ISBN# 978-1-880323-88-5

Beginning with Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, this collection highlights more than 40 American poets, including Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, E. E. Cummings, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Ray A. Young Bear, Rita Dove, Gary Soto, and Li-Young Lee.

Edited by seasoned high school teachers and published poets, this anthology is ideal for courses in American literature, poetry, or creative writing. Each group of poems is preceded by thoughts from the poet on the art of poetry, as well as biographical information. The anthology also includes an introductory section, "How to Read a Poem," which provides guidelines, models, and advice for reading and discussing poetry, as well as a later section on meter and a glossary of literary terms.