Edward Weismiller (1915–2010) The Deer Come Down, 1935

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xxi
4. Howard Buck (1884–1947) The Tempering, 1918 1
5. John Chipman Farrar (1896–1974) Forgotten Shrines, 1918 5
6. David Osborne Hamilton (1893–1953) Four Gardens, 1919 7
7. Alfred Raymond Bellinger (1893–1978) Spires and Poplars, 1919 10
8. Thomas Caldecot Chubb (1899–1972) The White God, and Other Poems, 1919 12
9. Darl MacLeod Boyle (dates unknown) Where Lilith Dances, 1919 15
10. Theodore H. Banks, Jr. (1895–1969) Wild Geese, 1920 18
11. Viola C. White (1889–1977) Horizons, 1920 21
12. Hervey Allen (1889–1949) Wampum and Old Gold, 1920 23
13. Oscar Williams (c. 1899–1964) Golden Darkness, 1920 26
14. Harold Vinal (1891–1965) White April, 1921 28
15. Medora C. Addison (1890–?) Dreams and a Sword, 1921 30
16. Bernard Raymund (1891–1977) Hidden Waters, 1921 32
17. Paul Tanaquil (1898–1972) Attitudes, 1921 35
18. Dean B. Lyman, Jr. (1896–1965) The Last Lutanist, 1922 37
19. Amos Niven Wilder (1895–1993) Battle-Retrospect, 1922 40
20. Marion M. Boyd (1894–1974) Silver Wands, 1922 45
21. Beatrice E. Harmon (dates unknown) Mosaics, 1922 47
22. Elizabeth Jessup Blake (1894–1973) Up and Down, 1923 50
23. Dorothy E. Reid (1900–?) Coach into Pumpkin, 1924 53
24. Eleanor Slater (1903–?) Quest, 1925 55
25. Thomas Hornsby Ferril (1896–1988) High Passage, 1925 57
26. Lindley Williams Hubbell (1901–1994) Dark Pavilion, 1926 60
27. Mildred Bowers (1901–1984) Twist o’ Smoke, 1927 62
28. Ted Olson (1899–1981) A Stranger and Afraid, 1927 64
29. Francis Claiborne Mason (1900–?) The Unchanging Mask, 1927 67
30. Frances M. Frost (1905–1959) Hemlock Wall, 1928 69
31. Henri Faust (1899?–1976?) Half-Light and Overtones, 1928 72
32. Louise Owen (1901–1995) Virtuosa, 1929 75
33. Dorothy Belle Flanagan (1904–1993) Dark Certainty, 1930 78
34. Paul Engle (1908–1991) Worn Earth, 1931 81
35. Shirley Barker (1911–1965) The Dark Hills Under, 1932 83
36. James Agee (1909–1955) Permit Me Voyage, 1933 86
37. Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980) Theory of Flight, 1934 89
38. Edward Weismiller (1915–2010) The Deer Come Down, 1935 93
39. Margaret Haley (1906–?) The Gardener Mind, 1936 95
40. Reuel Denney (1913–1995) The Connecticut River and Other Poems, 1938 97
41. Norman Rosten (1914–1995) Return Again, Traveler, 1939 100
42. Margaret Walker (1915–1998) For My People, 1941 103
43. William Meredith (1919–2007) Love Letter from an Impossible Land, 1943 106
44. Charles E. Butler (1909–1981) Cut Is the Branch, 1944 108
45. Eve Merriam (1916–1992) Family Circle, 1945 111
46. Joan Murray (1917–1942) Poems, 1946 115
47. Robert Horan (1922–1981) A Beginning, 1947 117
48. Rosalie Moore (1910–2001) The Grasshopper’s Man and Other Poems, 1948 122
49. Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) A Change of World, 1950 126
50. W. S. Merwin (1927–2019) A Mask for Janus, 1951 129
51. Edgar Bogardus (1927–1958) Various Jangling Keys, 1952 132
52. Daniel Hoffman (1923–2013) An Armada of Thirty Whales, 1953 135
53. John Ashbery (1927–2017) Some Trees, 1955 138
54. James Wright (1927–1980) The Green Wall, 1956 142
55. John Hollander (1929–2013) A Crackling of Thorns, 1957 145
56. William Dickey (1928–1994) Of the Festivity, 1958 148
57. George Starbuck (1931–1996) Bone Thoughts, 1959 152
58. Alan Dugan (1923–2003) Poems, 1960 159
59. Jack Gilbert (1925–2012) Views of Jeopardy, 1961 162
60. Sandra Hochman (1936– ) Manhattan Pastures, 1962 165
61. Peter Davison (1928–2004) The Breaking of the Day, 1963 168
62. Jean Valentine (1934– ) Dream Barker, 1964 171
63. James Tate (1943–2015) The Lost Pilot, 1966 174
64. Helen Chasin (1938–2015) Coming Close, 1967 178
65. Judith Johnson Sherwin (1936– ) Uranium Poems, 1968 180
66. Hugh Seidman (1940– ) Collecting Evidence, 1969 184
67. Peter Klappert (1942– ) Lugging Vegetables to Nantucket, 1970 187
68. Robert Hass (1941– ) Field Guide, 1972 192
69. Michael Ryan (1945– ) Threats Instead of Trees, 1973 197
70. Maura Stanton (1946– ) Snow on Snow, 1974 200
71. Carolyn Forché (1950– ) Gathering the Tribes, 1975 204
72. Olga Broumas (1949– ) Beginning with O, 1976 207
73. Bin Ramke (1947– ) The Difference Between Night and Day, 1977 213
74. Leslie Ullman (1947– ) Natural Histories, 1978 217
75. William Virgil Davis (1940– ) One Way to Reconstruct the Scene, 1979 220
76. John Bensko (1949– ) Green Soldiers, 1980 223
77. David Wojahn (1953– ) Icehouse Lights, 1981 226
78. Cathy Song (1955– ) Picture Bride, 1982 230
79. Richard Kenney (1948– ) The Evolution of the Flightless Bird, 1983 238
80. Pamela Alexander (1948– ) Navigable Waterways, 1984 243
81. George Bradley (1953– ) Terms to Be Met, 1985 250
82. Julie Agoos (1956– ) Above the Land, 1986 253
83. Brigit Pegeen Kelly (1951–2016) To the Place of Trumpets, 1987 258
84. Thomas Bolt (1959– ) Out of the Woods, 1988 262
85. Daniel Hall (1952– ) Hermit with Landscape, 1989 271
86. Christiane Jacox Kyle (1950– ) Bears Dancing in the Northern Air, 1990 275
87. Nicholas Samaras (1954– ) Hands of the Saddlemaker, 1991 278
88. Jody Gladding (1955– ) Stone Crop, 1992 283
89. Valerie Wohlfeld (1956– ) Thinking the World Visible, 1993 286
90. T. Crunk (1956– ) Living in the Resurrection, 1994 290
91. Ellen Hinsey (1960– ) Cities of Memory, 1995 293
92. Talvikki Ansel (1964– ) My Shining Archipelago, 1996 297
93. Craig Arnold (1967–2009) Shells, 1998 301
94. Davis McCombs (1969– ) Ultima Thule, 1999 307
95. Maurice Manning (1966– ) Lawrence Booth’s Book of Visions, 2000 311
96. Sean Singer (1974– ) Discography, 2001 314
97. Loren Goodman (1968– ) Famous Americans, 2002 317
98. Peter Streckfus (1969– ) Cuckoo, 2003 323
99. Richard Siken (1967– ) Crush, 2004 325
100. Jay Hopler (1970– ) Green Squall, 2005 330
101. Jessica Fisher (1976– ) Frail-Craft, 2006 334
102. Fady Joudah (1971– ) The Earth in the Attic, 2007 338
103. Arda Collins (1974– ) It Is Daylight, 2008 342
104. Ken Chen (1979– ) Juvenilia, 2009 346
105. Katherine Larson (1977– ) Radial Symmetry, 2010 351
106. Eduardo C. Corral (1970– ) Slow Lightning, 2011 355
107. Will Schutt (1981– ) Westerly, 2012 360
108. Eryn Green (1984– ) Eruv, 2013 364
109. Ansel Elkins (1982– ) Blue Yodel, 2014 368
110. Noah Warren (1989– ) The Destroyer in the Glass, 2015 373
111. Airea D. Matthews (1972– ) Simulacra, 2016 377
112. Duy Doan (1982– ) We Play a Game, 2017 382
113. Yanyi (1991– ) The Year of Blue Water, 2018 386
114. The Yale Series of Younger Poets 389
115. Credits 393