ðɪs kɹˌɑːnəlˈɑːdʒɪkəl lˈɪstɪŋ dˈɪfɚz slˈaɪtli fɹʌmðɪ ˈɔːɹdɚɹ ʌv ˈiːtʃ pˈoʊɪts ɐpˈɪɹəns ɪnðɪ ænθˈɑːlədʒi ɪtsˈɛlf, wˌɪtʃ ˈoʊpənz wɪð tʃˈɑːɹlz ˈoʊlsənz pˈoʊᵻm "ðə kˈɪŋfɪʃɚz", ɐ pˈoʊᵻm ðæt mˌeɪd ɪts fˈɜːst ɐpˈɪɹəns ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti.
This chronological listing differs slightly from the order of each poet's appearance in the anthology itself, which opens with Charles Olson's poem "The Kingfishers", a poem that made its first appearance in 1950.