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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“How awkward when playing with glue”
By Constance Levy

A Poison Tree
By William Blake

A Teacher’s Lament
By Kalli Dakos

A Visit from St. Nicholas
By Clement Clarke Moore

About the Teeth of Sharks
By John Ciardi

Across the Border
By Sophie Jewett

Address to A Child During A Boisterous Winter Evening
By Dorothy Wordsworth

“Because he swings so neatly through the trees,”
By n/a

“If you’re fond of road-blocks, this one can’t be beat:”
By n/a

“When in your neighborhood you hear a neigh,
By n/a

Caterpillars
By Brod Bagert

Christmas Eve in Whitneyville
By Donald Hall

Colonel Fazackerley
By Charles Causley

Country Barnyard
By Elizabeth J. Coatsworth

December 26
By Kenn Nesbitt

December Substitute
By Kenn Nesbitt

Deep in Our Refrigerator
By Jack Prelutsky

Drift-Raft First appeared in Poetry
By Atsuro Riley

Fish
By Mary Ann Hoberman

Four Poems for a Child Son
By Simon Joseph Ortiz

Freddie
By Phil Bolsta

George Washington’s Birthday: Wondering
By Bobbi Katz

Good Morning, Dear Students
By Kenn Nesbitt

Halloween Party
By Kenn Nesbitt

Hey, Ma, Something’s under My Bed
By Joan Horton

I Left My Head
By Lilian Moore

I Wave Good-bye When Butter Flies
By Jack Prelutsky

I’m Glad I’m Me
By Phil Bolsta

If You Catch a Firefly
By Lilian Moore

Infant Joy
By William Blake

Jill Came from the Fair
By Eleanor Farjeon

Leap Year Poem
By Anonymous

Learning the Bicycle
By Wyatt Prunty

Light the Festive Candles
By Aileen Fisher

Lunchbox Love Note
By Kenn Nesbitt

Mine
By Lilian Moore

My Brother
By Marci Ridlon

My Brother, the Artist, at Seven First appeared in Poetry
By Philip Levine

My Doggy Ate My Homework
By Dave Crawley

My First Best Friend
By Jack Prelutsky

My Violin
By Bruce Lansky

Perfect
By Kenn Nesbitt

Richard Cory
By Edwin Arlington Robinson

Some Opposites
By n/a

Song of the Witches
By William Shakespeare

Sunflakes
By Frank Asch

Tender-heartedness
By Harry Graham

The Bat
By n/a

The Creature in the Classroom
By Jack Prelutsky

The Cremation of Sam McGee
By Robert W. Service

The Dong with a Luminous Nose
By Edward Lear

The Forsaken Merman
By Matthew Arnold

The Giant Water Bug
By Douglas Florian

The Grasshopper
By Conrad Aiken

The Highwayman
By Alfred Noyes

The Lamb
By William Blake

The Mayfly
By Douglas Florian

The Sloth
By n/a

The Snowflake
By Walter De La Mare

The Termites
By Douglas Florian

The Ticks
By Douglas Florian

There was a Young Lady Whose Eyes
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Calcutta
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of New York
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Man of Thermopylæ
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Man on the Border
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Man with a Beard
By Edward Lear

There was an Old Person of Nice
By Edward Lear

Things I’m Not Good At
By Jeff Moss

Twickham Tweer
By Jack Prelutsky

When the Frost is on the Punkin
By James Whitcomb Riley

William I
By Eleanor Farjeon

You are Old, Father William
By Lewis Carroll