. |
00053641 |
| ISBN |
0877457468 acid-free paper |
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0877457476 paperback acid-free paper |
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