IN THIS ISSUE: November 2009

Poetry Magazine

Poems by James Schuyler; a portfolio of new work by 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellows Eric Ekstrand, Chloë Honum, Joseph Spece, Jeffrey Schultz, and Malachi Black; translations of Gottfried Benn by Michael Hofmann; “The Poet Takes a Walk” featuring Peter Cole, Kay Ryan, W.S. Di Piero, and others.

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"Quick! quick! ..."
By Anonymous

“A bridge engineer, Mr. Crumpett ...”
By Anonymous

“A peanut sat on a railroad track ...”
By Anonymous

“How much wood could a woodchuck chuck ... ”
By Anonymous

“It's raining, it's pouring ... ”
By Anonymous

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -
By Emily Dickinson

A Little Book
By Ruth Lilly

A Rocket in My Pocket
By Anonymous

A Student’s Prayer
By Anonymous

A Visit from St. Nicholas
By Clement Clarke Moore

A Young Lady of Lynn
By Anonymous

About the Bloath
By Shel Silverstein

Baby Ate a Microchip
By Neal Levin

Bed in Summer
By Robert Louis Stevenson

Brother
By Mary Ann Hoberman

Color
By Christina Rossetti

Don't Worry if Your Job Is Small
By Anonymous

Fireflies in the Garden
By Robert Frost

Granny
By James Whitcomb Riley

Hats
By William Jay Smith

I Eat My Peas with Honey
By Anonymous

I Found a Four-Leaf Clover
By Jack Prelutsky

I Love to Do My Homework
By Anonymous

If I Were an Elephant
By N. M. Bodecker

If Not for the Cat
By Jack Prelutsky

Jabberwocky
By Lewis Carroll

John Henry
By Anonymous

Laughing Time
By William Jay Smith

Little Boy Blue
By Darren Sardelli

Little Orphant Annie
By James Whitcomb Riley

Little Robin Redbreast
By Anonymous

Mr. Nobody
By Anonymous

My Body
By William Jay Smith

My Shadow
By Robert Louis Stevenson

Our Bungalow
By Ruth Lilly

Over and Under
By William Jay Smith

Ox Cart Man
By Donald Hall

Poor Old Lady
By Anonymous

Riddle Song
By Anonymous

Some Words Inside of Words First appeared in Poetry
By Richard Wilbur

Song of the Witches
By William Shakespeare

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost

Swimming Ool
By Kenn Nesbitt

Thanksgiving Day
By L. Maria Child

The Best Game the Fairies Play
By Rose Fyleman

The Considerate Soft-Shelled Phizzint
By Shel Silverstein

The Duel
By Eugene Field

The First Day of Christmas
By Anonymous

The Land of Counterpane
By Robert Louis Stevenson

The Naughty Boy
By John Keats

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
By Edward Lear

The Raggedy Man
By James Whitcomb Riley

The Secret
By Anonymous

The Spider and the Fly
By Mary Howitt

The Swing
By Robert Louis Stevenson

The Walrus and the Carpenter
By Lewis Carroll

The Walrus and the Carpenter
By Lewis Carroll

The Worm
By Ralph Bergengren

There was a little girl
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Things
By William Jay Smith

To a Copper Paper Weight
By Ruth Lilly

Too Many Daves
By Theodor Geisel

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
By Jane Taylor

What the Winds Bring
By Edmund Clarence Stedman

Who Has Seen the Wind?
By Christina Rossetti

Why
By William Jay Smith

Willie’s Wart
By Kenn Nesbitt

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
By Eugene Field