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August 1991

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

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James Applewhite
Jeanne Beaumont
Robert Bense
Bruce Bond
Rhina Espaillat

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Table of Contents

J. D. McClatchy
- Three Dreams about Elizabeth Bishop
Greg Johnson
- Insomnia
- Withholding the Last Word
Ronald Wilson
- Fall
- An Old Woman Gives Away Her Things
Rhina P. Espaillat
- Changeling
- Cutting Bait
Linda Pastan
- All We Have to Go By
- Angels
Eric Nelson
- A Mind of Summer
Sarah Gorham
- Hymn to the Intellect
Gary Fincke
Al Maginnes
- Earworm
Bruce Bond
- On Certainty
Greg Williamson
- Picnic in the Park
- Drawing Hands
James Applewhite
- Storm in the Briar Patch
Edward Mayes
- The Death of Literature
Jean Janzen
- Identifying the Fire
Robert Bense
- Contra August
Jessica Lamb
- The Opening Question
Jeanne Marie Beaumont
- Judging the Book by Its Cover
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- Afternoon in the Central Nervous System

Comment

J. D. McClatchy
- Amid the Groves, Under the Shadowy Hill, the Generations Are Prepared

Contributors
- - J. D. McClatchy
  - Greg Johnson
  - Ronald Wilson
  - Rhina P. Espaillat
  - Linda Pastan
  - Eric Nelson
- - Sarah Gorham
  - Gary Fincke
  - Al Maginnes
  - Bruce Bond
  - Greg Williamson
  - James Applewhite
- - Edward Mayes
  - Jean Janzen
  - Robert Bense
  - Jessica Lamb
  - Jeanne Marie Beaumont
  - Chris Wallace-Crabbe