“After the Loss of a Limb” is a poem by Elena Wilkinson — little bio information available. "After the Loss of a Limb" appeared in The Paris Review's Spring 1974 issue. The contributor's note at the time stated only that she lived in New York City.
“Nothing Gold” is a poem by Kim Addonizio (born 31 July 1954 in Washington, D.C., USA)
“Preface to a Twenty-Volume Suicide Note” is a poem by Amiri Baraka (born 7 Oct 1934 in Newark, NJ, USA – died 9 Jan 2014 in Newark, NJ, USA)
“A Blessing” is a poem by James Wright (born 13 Dec 1927 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, USA – died 25 Mar 1980 in NYC, New York, USA)
“They Sit Together on the Porch” is a poem by Wendell Berry (Born 5 Aug 1934 in Henry County, Kentucky)
“In a Dark Time” is a poem by Theodore Roethke (Born 25 May 1908 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA, died 1 Aug 1963 in Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA)
“The Encounter” is a poem by Louise Glück (born 22 Apr 1943 in NYC, New York, USA – died 13 Oct 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)
“the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls” is a poem by Lord Byron (Born Oct 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; died Sept 3, 1962 in North Conway, New Hampshire, USA)
“She Walks in Beauty” is a poem by Lord Byron (Born Jan 22, 1788 in London, England; died Apr 19, 1824 in Missolonghi, Greece)
“Why Poetry Can Be hard For Most People” is a poem by Dorothea Lasky (Born March 27, 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri)
“Preludes” is a poem by T. S. Eliot (Born 26 Sep 1888 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, died 04 Jan 1965 in London, UK)
“Excerpted Sequences” is a poem by Jumoke Verissimo (Born 26 December 1979 in Lagos, Nigeria)
“The Silken Tent” is a poem by Ted Kooser (Born 25 April 1939 in Ames, Iowa, USA)
“Flying at Night” is a poem by Ted Kooser (Born 25 April 1939 in Ames, Iowa, USA)
“A Song of Redemption” is a poem by Geoffrey Philp (Born 1958 in Kingston, Jamaica – lives in Miami, Florida, USA)
“Mending Wall” is a poem by Robert Frost (Born 26 Mar 1874 in San Francisco, California, USA – died 29 Jan 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA)
“Ozymandias” is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Born 04 Aug 1792 in Horsham, England, died 08 Jul 1822 in Gulf of La Spezia, Italy)
“Not Getting Closer” is a poem by Jack Gilbert (Born 18 Feb 1925 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, died 13 Nov 2012 in Berkeley, California, USA)
