The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself is an anthology of modern Hebrew poetry, presented in the original language, with a transliteration into Roman script, a literal translation into English, and commentaries and explanations.

Two editions of this book have appeared so far:
 * First edition, published in 1965 by Schocken Books. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, and Ezra Spicehandler. Twenty-four poets, 69 poems, 220 pages. Has no ISBN. Library of Congress number; 66-26731. Reprinted by Schocken in 1989. Reprinted by Harvard University Press in 1995.
 * Second edition, published in 2003 by Wayne State University Press. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, Ariel Hirschfeld, and Ezra Spicehandler. Forty poets, 106 poems, 359 pages. ISBN 0-8143-2485-1

Poets included in both editions of the book
 * Chaim Nachman Bialik
 * Saul Tchernichovsky
 * Jacob Fichman
 * Avraham Ben Yitshak
 * Jacob Steinberg
 * Uri Zvi Greenberg
 * Simon Halkin
 * Avraham Shlonsky
 * Yochebed Bat-Miriam
 * Yonatan Ratosh
 * Nathan Alterman
 * Leah Goldberg
 * Gabriel Preil
 * Amir Gilboa
 * Abba Kovner
 * Tuvya Ruebner
 * Haim Guri
 * Yehuda Amichai
 * T. Carmi
 * Ayin Hillel
 * Dan Pagis
 * Nathan Zach
 * Dalia Ravikovich

Poet included in the first edition but not in the second
 * Avot Yeshurun

Poets included in the second but not the first edition
 * Zelda
 * Dalia Hertz
 * David Avidan
 * Israel Pinkas
 * Erez Biton
 * Hedva Harekhavi
 * Meir Wieseltier
 * Yair Hurvitz
 * Yona Wallach
 * Agi Mishol
 * Yitzhak Laor
 * Dan Armon
 * Ramy Ditzanny
 * Ronny Someck
 * Hezi Leskali
 * Amir Or
 * Admiel Kosman