The Best American Poetry 1989, a volume in The Best American Poetry series, was edited by David Lehman and by guest editor Donald Hall.
One of the poems Hall selected for this edition was written by his wife, Jane Kenyon. Hall also selected one of his own poems as one of the 75 best American poems of the year.
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