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Machine generated contents note: 1. DISLOCATIONS

Dialect MarkJarman, 3

China Camp, California Kim Addonizio, 5

Passports Patricia Goedicke, 7

Generations Kim Addonizio, 1o

The Years Reginald Gibbons, 12

In the Chips Reginald Gibbons, 13

Gallery Albert Goldbarth, 15

The Letter KaseyJueds, r7

Exile Sandra Castillo, i8

Diasporadic Patty Seybum, 21

On Forgettings Patty Seybum, 23

Flood Plain: The Right-of-Way Jim Shugrue, 25

And Wake Up Where? David Lazar, 27

Political or Not, Here Comes that Poem Wendy Bishop, 29

Changing the Name to Ochester Ed Ochester, 31

lose Canseco Breaks Our Hearts Again Gustavo Perez Firmat, 35

Poem for Pancho Gonzales Leroy V. Quintana, 36

Running to America luis Rodriguez, 37

City ofAngels Luis Rodriguez,38

I The Emigrant Katherine Sdnchez, 39

Willie and the Train Carissa Neff, 40

Distance Carolina Hospital, 41

Mi Vida: Wings of Fright Martin Espada, 42

I Thieves of Light Martin Espada, 43

R Come to Find Out Jacqueline Dee Parker, 46

I Poem for a Vietnamese Student Leroy V. Quintana, 48

Variations for Hendrix and Vietnam Monifa Love, 49

Thoreau Timothy Liu, i89

The Minks Toi Derrcotte, Igo

Postcards from Florida Larry WayneJohns, I92

Vanity of the Atlantic Ocean John Bradley, 194

For the Old Rider at the Mall in Sioux Falls Donald Morrill, i96

Mexican Ray Gonzalez, I98

To the Bougainvillaea C. Dale Young, 20z

The Patriot Christopher Davis, 202

In Heavy Fog Outside Bishopville, South Carolina David Starkey, 203

Underwater Heather Sellers, 204

Cross-Cultural Genres Wendy Bishop, 205

Seizure Michele Wolf, 206

Shoyn Fergssin: "I've Forgotten" in Yiddish Albert Goldbarth, 207

Prodigal Peter Cooley, 208

Barbie, Madame Alexander, Bronislawa Wajs Vivian Shipley, 2Io

American Suite for a Lost Daughter Jack Ridl, 213

Scoured David Starkey, 2I6

The Estrangement of Luis Morone Stuart Dybek, 217

For the Sake of Tiger Lilies C. Dale Young, 219

Lamentation Canzone Sean Thomas Dougherty, 220

On Being Told I Don't Speak Like a Black Person Allison Joseph, 224

El Balserito Campbell McGrath, 227

Ninety-one in the Shade Robert Dana, 228

35-mm Clips Richard Blanco, 233

The End of Soup Kitchens MarkTaksa, 235

Poem at an Unmarked Grave Judith Vollmer, 237

Portrait of a Couple at Century's End Sherod Santos, 238

Towns Angela Ball, 240

Four Clouds Like the Irish in Memory Campbell McGrath, 242

A Northern Darkness Dixie Partridge, 243

III. INVOCATIONS

Absence Peter Meinke, 247

For Someone Considering Death Lola Haskins, 249

Dwarf with Violin, Government Center Station Stanley Plumly, 250

Postcards to Columbus Sherman Alexie, 25

Postmodernism David Baker, 252

Survivor's Song Robert Phillips, 253

Credo Lilace Mellin Guionard, 254

Questions for Ecclesiastes MarkJarman, 255

No Living in Parked Vehicles Steve Fay, 258

Soul William Kloefkorn, 259

Seven & Seven Peter Meinke, 26i

Breaking and Entering William Baer, 262

Joint Venture Marilyn Krysl, 263

Manifesto MarSot Schilpp, 265

How the Streets in Front of Kaufmann's Department Store

Tell Me I Am Home Rick Campbell, 267

A Change of Place Mary Crow, 269

Nod Christopher Davis, 270

Dark Songs: Slave House and Synagogue Laurence Lieberman, 272

July 4th Gaylord Brewer, 28i

Internal Exile Rachel Loden, 285

Bodwin's Madmen John Lundberg, 286

Autobiography Stuart Dybek, 287

Confession Steve Orlen, 291

Ang Tunay Na Lalaki Stalks the Streets of New York Nick Carb6, 293

Mask Marcos MtPeek Villatoro, 295

The Reappeared Vijay Seshadri, 297

In California Kathy Fagan, 298

East River Prison Barge Hunt Hawkins, 300

The Sirens of Los Angeles Bruce Bond, 301

Beach Rogue Joanne Lowery, 303

Plus Shipping Bob Hicok, 304

David's Rumor Liam Rector, 306

Big Thicket Requiem H. Palmer Hall, 310

Rural Particles Barry Siiesky, 315

Symmetry Barry Ballard, 316

Teshuvah LamarThomas, 317

Max Beckmann & Quappi in Blue J.J. Blikstein, 318

Green Ash, Red Maple, Black Gum Michael Waters, 321

Comcomly's Skull Jim Barnes, 322

Looking for Level Green Judith Vollmer, 324

Two Uncertainties Paul Hoover, 325

What Hurts Gustavo PMrez Firmat, 326

Moment Jane Hirshfield, 327

Walking Back William Trowbridge, 328

A Flock of Phantom Limbs Gather at the Border Bruce Bond, 329

Elegy Written on a Blue Cement Gravestone (To You, the Archeologist)

Benjamin Alire Sa6nz, 331

Poem from Across the Country Margot Schilpp, 333

Miami Monifa Love, 335

How It Begins - How It Ends Richard Blanco, 336

Contributors' Notes, 337

Permissions, 357

Index, 365