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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There are 38 poems for Christmas

First appeared in Poetry = First appeared in Poetry magazine.

A Child's Christmas in Georgia, 1953
By Wyatt Prunty

A Christmas Song
By Norman Williams

A Penitent Considers Another Coming of Mary
By Gwendolyn Brooks

A Visit from St. Nicholas
By Clement Clarke Moore

Advent
By Mary Jo Salter

An Xmas Murder First appeared in Poetry
By Alfred Corn

“Your Luck Is About To Change” First appeared in Poetry
By Susan Elizabeth Howe

Before Christmas
By Landis Everson

Christ’s Nativity
By Henry Vaughan

Christmas Eve in Whitneyville
By Donald Hall

Christmas Eve: My Mother Dressing
By Toi Derricotte

Christmas Tree
By John Frederick Nims

Christmas Tree Lots First appeared in Poetry
By Chris Green

December 26
By Kenn Nesbitt

December Substitute
By Kenn Nesbitt

For Christmas Day
By Charles Wesley

For Christmas Day: Hark! the Herald Angels Sing
By Charles Wesley

Human Beauty First appeared in Poetry
By Albert Goldbarth

In the Holy Nativity of our Lord
By Richard Crashaw

little tree
By E. E. Cummings

London Snow
By Robert Bridges

Messiah (Christmas Portions)
By Mark Doty

More Sonnets At Christmas
By Allen Tate

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
By John Milton

Picture of a Nativity
By Geoffrey Hill

Resigning from a Job in a Defense Industry
By Sandra McPherson

Sonnet in the Shape of a Potted Christmas Tree First appeared in Poetry
By George Starbuck

St Vincent’s
By W. S. Merwin

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost

Taking Down the Tree
By Jane Kenyon

The Burning Babe
By Robert Southwell, SJ

The Cremation of Sam McGee
By Robert W. Service

The First Day of Christmas
By Anonymous

The Same City
By Terrance Hayes

The Virgin Considered as a Picture
By Edgar Bowers

To Mrs K____, On Her Sending Me an English Christmas Plum-Cake at Paris
By Helen Maria Williams

To the Garbage Collectors in Bloomington, Indiana, the First Pickup of the New Year
By Philip Appleman

Where Are The Stars Pristine
By Alice Fulton