The series editor thanks Mark Bibbins for his invaluable assistance. Warm thanks go also to Stacey Harwood, Thomas Moody, and Virginia Valenzuela; to Glen Hartley and Lynn Chu of Writers’ Representatives; and to Ashley Gilliam, David Stanford Burr, Daniel Cuddy, Erich Hobbing, and Patrick Weir at Scribner.
Grateful acknowledgment is made of the publications in which these poems first appeared and the editors who selected them. A sincere attempt has been made to locate all copyright holders. Unless otherwise noted, copyright to the poems is held by the individual poets.
Allison Adair, “Miscarriage” from Southwest Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Kaveh Akbar, “Against Dying” from Calling a Wolf a Wolf © 2017 by Kaveh Akbar. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Alice James Books. Also appeared in Tin House.
Julia Alvarez, “American Dreams” from America. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
A. R. Ammons, “Finishing Up” from The Complete Poems of A. R. Ammons: Volume 2, 1978–2005 © 2017 by the Estate of A. R. Ammons. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Co. Also appeared in Poetry.
David Barber, “Sherpa Song” from Southwest Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Andrew Bertaina, “A Translator’s Note” from The Threepenny Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Frank Bidart, “Mourning What We Thought We Were” from The New Yorker. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Bruce Bond, “Anthem” from Denver Quarterly. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
George Bradley, “Those Were the Days” from Raritan. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Joyce Clement, “Birds Punctuate the Days” from Modern Haiku. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Brendan Constantine, “The Opposites Game” from The American Journal of Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Maryann Corbett, “Prayer Concerning the New, More ‘Accurate’ Translation of Certain Prayers” from Rattle. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Robert Cording, “Toast to My Dead Parents” from The Sewanee Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Cynthia Cruz, “Artaud” from Bennington Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Dick Davis, “A Personal Sonnet” from The Hudson Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Warren Decker, “Today’s Special” from Think Journal. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Susan de Sola, “The Wives of the Poets” from The Dark Horse. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Dante Di Stefano, “Reading Dostoyevsky at Seventeen” from Met Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Nausheen Eusuf, “Pied Beauty” from Birmingham Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Jonathan Galassi, “Orient Epithalamion” from The New Yorker. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Jessica Goodfellow, “Test” from The Southern Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Sonia Greenfield, “Ghost Ship” from Rattle. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Joy Harjo, “An American Sunrise” from Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Terrance Hayes, “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin” from American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin © 2018 by Terrance Hayes. Reprinted by permission of Penguin Random House. Also appeared in The New Yorker.
Ernest Hilbert, “Mars Ultor” from Academic Questions. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
R. Nemo Hill, “The View from The Bar” from The Hopkins Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Tony Hoagland, “Into the Mystery” from The Sun. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Anna Maria Hong, “Yonder, a Rental” from Ecotone. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Paul Hoover, “I Am the Size of What I See” from Fifth Wednesday Journal. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Marie Howe, “Walking Home” from Magdalene © 2017 by Marie Howe. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Co. Also appeared in The New York Times Magazine.
Mandy Kahn, “Ives” from Glenn Gould’s Chair © 2017 by Mandy Kahn. Reprinted by permission of Eyewear Publishing. Also appeared in Ambit.
Ilya Kaminsky, “We Lived Happily During the War” from The American Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Stephen Kampa, “The Quiet Boy” from Birmingham Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Donika Kelly, “Love Poem: Chimera” from Bestiary © 2016 by Donika Kelly. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Graywolf Press. Also appeared in Gulf Coast.
Suji Kwock Kim, “Sono” from Southword. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Karl Kirchwey, “Palazzo Maldura” from Plume. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Nate Klug, “Aconite” from Raritan. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Robin Coste Lewis, “Using Black to Paint Light” from Gulf Coast. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
David Mason, “First Christmas in the Village” from The New Criterion. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Robert Morgan, “Window” from Southern Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, “Invitation” from Oceanic © 2018 by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Copper Canyon Press. Also appeared in Poetry.
Hieu Minh Nguyen, “B.F.F.” from Not Here © 2018 by Hieu Minh Nguyen. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Coffee House Press. Also appeared in BuzzFeed.
Alfred Nicol, “Addendum” from First Things. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Nkosi Nkululeko, “Skin Deep” from The Adroit Journal. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Sheana Ochoa, “Hands” from Catamaran. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Sharon Olds, “Silver Spoon Ode” from The Nation. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Jacqueline Osherow, “Tilia cordata” from The Antioch Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Mike Owens, “Sad Math” from The Way Back © 2017 by Mike Owens. Reprinted by permission of Random Lane Press.
Elise Paschen, “The Week Before She Died” from The Nightlife © 2017 by Elise Paschen. Reprinted by permission of Red Hen Press. Also appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review.
Jessica Piazza, “Bells’ Knells” from Smartish Pace. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Aaron Poochigian, “Happy Birthday, Herod” from The New Criterion. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Ruben Quesada, “Angels in the Sun” from The American Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Alexandra Lytton Regalado, “La Mano” from Matria © 2017 by Alexandra Lytton Regalado. Reprinted by permission of Black Lawrence Press. Also appeared in Green Mountains Review.
Paisley Rekdal, “Philomela” from Narrative. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Michael Robbins, “Walkman” from The Paris Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
J. Allyn Rosser, “Personae Who Got Loose” from Copper Nickel. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Mary Ruefle, “Genesis” from Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Kay Ryan, “Some Transcendent Addiction to the Useless” from Parnassus: Poetry in Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Mary Jo Salter, “We’ll Always Have Parents” from The Surveyors © 2017 by Mary Jo Salter. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf. Also appeared in The Common.
Jason Schneiderman, “Voxel” from The Literary Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Nicole Sealey, “A Violence” from Ordinary Beast © 2017 by Nicole Sealey. Reprinted by permission of Ecco/HarperCollins. Also appeared in The New Yorker.
Michael Shewmaker, “Advent” from The Sewanee Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Carmen Giménez Smith, “Dispatch from Midlife” from Colorado Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Tracy K. Smith, “An Old Story” from Wade in the Water © 2018 by Tracy K. Smith. Reprinted by permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of Graywolf Press. Also appeared in The Nation.
Gary Snyder, “Why California Will Never Be Like Tuscany” from Catamaran. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
A. E. Stallings, “Pencil” from The Atlantic. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Anne Stevenson, “How Poems Arrive” from The Hudson Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Adrienne Su, “Substitutions” from New England Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Natasha Trethewey, “Shooting Wild” from Poet Lore. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Agnieszka Tworek, “Grief Runs Untamed” from The Sun. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
G. C. Waldrep, “Dear Office in Which I Must Account for Tears,” from Seneca Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Wang Ping, “Lao Jia” from Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
James Matthew Wilson, “On a Palm” from Presence. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Ryan Wilson, “Face It” from The New Criterion. Reprinted by permission of the poet.
Christian Wiman, “Assembly” from Resistance, Rebellion, Life. Reprinted by permission of the poet.