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Don't Leave HungryFifty Years of Southern Poetry Review
Edited by James Smith
Foreword by Billy Collins
The University of Arkansas Press
Fayetteville2009
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Contents
Foreword xxiiiIntroduction xxix
Chapter 1: The Late 1950s and the 1960s
GUY OWEN
Praise be to Eve 5
JAMES DICKEY
The Falls 6
DALLAS WIEBEFor Jake Flickner 8
X. J. KENNEDYEdgar's Story 9Desecrations on a Theme 10
PAUL BAKER'NEWMAN
Tilghman Point 11
VASSAR MILLER
Lady of Leisure 12
WILLIAM MATTHEWSThe Attic, the House 13The Risk 14
JOANNE DE LONGCHAMPSCavafy 15
ANNIE DILLARD
Arches and Shadows 16
CHARLES DAVID WRIGHTClearing Away 17
JULIA RANDALLA Night Song for Anne Jones 18
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A. R. AMMONSPeriphery 20
ROBERT MORGANHigh Country 21
GARY SANGE
Office Girls 22
Deliveries from Viet Nam 22
E. G. BURROWSKing Francis and the Maid 24
WENDELL BERRY
To My Children, Fearing for Them 25
ROBERT WATSON
Two Old People 26
LARRY RUBIN
The Sons 28
HEATHER ROSS MILLER
The Comet 29
DABNEY STUART
The Warehouse Chute 30
COLEMAN BARKS
Goat & Boy 32
CATHARINE SAVAGE BROSMANA Question of Identity 33
PAUL RAMSEYYvor Winters 35
JEAN FARLEY
Language of Flowers 36
HOWARD NEMEROV
A Family Romance 37
Chapter 2: The 1970s 39
HENRY TAYLORThe Flying Change 41The Muse Once More 42
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DENISE LEVERTOVHeights, Depths, Silence, Unceasing Sound of the
Surf 44
JIM WAYNE MILLER
How America Came to the Mountains 45
DAVID KIRBY
Letter to Borges 47
TURNER CASSITYThe New Dolores Leather Bar 48Adding Rattles
49
CHARLES WRIGHT6 Lines for Chi K'ang 50November 50Venetian Spring
51
SHARON OLDS
The Domesticators 52
FRED CHAPPELLDawn Wind Unlocks the River Sky 53
SUSAN LUDVIGSONTrainer's Temper Bars Him from His Beloved
Elephants 56
W. S. DOXEY
My Father's Friends 58
LINDA PASTAN
Drift 59
JULIE SUK
Seeds 60
WILL WELLS
Vertigo 61
DAVE SMITH
Out of the Sea, at Hatteras 62
T. R. HUMMER
Without Guilt, the Rural Carrier Reads a Postcard 64
HEATHER McHUGHUnderstanding 65Cool 65
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JOHN STONEHe Makes a House Call 67
CAROLYN KIZERHow It Passes 69
SAM RAGAN
That Summer 71
GEORGE GARRETTYork Harbor Morning 72
STEPHEN DUNNThe Rider 73
WENDELL BERRYCreation Myth 74
DAVID IGNATOW
Two Untitled Poems 76
ROBERT MORGANHogpen 78Plankroad 79
RONALD WALLACE
St. Louis Pencil Salesman Blues 81
ADRIANNE MARCUS
Lines After Larkin: The Pornographic Movie 82
KATHRYN STRIPLING BYERDrought 83
MILLER WILLIAMSGetting Experience 85
How, Having Given Up the Classical Temper for the Romantic,We
Try to Find Meaning in Death 86
CHANA BLOCHYom Kippur 88
A. R. AMMONS
Snow Log 89
JAMES SEAYAnother Sentimental Journey 90
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GERALD W. BARRAXThere Was a Song 92In the Restaurant 93
TIMOTHY STEELE
A Couple, A Domestic Interior 94
PHILIP APPLEMAN
Murder 95
JUANITA TOBINCrazy Tuttle 97
BILLY COLLINSLHistoire 98
PHILIP DACEY
The Birthday 99
ELEANOR ROSS TAYLOR
Don't Leave Hungry 101
WILLIAM STAFFORDMother Talking in the Porch Swing 102
Chapter 3: The 1980s 103
MAXINE KUMIN
The Poet Visits Egypt and Israel 106
RUTH DAIGON
Refuge 112
ED OCHESTERMary Mihalik 113
JUDSON MITCHAM
Loss of Power 115
R. T. SMITH
Shrine 116
JUDITH KITCHEN
Solstice 118
DOROTHY BARRESIPure Jesus, Early Morning Shift 119
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NEAL BOWERSThe Rest 120
MICHAEL MCFEEA Tumbleweed from Texas 121
SUSAN LUDVIGSON
Burials 122
DABNEY STUART
Umpire 124
JANE HOOGESTRAATSummer Darkness 126
ED ZAHNISER
Taking Stock of Feelings 127
CHARLIE SMITH
The Defiance of Heroes 128
MEMYE CURTIS TUCKERChipped Tooth 129
JOE BOLTON
A Wreath of Stars: Symsonia, Kentucky, 1914 130
BETTY ADCOCKNew South 132
DEBORAH PIERCE NICKLAS
Daddy-long-legs 135
NANCE VAN WINCKELSomewhere: How Can We Leave It Now? 136
JUDITH ORTIZ COFERLa Tristeza 138
DAVID R. SLAVITT
The Shadow 139
NANCY SIMPSON
Grass 141
EDWARD WILSONFor the Woman in Her Station Wagon Weeping at a Red
Light 142
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BILLY COLLINSLast Sunday in October 144
TED KOOSERSpider Eggs 145
JAMES APPLEWHITE
Tree of Babel 146
PETER MEINKE
Sonnets for a Diabetic 148
BETTIE SELLERSThere Was a Place We Could Have Met 150
MARK DOTY
It Begins 151
ALBERT GOLDBARTH
Off 152
P. C. BOWMAN
Helen Approaching 154
ERIC TRETHEWEY
Garbage 155
KATHRYN STRIPLING BYERJericho's 157
RON SMITH
Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery 158
JODY BOLZBonsai 161
FRED CHAPPELLForever Mountain 163
B. D. LOVE
Carp 165
Chapter 4: The 1990s 169eiiiZiBiiessisBSPiS" "
PAUL ALLEN
Against Healing 171
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CATHY SMITH BOWERSPaleolithic 173
DAVID AXELRODGeorgic: For My Friends Who Never Find Any 174
SIMEON BERRY
Los Alamos 176
PHEBE DAVIDSON
It seems to her now 178
PETER MAKUCKAfter 180
MARGARET HOLLEYLiving Mysteries 182
DEBORAH POPEMammogram 183
CHARLES HARPER WEBBThe Weight of Knowledge 185
KATHY EVANSPsychic Healers 187
NATHALIE F. ANDERSONDesire 190
JESSE LEE KERCHEVAL
Glass House 191
BARBARA HAMBYThe Word 193
MARK HALPERINWebs (I) 196
ROBERT COLLINSMaking Love at the Budget Host Hotel 197
KATHERINE SONIATComing into the River Parishes 199
GRAHAM DUNCANThe Silence We Cannot Imagine 201
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DEBRA MARQUARTSomewhere in a House Where You Are Not 202
NEAL BOWERSA Legacy 204
REBECCA McCLANAHAN
Passion Week, 1966 207,
JAMES KIMBRELL
The Trouble Now 209
BILL BROWNMounding Potatoes 210
MICHAEL CHITWOOD
Singing Hymns to Go to Sleep 212
CLAUDIA EMERSON
Preserves 214
Stable 214
LISA ERB STEWART
Words for the Body 216
ANDREA HOLLANDER BUDY
Permission 217
WAYNE JOHNS
First Kiss 219
R. T. SMITHTo Write the New Yorker Poem 221
WILL WELLSHard Water 223
B. H. FAIRCHILD
Body and Soul 224
BECKY GOULD GIBSON
Laying Out the Dead 228
JUDITH TATE O'BRIENNot Counting the Men 230
RANDOLPH THOMASFinishing the Puzzle 232
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LYN LIFSHINDid You Know I Love You 234
KATHRYN KIRKPATRICKCrossing the Border 236
STARKEY FLYTHE JR.
Paying the Anesthesiologist 240
GWEN EBERT
American Insomnia 242
Chapter 5: The 2000s 245
SUZANNE CLEARY
Anyways 248
PHILIP MEMMERWalk 250
LOU LIPSITZBeing, 1 252
PHILIP DACEYNew York Postcard Sonnets, #6 253
WILLIAM JOLLIFF
Mose Whipple Says Good-Bye 254
KURT LELAND
Ode 255
CARRIE SHIPERSLast Time, 257
GREG RAPPLEYE
Were We Speaking, Had You Asked 258
ANDREW GRACE
For Tityrus 259
DAVID HERNANDEZLet's Drink Now 261
ROBERT BENSEAt Kellogg's Landing 262
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ENID SHOMER"Gowned Waiting" 263
MARC J. SHEEHANA Note on Rejection 265
HARRIET BROWN
On the First Day of Middle School, My Daughter Walks into
a Cloud 267
KATHERINE E. YOUNGHAZMAT 269
CATHY SMITH BOWERSFor Okra 270
ALLAN PETERSON
Plenty to Go 271
TEMPLE CONECalf-Bearer 273
GEORGETTE PERRY
Names of Small Fish 274
ROBERT CORDINGIn the Garden 276
MICHELLE DETORIE
Doll House 278
JOAN MITCHELL
Drought 279
PETER MAKUCK
Matins 281
JAY ROGOFF
Mysteries 282
EDISON JENNINGS
The Sympathy of Dust 284
KATHLEEN FLENNIKEN
Richland Dock, 1956 285
GARY FINCKE
The Sum Total 286
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RON RASHHearth 288
STEPHEN GIBSONProfile of a Young Woman 289
JEANNE MARIE BEAUMONT
Getting to Know You 290
JIM DANIELSThorn 292
LINDA PASTAN
Thought Upon Waking 293
ELLEN WEHLEPine Tree, Mountain 294
BILL BROWN
Deep-running 295
DEBRA A. DANIELHymn of Invitation 297
LEE ROSSIPhilip Sleeping 298
ARTHUR SMITHGolden Gate 299
DAVID CITINO
Shovel 300
PAUL GUESTLibretto for Insomnia 301
AMY FLEURYAt Twenty-Eight 303
DAVID KIRBY
Someone Naked and Adorable 304
JAMES SCRUTON
The Names of Birds 307
FLEDA BROWNTrillium 308
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ROBERT WESTAt a Loss 309Toll 309
VERONICA PATTERSONRetriever 310
CHANA BLOCHDoor 311
Contributors 313Author Index 333Title Index 337Appendix: Guy
Owen Prize 341
