CONTENTS

 

 

An Introduction by David Lehman                                                                          

 

Kim Addonizio: "Fuck"

 

A.R. Ammons: "Fucking Right"                                                                          

 

Nin Andrews: "Where Memory Ends," "Mrs. Bluebeard," "Advice About Pussy Poems"          

 

Margaret Balistreri: "You Are"                                                                             

 

Stephanie Brown: "Invective"                                                                               

 

Catallus: "Improba Carmina"                                                                  

 

James Cummins: "Monopolies," "On Watching a PBS Special on Poetry"

 

Tom Disch: "A Sestina for Susan Sontag," "Some Poets Who Shall Be Nameless" 

 

Denise Duhamel: "Mall Mama"                                                                           

 

Thomas Sayers Ellis: "All Their Stanzas Look Alike"

                                                                                             

Amy Gerstler: "Fuck You Poem # 5"                                                                  

 

Stacey Harwood: "A Valedictory: Forbidding Mourning"                                        

 

Robert Hershon: "Neighbors"                                                                               

 

Betsy Johnson-Miller: "The Bush Beast"                                                              

 

David Lehman: "Same Difference," "Writing Them"  

 

Reb Livingston: "On the Way"                                                                             

 

            Nikki Moustaki: "Extremely Lightweight Guns"                                                    

 

Maggie Nelson: "After a Fight"                                                                           

 

PF Potvin: "An Unforgettable Nod"                                                                      

 

Carly Sachs: "Exorcising Paul"                                                                               

 

Allyson Salazar: "Our Father," "JCrew Screw You"     

 

Kelsea Habecker Smith: "Nothing Between the Lines"                                          

 

Paul Violi: "On an Acura Integra"                                                                         

 

Joe Wenderoth: "July 6,"  "February 5" 

 

Dara Wier: "5 Years of No Future"                                                                     

 

Notes