asked to provide an "unknown or underappreciated poem written by anyone, in any language, from any era", along with a brief essay by the selecting poet about the poem each chose; Illinois University Press Jeb Livingood, series editor; Eric Pankey, editor, Best New Poets 2006: 50 Poems from Emerging Writers, Samovar Anne Marie Hacht, Poetry for Students, Volume 23 Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2006 Poets included in The Best American Poetry 2006, edited by David Lehman, co-edited this year by Billy Collins: Kim Addonizio Dick Allen Craig Arnold John Ashbery Jesse Ball Krista Benjamin Ilya Bernstein Gaylord Brewer Tom Christopher Laura Cronk Carl Dennis Stephen Dobyns Denise Duhamel Stephen Dunn Beth Ann Fennelly Megan Gannon Amy Gerstler Sarah Gorham George Green Debora Greger Eamon Grennan Daniel Gutstein R. S. Gwynn Rachel Hadas Mark Halliday Jim Harrison Robert Hass Christian Hawkey Terrance Hayes Bob Hicok Katia Kapovich Laura Kasischke Joy Katz David Kirby Jennifer L. Knox Ron Koertge John Koethe Mark Kraushaar Julie Larios Dorianne Laux Reb Livingston Thomas Lux Paul Muldoon Marilyn Nelson Richard Newman Mary Oliver Danielle Pafunda Mark Pawlak Bao Phi Donald Platt Lawrence Raab Betsy Retallack Liz Rosenberg J. Allyn Rosser Kay Ryan Mary Jo Salter Vejay Sheshadri Alan Shapiro Charles Simic Gerald Stern James Tate Sue Ellen Thompson Tony Towle Alison Townsend Paul Violi Ellen Bryant Voigt David Wagoner Charles Harper Webb C. K. Williams Terence Winch Susan Wood Franz Wright Robert Wrigley David Yezzi Dean Young Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States Jason Shinder, editor, “The Poem That Changed America: 'Howl' Fifty Years Later, essays on Allen Ginsberg's poem, Farrar, Straus & Giroux Other Chandrashekhar Bhattacharya, Tomake Ebong Tomake: Poems (Manaswini Publication), Bangladesh Claude Esteban, Le Jour à peine écrit (1967–1992), Gallimard, France Mohit Kailashnath Misra, "Ponder Awhile" (Booksurge Publishers) Works published in other languages Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet's native land, if different; substantially revised works listed separately: Czech Republic Michal Ajvaz, Padesát pět měst ("Fifty-five cities") Petr Král, Hm čili Míra omylu, 2006 Michal Šanda, Kecanice ("Chew The Rag"), Prague: Protis, Marie Šťastná, Akty ("Nudes"), Czech Republic Ivan Wernisch, Michal Šanda and Milan Ohnisko, Býkárna, Druhé město Brno, French language Canada Claude Beausoliel, Regarde, tu vois, Le Castor Astral France Léopold Sédar Senghor, Œuvre poétique, éd. Le Seuil – Points. Jacques Roubaud, Cœurs, La Bibliothèque oulipienne n°155 Jean Max