IN THE HEYDAYS OF HIS EYES
(taut jeans dancing)

An Anthology of Poetry about Being Young and Growing Up

AUTHORS

Kathleen Aguero Margaret Walker Alexander Muhammad Ali Debra Allbery Michael Anania Maggie Anderson Catherine Anderson Moira Andrew Carroll Arnett/Gogisgi John Balaban Jim Barnes Jan Barry R. L. Barth Ellen Bass Wendell Berry William Blake Valerie Bloom Deborah Boe Michelle Boisseau Mark Alexander Boyd Christopher Brookhouse T. Alan Broughton Robert Browning Joseph Bruchac Robert Burns Jo Carson Siv Cedering Virginia Cerenio Margaret Brewster Chard Frances Cornford Stephen Crane Adelaide Crapsey Barbara Crooker Frank A. Cross, Jr. Ronald Crowe James McBride Dabbs Jim Daniels Diane Dawber Debra Kang Dean Toi Derricotte Emily Dickinson John Donne Rita Dove Barbara Drake John Dryden Anita Endrezze Gavin Ewart Kenneth Fearing Vicki Feaver Lawrence Ferlinghetti Edward Field Jane Flanders Bryan Alec Floyd Linda France Robert Francis Phil George Nikki Giovanni Jon Forrest Glade Paul Goodman Andrew J. Grossman Corrine Hales Nixeon Civille Handy C. G. Hanzlicek Thomas Hardy James Hazard Judith Hemschemeyer William Heyen Conrad Hilberry Gerard Manley Hopkins A. E. Housman Traditional Irish Lowell Jaeger Todd Jailer Mahmood Jamal Randall Jarrell Esther Johnson Michael L. Johnson T. H. Jones Ben Jonson

Jackie Kay Rudyard Kipling Tina Koyama Mark Kraushaar Jane Birdsall Lander D. H. Lawrence Anne Le Dressay Mary Leader Philip Levine Vachel Lindsay Stephen Liu Liz Lochhead Ron Loewinsohn Jeanne Lohmann Wing Tek Lum Katharyn Howd Machan Edgar Lee Masters Marsha Mathews Gerald McCarthy Claude McKay Robert Mezey Herman Nibbelink Ed Ochester Gareth Owen Ron Padgett Linda Pastan Kenneth Patchen Evangeline Paterson Brian Patten George Peele Sam Pereira Roger Pfingston Alexander Pope Tom Pow Matthew Prior Miklós Radnóti Sir Walter Ralegh Jarold Ramsey Dudley Randall Elaine Randell Bill Ransom John Rice Jack Ridl Joan Drew Ritchings Len Roberts Muriel Rukeyser Mark Sanders Carole Satyamurti Sir Walter Scott Peter Sears Olive Senior Anne Sexton William Shakespeare Peggy Shriver Peggy Shumaker Maxine Silverman James Simmons Richard Snyder Ted Solotaroff William Soutar William Stafford Jadene Felina Stevens Muriel Stuart Sir John Suckling Robert Sward Carmen Tafolla Chidiock Tichborne Eric Trethewey George Venn Tom Wayman Bruce Weigl Walt Whitman Oscar Wilde William Carlos Williams David Wojahn Nellie Wong Ree Young Paul Zimmer