Thomson/Gale Group, 2003. — 301 p. — ISBN: 078766037X — ISBN: 9780787660376.Each entry contains author biography (if attributed), poem text, poem summary, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Table of contents:
60 by Rabindranath Tagore.
Address to the angels by Maxine Kumin.
The Afterlife by Billy Collins.
The Continuous life by Mark Strand.
The Country without a post office by Agha Shahid Ali.
The Darkling thrush by Thomas Hardy.
Duration by Octavio Paz.
The Garden Shukkei-en by Carolyn Forché.
The Greatest grandeur by Pattiann Rogers.
The Last question by Dorothy Parker.
Midnight verses by Anna Akhmatova.
New rule by Anne Carson.
Song of reasons by Robert Pinsky.
Spring-watching pavilion by Ho Xuan Huong.
Temple bells die out by Matsuo Bashō.
To an unknown poet by Carolyn Kizer.
