ANTHOLOGY PERMISSIONS
May Miller (January 26, 1899-1995)
“The Washingtonian”
Reprinted from Dust of Uncertain Journey, Lotus Press, 1975, with permission from
Miller Newman on behalf of the author’s family.
(miller.newman@montgomerycollege.edu)
Sterling A. Brown (May 1, 1901-1989)
“Glory, Glory”
Reprinted from the Collected Poems of Sterling A. Brown. Evanston: TriQuarterly
Books/Northwestern University Press, 1989, with permission from Jack Dennis on behalf
of the author’s family.
Randall Jarrell (May 6, 1914-1965)
“The Woman at the Washington Zoo”
Reprinted from The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Poems and Translations, Atheneum,
1960.
Eugene J. McCarthy (March 29, 1916-2005)
“Dulles Airport”
From Selected Poems, Lone Oak Press, 1997.
Reed Whittemore (September 11, 1919 - )
“The Destruction of Washington”
(4526 Albion Rd., College Park, MD 20740, (301) 779-0194, Resortminn@aol.com)
Ann Darr (1920-2007)
“Temple on the Beltway Opens to the Media”
Reprinted from Cleared for Landing, Dryad Press, 1978.
Betty Parry (January 5, 1927-1997)
“Daisy’s Garden”
Reprinted from Shake the Parrot Cage, New Poets Series, Inc., 1994.
O.B. Hardison, Jr. (October 18, 1928-1990)
“Pro Musica Antiqua”
Reprinted from Pro Musica Antiqua. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,
1977, with permission from Marifrances Hardison, and other members of the author’s
family.
(mfhardison@aol.com, 202-462-4202)
Linda Pastan (May 27, 1932 - )
“At the Udvar-Hazy Airplane Museum, Chantilly, Virginia”
Reprinted from Queen of a Rainy Country, W.W. Norton & Co., 2006.
Roland Flint (February 27, 1934-2001)
“Poem Beginning & Ending O”
Reprinted from And Morning, Dryad Press, 1975.
A.B. Spellman (1935 - )
“On Hearing Gonzalo Rubalcaba at Blues Alley”
Reprinted from Things I Must Have Known, Coffee House Press, 2008.
Ahmos Zu-Bolton II (October 21, 1935-2005)
“Taxicab Blues”
Reprinted from Synergy: An Anthology of Washington, D.C. Blackpoetry, edited by
Ahmos Zu-Bolton II and E. Ethelbert Miller, Energy BlackSouth Press, 1975.
Henry Taylor (June 21, 1942 - )
“Evening at Wolf Trap”
Reprinted from The Flying Change, Louisiana State University Press, 1985.
Terence Winch (November 1, 1945 - )
“Cathedral”
Reprinted from The New Republic, with permission from the author.
Hilary Tham (August 20, 1946-2005)
“Mrs. Wei on Governments”
Reprinted from Bad Names for Women, The Word Works, Inc., 1989, with permission
from Joe Goldberg on behalf of the author’s family.
Ed Cox (October 2, 1946-1992)
“Evening News”
Reprinted from Collected Poems, Paycock Press, 2001, with permission from Bob and
Laura Lunsford on behalf of the author’s family.
(Bob Lunsford, 14104 Tollison Dr., Bowie, MD 20720, 301-805-89-8,
bob.blg@verizon.net)
Tim Dlugos (August 5, 1950-1990)
“Swede”
Reprinted from Powerless: Selected Poems, edited by David Trinidad, High Risk Press,
1996, with permission from David Trinidad.
E. Ethelbert Miller (November 20, 1950 - )
“Elizabeth Keckley: 30 Years a Slave and 4 Years in the White House”
Richard Peabody (March 14, 1951 - )
“I’m in Love with the Morton Salt Girl”
Michael Gushue (November 26, 1955 - )
“Big Ben’s Liquors”
Essex Hemphill (April 16, 1957-1995)
“Family Jewels”
Reprinted from Tongues Untied, edited by Martin Humphries, Gay Men's Publishers
Ltd./Alyson Publications, 1987.
Jose Padua (December 1957 - )
“1996” or “Science Fiction”
Kenneth Carroll (July 25, 1959 - )
“Snookie Johnson Goes Down to the Recruiter’s Office Near Benning Road and Starts
Some Shit”
Elizabeth Alexander (August 21, 1962 - )
“Early Cinema”
Thomas Sayers Ellis (October 5, 1963 - )
“Tambourine Tommy”
Reprinted from The Maverick Room, Graywolf Press, 2005.
Dan Vera (October 2, 1967 - )
“Ode to the Black Nationalist Pharaoh Head of Georgia Avenue”
Reprinted from The Space Between Our Danger and Delight, Beothuk Books, 2009.
Kim Addonizio (1954 - )
No poem selected
Deborah Ager
No poem selected
Karen LaLonde Alenier
“Against the Wall”
Kwame Alexander
No poem chosen
Abdul Ali
No poem chosen
Francisco Aragon
“To the President”
Naomi Ayala
“Restaurante Santa Rosa”
Hadassah Ayodele
No poem chosen
Holly Bass
No poem chosen
Anne Becker
“First Scroll: In the Textile Museum”
Reginald Dwayne Betts
No poem chosen
Toni Blackman
No poem chosen
Derrick Weston Brown
No poem chosen
Sarah Browning
“The Fifth Fact”
Regie Cabico
No poem chosen
Grace Cavalieri (1932 - )
No poem chosen
William Clare
No poem chosen
Michael Collier (1953 - )
No poem chosen
Jane Alberdeston Coralin
No poem chosen
Teri Ellen Cross
No poem chosen
Ramola D
“I Saw Her Rise”
Kyle Dargan
“Boarding Points”
Christina Daub
No poem chosen
Hayes Davis
No poem chosen
Donna Denize
No poem chosen
Joel Dias-Porter
No poem chosen
Twain Dooley
No poem chosen
Sunil Freeman
“The Cinematographer’s Dream”
Martin Galvin
“The Burghers of Calais”
David Gewanter
“War Bird: A Journal”
Brian Gilmore
“Billy Eckstine Comes to Washington, D.C.”
Robert Giron
No poem chosen
Barbara Goldberg
“Once, the Buffalo”
Patricia Gray
“Washington Days”
Monica Hand
No poem chosen
Suzan Shown Harjo
No poem selected
Natalie Illum
No poem selected
Esther Iverem
No poem selected (possibly “Keeper”)
Gray Jacobik
No poem chosen
Valerie Jean
No poem selected
Rod Jellema
“Washington Migrants”
Brandon D. Johnson
No poem selected
Fred Joiner
“Song for Anacostia”
Beth Joselow
No poem selected
Chungmi Kim
No poem selected
Alan King
“Invocation”
Michael Lally
No poem selected
Mary Ann Larkin
“Labor Day at the Shrine of Our Lady”
Merrill Leffler (1941 - )
No poem selected
Toni Asante Lightfoot
“14th & U Poem”
Reb Livingston
No poem selected
Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982)
No poem chosen
Haki Madhabuti (1942 - )
No poem selected
Saundra Rose Maley
No poem selected (perhaps “War Bonds”?)
Grisella Martinez
“MLK Jr. Central Library”
C.M. Mayo
No poem selected
David McAleavey
No poem selected (possibly “February: Arlington” or “Celestation (On the Mall)”)
Greg McBride
“Over Arlington Cemetery”
Richard McCann
No poem selected
Judith McCombs
“Consider Poplar Point”
Mark McMorris
No poem selected
Ernesto Mercer
No poem chosen
Miles David Moore
“Full Moon on K Street”
Yvette Neisser Moreno
No poem chosen
Kathi Morrison-Taylor
“Bomb Pop”
Gloria C. Oden (1923 - )
No poem selected
Patric Pepper
“Alley”
Stanley Plumly (1939 - )
No poem chosen
Elizabeth Poliner
“Students Painting in the Community Garden on Newark Street”
Minnie Bruce Pratt
“Sharp Glass”
Katy Richey
“Reverence, 8th Ave. NE”
Elisavietta Ritchie (1933 - )
No poem chosen
Joseph Ross
“The Universal Artifical Limb Company”
Ken Rumble
Excerpt from Key Bridge
Reprinted from Key Bridge, Carolina Wren Press, 2007.
Martha Sanchez-Lowery
No poem chosen
Robert Sargent (1912-2006)
No poem chosen
M.A. Schaffner
“Georgetown, D.C.: The Aqueduct Bridge”
Ravi Shankar (1975 - )
No poem selected
Gregg Shapiro
“The Fortune Cookie”
Jane Shore (1947 - )
No poem selected
Myra Sklarew (December 18, 1934 - )
No poem selected
Rod Smith (1962 - )
No poem selected
Alan Spears
“It’s Amazing What You Get Used To”
steveallenmay
No poem selected
Maureen Thorson
No poem selected
Venus Thrash
“Thicker Than Water”
Belle Waring
“Storm Crossing Key Bridge”
Joshua Weiner
“National Pastime”