{"product_id":"poems-of-new-york-isbn-9780375415043","title":"Poems of New York","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautifully jacketed small hardcover that collects the greatest poetic tributes, past and present, to a remarkable metropolis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e New York City has always been a larger-than-life, half-mythical place, and this collection offers an appropriately stunning mosaic of its many incarnations in poetry–ranging from Walt Whitman’s exuberant celebrations to contemporary poets’ moving responses to the September 11 attack on the city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All the icons of this greatest of cities swirl and flash through these pages: taxis and subways, bridges and skyscrapers, ghettos and roof gardens and fire escapes, from the South Bronx to Coney Island to Broadway to Central Park, and from Langston Hughes’s Harlem to James Merrill’s Upper East Side. Wallace Stevens, e. e. cummings, W. H. Auden, Dorothy Parker, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsberg, and Audre Lorde are just a few of the poets gathered here, alongside a host of new young voices. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing as many moods, characters, and scenes as this multifaceted, ever-changing metropolis has to offer, Poems of New York will be treasured by literary lovers of New York everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALT WHITMAN (1819–1892)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMannahatta\u003cbr\u003eBroadway\u003cbr\u003eCrossing Brooklyn Ferry \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe House-Top: A Night Piece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAMY LOWELL (1874–1925)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Taxi\u003cbr\u003eAnticipation \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWALLACE STEVENS (1879–1955)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eArrival at the Waldorf \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS (1883–1963)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Great Figure \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSARA TEASDALE (1884–1933)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eUnion Square \u003cbr\u003eBroadway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMARIANNE MOORE (1887–1972)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNew York \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCLAUDE MCKAY (1889–1948)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Tropics in New York \u003cbr\u003e The City’s Love \u003cbr\u003eA Song of the Moon\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY (1892–1950)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRecuerdo\u003cbr\u003e‘‘If I should learn’’ \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eObservation \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eE. E. CUMMINGS (1894–1962)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Taxis toot whirl people moving” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHARLES REZNIKOFF (1894–1976)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Walk about the subway station” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA (1898–1936)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDawn\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHART CRANE (1899–1933)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTo Brooklyn Bridge\u003cbr\u003eThe Harbor Dawn \u003cbr\u003eThe Tunnel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLANGSTON HUGHES (1902–1967)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Weary Blues \u003cbr\u003eGood Morning \u003cbr\u003eHarlem \u003cbr\u003eJuke Box Love Song\u003cbr\u003eSubway Rush Hour \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHELENE JOHNSON (1906–1995)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Street to the Establishment \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. H. AUDEN (1907–1973)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRefugee Blues \u003cbr\u003eSeptember 1, 1939  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGEORGE OPPEN (1908–1984)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePedestrian \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eELIZABETH BISHOP (1911–1979)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Man-Moth \u003cbr\u003eLetter to N.Y. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMURIEL RUKEYSER (1913–1980)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSeventh Avenue \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMAY SWENSON (1913–1989)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eStaying at Ed’s Place \u003cbr\u003eAt the Museum of Modern Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKARL SHAPIRO (1913–2000)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFuture-Present \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI (1919– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“The Pennycandystore beyond the El”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAMY CLAMPITT (1920–1994)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDancers Exercising \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGRACE PALEY (1922– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Nature of This City \u003cbr\u003eFear \u003cbr\u003eOn Mother’s Day \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHOWARD MOSS (1922–1987)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Building\u003cbr\u003eThe Roof Garden \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDENISE LEVERTOV (1923–1997)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Cabdriver’s Smile \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJAMES SCHUYLER (1923–1991)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis Dark Apartment \u003cbr\u003eAn East Window on Elizabeth Street \u003cbr\u003eMarch Here \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWISLAWA SZYMBORSKA (1923– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePhotograph from September 11 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKENNETH KOCH (1925– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGirl and Baby Florist Sidewalk Pram Nineteen\u003cbr\u003eSeventy Something\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGERALD STERN (1925– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e96 Vandam \u003cbr\u003eLet Me Please Look Into My Window\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFRANK O’HARA (1926–1966)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSteps \u003cbr\u003eGamin \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJAMES MERRILL (1926–1995)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAn Urban Convalescence \u003cbr\u003e164 East 72nd Street \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eALLEN GINSBERG (1926–1997)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eI am a Victim of Telephone\u003cbr\u003eMy Sad Self \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eW. S. MERWIN (1927– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSt. Vincent’s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGALWAY KINNELL (1927– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRoom of Return \u003cbr\u003eRunning on Silk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJOHN ASHBERY (1927– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Sendentary Existence\u003cbr\u003eSo Many Lives \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHARLES TOMLINSON (1927– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAll Afternoon \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePHILIP LEVINE (1928– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGet Up \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRICHARD HOWARD (1929– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e209 Canal \u003cbr\u003eAmong the Missing\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eL. E. SISSMAN (1929–1976)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTears at Korvette’s \u003cbr\u003eVisiting Chaos \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eADRIENNE RICH (1929– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eUpper Broadway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGREGORY CORSO (1930–2001)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEastside Incidents \u003cbr\u003eThe Whole Mess . . . Almost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDEREK WALCOTT (1930– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Bridge \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAMIRI BARAKA (1934– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eReturn of the Native\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMARK STRAND (1934– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNight Piece \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAUDRE LORDE (1934–1992)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eTo My Daughter the Junkie on a Train \u003cbr\u003eA Trip on the Staten Island Ferry \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTED BERRIGAN (1934–1983)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWhitman in Black \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHETTIE JONES (1934– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eDust— A Survival Kit, Fall 2001 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJUNE JORDAN (1936–2002)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eToward a City that Sings \u003cbr\u003e“If you saw a Negro lady” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eC. K. WILLIAMS (1936– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLove: Wrath \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom \u003c\/i\u003eWar \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHARLES SIMIC (1938– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCouple at Coney Island \u003cbr\u003eFor the Very Soul of Me \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHOMAS M. DISCH (1940– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Argument Resumed; or, Up Through Tribeca \u003cbr\u003eIn Praise of New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBILLY COLLINS (1941– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMan Listening to Disc \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eERICA JONG (1942– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWalking Through the Upper East Side \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHARON OLDS (1942– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBoy Out in the World \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNIKKI GIOVANNI (1943– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eJust a New York Poem \u003cbr\u003eThe New Yorkers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRONALD WARDALL (1947– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThree Weeks After \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID LEHMAN (1948– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe World Trade Center \u003cbr\u003eOctober 11, 1998 \u003cbr\u003eSeptember 14, 2001 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLAWRENCE JOSEPH (1948– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn the Age of Postcapitalism \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDOUG DORPH (1949– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLove \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEDWARD HIRSCH (1950– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMan on a Fire Escape \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJORIE GRAHAM (1951– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eExpulsion \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eROBERT POLITO (1951– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOverheard in the Love Hotel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER (1951– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eConstruction Site, Windy Night \u003cbr\u003e1972, #43\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Hours of Laódikê, Sister of Hektor \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eELIZABETH MACKLIN (1952– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Married Couple Discovers Irreconcilable Differences \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVICKIE KARP (1953– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGlass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLAURIE SHECK (1953– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn the South Bronx \u003cbr\u003eThe Subway Platform \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCORNELIUS EADY (1954– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Amateur Terrorist \u003cbr\u003eDread\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePHILLIS LEVIN (1954– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eOut of Chaos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVIJAY SESHADRI (1954– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA Werewolf in Brooklyn \u003cbr\u003eImmediate City \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJUDITH BAUMEL (1956– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eYou weren’t Crazy and You weren’t Dead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLI-YOUNG LEE (1957– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFrom The City in Which I Love You \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMARTÍN ESPADA (1957– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Owl and the Lightning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJAMES LASDUN (1958– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWoman Police Officer in Elevator \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eREGINALD SHEPHERD (1963– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAntibody\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDEBORAH GARRISON (1965– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWorked Late on a Tuesday Night \u003cbr\u003eI Saw You Walking \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMALENA MÖRLING (1965– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLet Me Say This\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWILLIE PERDOMO (1967– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e123rd Street Rap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID BERMAN (1967– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNew York, New York \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKEVIN YOUNG (1970– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eCity-as-School \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMELANIE REHAK (1971– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAdonis All Male Revue, November 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDAVID SEMANKI (1971– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eRain \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNATHANIEL BELLOWS (1972– )\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLiberty Island \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003eElizabeth Hun Schmidt, a former poetry editor at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, is the editor of the acclaimed anthology \u003ci\u003ePoems of New York\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Poets Laureate Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e. 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