From the Book - First edition.
Part I. Poems in social settings.
Poems on the streets / William Donaldson
Poems on the stage / Cynthia Wall
Poems in print / James McLaverty
Poems in magazines / Jennifer Batt
Poems in the novel / Thomas Keymer
Poems in the nursery / Andrea Immel and Lissa Paul
Poems in the lecture hall / Richard Terry
Part II. Poetic identities.
The poet as clubman / Moyra Haslett
The poet as professional / Brean Hammond
The poet as laborerer / Bridget Keegan
The poet as teacher / Lorna Clymer
The poet as man of feeling / Rivka Swenson
The poet as genius / Marshall Brown
The poet as fraud / Nick Groom
The poet as poetess / Isobel Grundy
Part III. Poetic subjects.
Poems on poetry / David F. Venturo
Poems on politics / Christine Gerrard
Poems on nation and empire / Leith Davis
Poems on science and philosophy / Pat Rogers
Poems on place / Donna Landry
Poems on the sexes / Catherine Ingrassia
Couplets / J. Paul Hunter
Blank verse / Conrad Brunström
Stanzas / Rodney Stenning Edgecombe
Free verse and prose poetry / Richard Bradford
Pastoral / David Hill Radcliffe
Elegy / James D. Garrison
Devotional poetry / Emma Mason
Translation / Tanya Caldwell
Metaphor / Blanford Parker
Scholarship / Adam Rounce
Histories / Philip Smallwood
Reviews / Antonia Forster
Honors / Daniel J. Ennis.
