The Best American Poetry 2013

by David Lehman

Harvard Review, poetry ed. Major Jackson. Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.

  House Organ, ed. Kenneth Warren, PO Box 466, Youngstown, NY 14174.

  jubilat, eds. Kevin González and Caryl Pagel. www.jubilat.org

  The Los Angeles Review, poetry and translations ed. Tanya Chernov. PO Box 2458, Redmond, WA 98073. www.losangelesreview.org

  MAKE, poetry ed. Joel Craig. www.makemag.com

  MiPOesias, ed. Didi Menendez. www.mipoesias.com

  Mid-American Review, poetry ed. Jessica Zinz. Department of English, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403.

  The Nation, poetry ed. Jordan Davis. 33 Irving Place, New York, NY 10003.

  New American Writing, eds. Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover. 369 Molino Avenue, Mill Valley, CA 94941.

  New England Review, poetry ed. C. Dale Young. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753.

  New Ohio Review, ed. Jill Allyn Rosser. English Department, 360 Ellis Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.

  The New Yorker, poetry ed. Paul Muldoon. 4 Times Square, New York, NY 10036.

  PEN America, ed. M Mark. www.pen.org/pen-america-journal

  Ploughshares, poetry ed. John Skoyles. Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116-4624.

  Plume, ed. Daniel Lawless. www.plumepoetry.com

  Poetry, ed. Christian Wiman. 444 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1850, Chicago, IL 60611-4034.

  Poetry Daily, eds. Don Selby and Diane Boller. www.poems.com

  Poetry London, poetry eds. Colette Bryce, Martha Kapos. 81 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX, England. www.poetrylondon.co.uk

  A Public Space, poetry ed. Brett Fletcher Lauer. 323 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. www.apublicspace.org

  Redivider, poetry eds. June Rockefeller and Charlotte Seley. www.redividerjournal.org

  River Styx, ed. Richard Newman. 3547 Olive Street, Suite 107, St. Louis, MO 63103.

  Slate, poetry ed. Robert Pinsky. www.slate.com

  The Southampton Review, poetry ed. Julie Sheehan. Stony Brook Southampton, 239 Montauk Highway, Southampton, NY 11968.

  The Southern Review, poetry ed. Jessica Faust. 3990 W. Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

  Southwest Review, ed. Willard Spiegelman. PO Box 750374, Dallas, TX 75275-0374.

  Subtropics, poetry ed. Sidney Wade. www.english.ufl.edu/subtropics

  Terrain.org, poetry ed. Derek Sheffield. www.terrain.org

  Verse Daily, www.versedaily.org

  The Virginia Quarterly Review, poetry eds. (for 2012) Ted Genoways and David Caplan. www.vqronline.org

  Vitrine: a printed museum, curator-in-chief Alexander Vavaluzzo. www.vitrine-aprintedmuseum.com

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  The series editor thanks Mark Bibbins for his invaluable assistance. Warm thanks go also to Stacey Harwood, Philip Brunst, Kathleen Ossip, and Stephanie Paterik; to Glen Hartley and Lynn Chu of Writers’ Representatives; to David Stanford Burr for his skillful copy-editing; and to Daniel Burgess, Daniel Cuddy, Erich Hobbing, and Gwyneth Stansfield of Scribner.

  Grateful acknowledgment is made of the magazines in which these poems first appeared and the magazine editors who selected them. A sincere attempt has been made to locate all copyright holders. Unless otherwise noted, copyright to the poems is held by the individual poets.

  Kim Addonizio: “Divine” appeared in Fifth Wednesday Journal. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Sherman Alexie: “Pachyderm” appeared in The Awl. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Nathan Anderson: “Stupid Sandwich” appeared in New Ohio Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Nin Andrews: “The Art of Drinking Tea” appeared in MiPOesias. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  John Ashbery: “Resisting Arrest” from Quick Question. © 2012 by John Ashbery. Reprinted by permission of Ecco/HarperCollins. Also appeared in The New Yorker.

  Wendy Barker: “Books, Bath Towels, and Beyond” appeared in The Southern Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Jan Beatty: “Youngest Known Savior” from The Switching/Yard. © 2013 by Jan Beatty. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Also appeared in Redivider.

  Bruce Bond: “The Unfinished Slave” appeared in The Antioch Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Traci Brimhall: “Dear Thanatos,” appeared in FIELD. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Jericho Brown: “Hustle” appeared in The Believer. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Andrei Codrescu: “Five One-Minute Eggs” appeared in House Organ. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Billy Collins: “Foundling” appeared in The Southampton Review and Slate. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Martha Collins: “[white paper 24]” from White Papers. © 2012 by Martha Collins. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Also appeared in Harvard Review.

  Kwame Dawes: “Death” appeared in The American Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Connie Deanovich: “Divestiture” appeared in New American Writing. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Timothy Donnelly: “Apologies from the Ground Up” appeared in A Public Space and Poetry London. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Stephen Dunn: “The Statue of Responsibility” appeared in The Georgia Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Daisy Fried: “This Need Not Be a Comment on Death” from Women’s Poetry: Poems and Advice. © 2013 by Daisy Fried. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Also appeared in The American Poetry Review.

  Amy Gerstler: “Womanishness” appeared in Court Green. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Louise Glück: “Afterword” appeared in Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Beckian Fritz Goldberg: “Henry’s Song” appeared in Plume. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Terrance Hayes: “New Jersey Poem” appeared in The Los Angeles Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Rebecca Hazelton: “Book of Forget” appeared in AGNI. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Elizabeth Hazen: “Thanatosis” appeared in Southwest Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  John Hennessy: “Green Man, Blue Pill” appeared in Southwest Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  David Hernandez: “All-American” appeared in The Southern Review and Poetry Daily. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Tony Hoagland: “Wrong Question” appeared in Fifth Wednesday Journal. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Anna Maria Hong: “A Parable” appeared in Boston Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Major Jackson: “Why I Write Poetry” appeared in Ploughshares. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Mark Jarman: “George W. Bush” appeared in Five Points. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Lauren Jensen: “it’s hard as so much is” appeared in Mid-American Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  A. Van Jordan: “Blazing Saddles” appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Lawrence Joseph: “Syria” appeared in The Nation. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Anna Journey, “Wedding Night: We Share an Heirloom Tomato on Our Hotel Balcony Overlooking the Ocean in Which Natalie Wood Drowned” appeared in The Southern Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Laura Kasischke: “Perspective” appeared in New England Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Victoria Kelly: “When the Men Go Off to War” appeared in Southwest Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  David Kirby: “Pink Is the Navy Blue of India” appeared in Plume. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Noelle Kocot: “Aphids” appeared in Conduit. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  John Koethe: “Eggheads” appeared in ROTC Kills. © 2012 by John Koethe. Reprinted by permission of Ecco/H
arperCollins. Also appeared in The Virginia Quarterly Review.

  Dorothea Lasky: “Poem for Anne Sexting” appeared in Conduit. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Dorianne Laux: “Song” appeared in River Styx. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Amy Lemmon, “I take your T-shirt to bed again . . .” appeared in Vitrine: a printed museum. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Thomas Lux: “Outline for My Memoir” from Child Made of Sand. © 2012 by Thomas Lux. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Also appeared in The American Poetry Review.

  Anthony Madrid: “Once upon a Time” appeared in Poetry. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Sally Wen Mao: “XX” appeared in Gulf Coast. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Jen McClanaghan: “My Lie” appeared in The New Yorker. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Campbell McGrath: “January 17” from Seven Notebooks. © 2008 by Campbell McGrath. Reprinted by permission of Ecco/HarperCollins. Also appeared in PEN America.

  Jesse Millner: “In Praise of Small Gods” appeared in Gulfshore Life. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  D. Nurkse: “Psalm to Be Read with Closed Eyes” from A Night in Brooklyn. © 2012 by D. Nurkse. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc. Also appeared in Poetry.

  Ed Ochester: “New Year” appeared in The American Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Paisley Rekdal: “Birthday Poem” appeared in New England Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Adrienne Rich: “Endpapers” appeared in Granta. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Anne Marie Rooney: “Lake Sonnet” from Spitshine. © 2012 by Anne Marie Rooney. Reprinted by permission of Carnegie Mellon University Press. Also appeared in Subtropics.

  J. Allyn Rosser: “Intro to Happiness” appeared in The Georgia Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Mary Ruefle: “Little Golf Pencil” appeared in Ecotone and Harper’s. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Maureen Seaton: “Chelsea/Suicide” appeared in Columbia Poetry Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Tim Seibles: “Sotto Voce: Othello, Unplugged” appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Vijay Seshadri: “Trailing Clouds of Glory” appeared in FIELD. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Peter Jay Shippy: “Western Civilization” appeared in The Common. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Mitch Sisskind: “Joe Adamczyk” appeared in Harpur Palate. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Aaron Smith: “What It Feels Like to Be Aaron Smith” from Appetite. © 2012 by Aaron Smith. Reprinted by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Also appeared in Court Green.

  Stephanie Strickland: “Introductions” appeared in Barrow Street. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Adrienne Su: “On Writing” appeared in New England Review. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  James Tate: “The Baby” appeared in jubilat and Harper’s. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Emma Trelles: “Florida Poem” from Tropicalia. © 2011 by Emma Trelles. Reprinted by permission of the University of Notre Dame Press. Also appeared in Terrain.org.

  David Trinidad: “from Peyton Place: A Haiku Soap Opera, Season Two, 1965–1966” appeared in Carbon Copy Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Jean Valentine: “1945” appeared in Plume. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Paul Violi: “Now I’ll Never Be Able to Finish That Poem to Bob” from Hanging Loose. Reprinted by permission.

  David Wagoner: “Casting Aspersions” appeared in The Georgia Review and Harper’s. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Stacey Waite: “The Kind of Man I Am at the DMV” from Butch Geography. © 2013 by Stacey Waite. Reprinted by permission of Tupelo Press. Also appeared in Columbia Poetry Review.

  Richard Wilbur: “Sugar Maples, January” appeared in The New Yorker. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Angela Veronica Wong and Amy Lawless: “It Can Feel Amazing to Be Targeted by a Narcissist” appeared in The Common. Reprinted by permission of the poets.

  Wendy Xu: “Where the Hero Speaks to Others” appeared in MAKE and Verse Daily. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Kevin Young: “Wintering” appeared in The American Scholar. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  Matthew Zapruder: “Albert Einstein” appeared in The Believer. Reprinted by permission of the poet.

  OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES

  John Ashbery, editor, The Best American Poetry 1988

  Donald Hall, editor, The Best American Poetry 1989

  Jorie Graham, editor, The Best American Poetry 1990

  Mark Strand, editor, The Best American Poetry 1991

  Charles Simic, editor, The Best American Poetry 1992

  Louise Glück, editor, The Best American Poetry 1993

  A. R. Ammons, editor, The Best American Poetry 1994

  Richard Howard, editor, The Best American Poetry 1995

  Adrienne Rich, editor, The Best American Poetry 1996

  James Tate, editor, The Best American Poetry 1997

  Harold Bloom, editor, The Best of the Best American Poetry 1988–1997

  John Hollander, editor, The Best American Poetry 1998

  Robert Bly, editor, The Best American Poetry 1999

  Rita Dove, editor, The Best American Poetry 2000

  Robert Hass, editor, The Best American Poetry 2001

  Robert Creeley, editor, The Best American Poetry 2002

  Yusef Komunyakaa, editor, The Best American Poetry 2003

  Lyn Hejinian, editor, The Best American Poetry 2004

  Paul Muldoon, editor, The Best American Poetry 2005

  Billy Collins, editor, The Best American Poetry 2006

  Heather McHugh, editor, The Best American Poetry 2007

  Charles Wright, editor, The Best American Poetry 2008

  David Wagoner, editor, The Best American Poetry 2009

  Amy Gerstler, editor, The Best American Poetry 2010

  Kevin Young, editor, The Best American Poetry 2011

  Mark Doty, editor, The Best American Poetry 2012

  Robert Pinsky, editor, The Best of the Best American Poetry:

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