The Hermit Poet

Gearing up for the launch of Boxcar Poetry Review, I’m building a list of first books of poetry published in 2005. It’s not complete by any means — if you know of books I’m missing, please comment with the author and title, and I’ll add it to the list. I’ll be working on this for the next few weeks.

2005

• Ali, Kazim. The Far Mosque. Alice James Books.
• Baker, Andrea. Like Wind Loves a Window. Slope Editions.
• Benka, Jen. A Box of Longing with 50 Drawers. Soft Skull Press.
• Bergman, Denise. Seeing Annie Sullivan. Cedar Hill Books.
• Buntin, Simmons B. Riverfall. Salmon Publishing.
• Byrd, Brigitte. Fence Above the Sea. Ahsahta Press.
• Campana, Joseph. The Book of Faces. Graywolf Press
• Chang, Victoria. Circle (Crab Orchard Award Series in Poetry). Southern Illinois University Press.
• Compton, Shanna. Down Spooky. Winnow Press.
• Cunningham, Brent. Bird & Forest. Ugly Duckling Presse.
• De Luna, Blas Manuel. Bent to the Earth. Carnegie Mellon University Press.
• Doran, Geri. Resin (Walt Whitman Award). Lousiana State University Press.
• Farewell, Patricia. From the Lighthouse (Frederick Morgan Poetry Prize Library). Story Line Press.
• Finney, Sean. The Obedient Door. Meritage Press.
• Glenum, Lara. The Hounds of No. Action Books.
• Hegnauer, Lilah. Dark Under Kiganda Stars. Ausuable Press.
• Jess, Tyehimba. Leadbelly (National Poetry Series). Verse Press.
• Keniston, Ann.  The Caution of Human Gestures.  WordTech Press.
• Kim, Geraldine. Povel. Fence Books.
• Knox, Jennifer L. A Gringo Like Me. Soft Skull Press.
• Lamon, Laurie. Fork Without Hunger: Poems. Cavan Kerry Press
• Larsen, David. The Thorn. Faux Press
• Lee, Corinne. Pyx (National Poetry Series). Penguin Books.
• Lee, Ed Bok. Real Karaoke People (New Rivers’ Press Many Voices Project). New Rivers’ Press.
• Linmark, R. Zamora. Prime-Time Apparitions. Hanging Loose Press.
• Loudermilk, A. Strange Valentine (Crab Orchard Award). Southern Illinois University Press.
• Luna, Sheryl. Pity the Drowned Horses (Andres Montoya Prize). University of Notre Dame Press.
• Mathys, Ted. Forge. Coffee House Press.
• Maxwell, Susan. Passenger (Contemporary Poetry Series). University of Georgia Press.
• Mikhail, Dunya. The War Works Hard. New Directions
• Moore, Berwyn. Dissolution of Ghosts. Wordtech Communications
• Norton, Sean. Bad with Faces. Red Morning Press.
• Ostashevsky, Eugene. Iterature. Ugly Duckling Presse.
• Pafunda, Daniella. Pretty Young Things. Soft Skull Press.
• Schwerer, Eric. Whittling Lessons. Finishing Line Press.
• Shenoda, Matthew. Somewhere Else. Coffee House Press.
• Sims, Laura. Practice, Restraint. Fence Books.
• Smith, Aaron. Blue on Blue Ground (Pitt Poetry Series). University of Pittsburgh Press.
• Staples, Heidi Lynn. Guess Can Gallop. New Issues Poetry & Prose.
• Taylor, Sam. Body of the World. Ausuable Press.
• Thomas, Amber Flora. Eye of the Water: Poems (Pitt Poetry Series). University of Pittsburg
  Press.
• Turner, Brian. Here, Bullet (Beatrice Hawley Award). Alice James Books.
• Webster, Kerri. We Do Not Eat Our Hearts Alone (Contemporary Poetry Series). University of Georgia Press.
• Wing, Catherine. Enter Invisible (Woodford Reserve Series in Kentucky Literature). Sarabande Books
• Ye Chun. Travel over Water. Bitter Oleander Press.