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December 1999

Robert Murphy, "St. Nicholas," 1999.

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

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  • George Bradley
  • Jared Carter
  • Joshua Corey
  • Carl Dennis
  • Chris Forhan
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POETRY Magazine cover of December 1999 issue
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    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine Firstborn

      By Kurt S. Olsson
      In the end, he has to teach them everything,
      even death, as he finds them that night by the fire,
      giggling and buzzing more like brother and sister
      than father and mother, waiting for him to bring
      meat for the...

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    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine Ghost Frescoes

      By Maria Terrone
      A chubby fist and wing
      float free, severed
      from the landscape of human affairs.

      Below, a barefoot saint
      seems to straddle acres, beaming
      casual self-possession, the divine

      right to stake eternal claim—but
      in the space between
      both legs, a third...

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    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine Some Assembly Required

      By George Bradley
      Standing in line at the SuperSave, it all falls
      Into place, Princess Di and the aliens and diet
      Tips from outer space, King Tut and King Elvis,
         Out of the subfusc air, the rank urgency of dusk,...

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