Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry

Poet and novelist George Abbe (1911–1989) selected and reads works written by 22 American poets. The poems, written during a twenty-year period from the 1940s to the early 1960s, are by noted and lesser-known poets including Theodore Roethke, Kenneth Patchen, John Ciardi, Karl Shapiro, Isobel Kneeland, Marcia Masters (daughter of Edger Lee Masters), and Felix Stefanile. The listing of poets and text for all of the poems are included in the liner notes.

Track Listing

101	John Ciardi: Snowy Heron / I Marry You	George Abbe	02:38
102	E.L. Mayo: The Wagon Train / Richard Eberhart: The Horse Chestnut Tree	George Abbe	02:53
103	Theodore Roethke: The Return / The Wraith	George Abbe	04:13
104	Howard Nemerov: Life Cycle of Common Man / John Logan: The Preparation	George Abbe	04:05
105	David Morton: Traveller's Report / Galway Kinnell: To Christ Our Lord	George Abbe	03:28
106	Lewis Turco: An Immigrant Ballad / Alfred Dorn: Snowflake / Kate Brackett: Something Has to Burn	George Abbe	05:22
201	Donald Justice: Here in Katmandu / The Stray Dog by the Summerhouse	George Abbe	02:58
202	William Jay Smith: Dead Snake / Light / Marcia Masters: Nightfall / The Countess of Pershing Square	George Abbe	04:21
203	Kenneth Patchen: O Fiery River / James Wright: Sparrows in a Hillside Drift	George Abbe	02:50
204	Felix Stefanile: The Afternoon as an Aria / A Late Elegy for a Baseball Player / May Swenson: Lion	George Abbe	04:09
205	Leah Bodine Drake: Precarious Ground / David Ridgley Clark: Pinnacle	George Abbe	02:22
206	Richard Wilbur: Years-End / Driftwood	George Abbe	04:20
207	Karl Shapiro: The Interlude	George Abbe	02:55