Contents xiv
RANDALL JARRELL (1914-1965) 1312
The Deatb of the Ball Turret Gunner 1313
The Woman at the Washington Zoo 1313
JOHN BERRYMAN (1914-1972) 1315
From The Dream Songs: 14 1317
29 1317
40 1318
45 1319
385 1319
ROBERT LOWELL (1917-1977) 1321
Mr. Edwards and the Spider 1323
Memories of West Street and Lepke 1325
Skunk Hour 1326
Night Sweat 1328
For the Union Dead 1329
GWENDOLYN BROOKS (B. 1917-2000) 1332
We Real Cool 1333
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1333
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI (B. 1919) 1334
Constantly Risking Absurdity 1335
ROBERT DUNCAN (1919-1987) 1336
Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow 1337
Interrupted Forms 1337
RICHARD WILBUR (B. 1921) 1339
Years-End 1340
Love Calls Us to the Things of This World 1341
JAMES DICKEY (1923-1997) 1343
Drowning with Others 1344
The Lifeguard 1345
The Heaven of Animals 1347
MITSUYE YAMADA (B. 1923) 1339
To the Lady 1349
DENISE LEVERTOV (1923-1997) 1351
In Mind 1352
September 1961 1353
What Were They Like? 1354
Zeroing In 1355
Salvator Mundi: Via Crucis 1356