Bird Skin Coat

Notes

79 NOTES In฀“Rose,”฀the฀(misquoted)฀lines฀from฀“Ring฀of฀Fire”฀were฀written฀by฀June฀Carter฀Cash฀ and฀Merle฀Kilgore. In฀“The฀Urn,”฀the฀two฀italicized฀lines฀are฀from฀John฀Keats,฀“Ode฀on฀a฀Grecian฀Urn.” THE฀BRITTINGHAM฀PRIZE฀IN฀POETRY Ronald฀Wallace,฀General฀Editor Places/Everyone฀฀•฀฀Jim฀Daniels C.฀K.฀Williams,฀Judge,฀1985 Talking฀to฀Strangers฀฀•฀฀Patricia฀Dobler Maxine฀Kumin,฀Judge,฀1986 ฀ Saving฀the฀Young฀Men฀of฀Vienna฀฀•฀฀David฀Kirby Mona฀Van฀Duyn,฀Judge,฀1987 ฀ Pocket฀Sundial฀฀•฀฀Lisa฀Zeidner Charles฀Wright,฀Judge,฀1988 ฀ Slow฀Joy฀฀•฀฀Stephanie฀Marlis Gerald฀Stern,฀Judge,฀1989 ฀ Level฀Green฀฀•฀฀Judith฀Vollmer Mary฀Oliver,฀Judge,฀1990 ฀ Salt฀฀•฀฀Renée฀Ashley Donald฀Finkel,฀Judge,฀1991 ฀ Sweet฀Ruin฀฀•฀฀Tony฀Hoagland Donald฀Justice,฀Judge฀1992 ฀ The฀Red฀Virgin:฀A฀Poem฀of฀Simone฀Weil฀฀•฀฀Stephanie฀Strickland Lisel฀Mueller,฀Judge,฀1993 ฀ The฀Unbeliever฀฀•฀฀Lisa฀Lewis Henry฀Taylor,฀Judge,฀1994 ฀ Old฀and฀New฀Testaments฀฀•฀฀Lynn฀Powell Carolyn฀Kizer,฀Judge,฀1995 ฀ Brief฀Landing฀on฀the฀Earth’s฀Surface฀฀•฀฀Juanita฀Brunk Philip฀Levine,฀Judge,฀1996 ฀ And฀Her฀Soul฀Out฀of฀Nothing฀฀•฀฀Olena฀Kalytiak฀Davis Rita฀Dove,฀Judge,฀1997 ฀ Bardo฀฀•฀฀Suzanne฀Paola Donald฀Hall,฀Judge,฀1998 ฀ A฀Field฀Guide฀to฀the฀Heavens฀฀•฀฀Frank฀X.฀Gaspar Robert฀Bly,฀Judge,฀1999 ฀ A฀Path฀between฀Houses฀฀•฀฀Greg฀Rappleye Alicia฀Ostriker,฀Judge,฀2000 ฀ Horizon฀Note฀฀•฀฀Robin฀Behn Mark฀Doty,฀Judge,฀2001 ฀ Acts฀of฀Contortion฀฀•฀฀Anna฀George฀Meek Edward฀Hirsch,฀Judge,฀2002 ฀ The฀Room฀Where฀I฀Was฀Born฀฀•฀฀Brian฀Teare Kelly฀Cherry,฀Judge,฀2003 ฀ Sea฀of฀Faith฀฀•฀฀John฀Brehm Carl฀Dennis,฀Judge,฀2004 ฀ Jagged฀with฀Love฀฀•฀฀Susanna฀Childress Billy฀Collins,฀Judge,฀2005 ฀ New฀Jersey฀฀•฀฀Betsy฀Andrews Linda฀Gregerson,฀Judge,฀2007 ฀ Meditations฀on฀Rising฀and฀Falling฀฀•฀฀Philip฀Pardi David฀St.฀John,฀Judge,฀2008 Bird฀Skin฀Coat฀฀•฀฀Angela฀Sorby Marilyn฀Nelson,฀Judge,฀2009 ...