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December 1981

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

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Alexander Albertus
Amy Clampitt
Stephen Dunn
Robert Farnsworth
Horace Gregory

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1981

Table of Contents

Lisel Mueller
Horace Gregory
- NATURE & THE ARCHITECT
Robert Farnsworth
- MUSIC FOR PIANO AND ELECTRICAL STORM
- SAMPLER
Jonathan Sisson
- THE CROWS OF ST. THOMAS
Amy Clampitt
- GOOSEBERRY FOOL
- THE HICKORY GROVE
David Weiss
- CLOSING TIME
- IN AN ORCHARD ON THANKSGIVING
Philip Martin
- CHRISTMAS GHOSTS
Barry Spacks
- WHAT'S FINE
- LIVING SIMPLY
Reg Saner
- THE MAN-IN-THE-MOON
Carolyne Wright
- CELEBRATION FOR THE COLD SNAP
Ernest Sandeen
- PREDICTING THE PAST
Alexander Albertus
- NOW AND AGAIN
- BIT OF AN ELEGY
William Heyen
- THE BERRIES
- THE OREGON COAST AT SEAL ROCK: THINKING OF WALLACE STEVENS AT SEVENTY
Stephen Dunn
Ronald Lee Perry
Robert B. Shaw
- QUARTET

Contents

Robert B. Shaw

Contributors
- - Lisel Mueller
  - Horace Gregory
  - Robert Farnsworth
  - Jonathan Sisson
  - Amy Clampitt
  - David Weiss
- - Philip Martin
  - Barry Spacks
  - Reg Saner
  - Carolyne Wright
  - Ernest Sandeen
  - Alexander Albertus
- - William Heyen
  - Stephen Dunn
  - Ronald Lee Perry
  - Robert B. Shaw