January 2002
The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.
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- Cathryn Essinger
- Martin Galvin
- Susan Kelly-DeWitt
- Lynne Knight
- Judy Longley
From this Issue
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poemBy Kay RyanTenderness and rotshare a border.And rot is anaggressive neighborwhose iridescencekeeps creeping over.No lessonscan be drawnfrom this however.One is nottwo countries.One is not meatcorrupting.It is importantto stay sweetand loving.
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poemBy Al MaginnesTheir authority did not unfoldfrom ironed white shirts and thin tiesor from the funereal seriousness that strucktheir acne-splashed faces but becausethey stood heir to our native faith in light.So we followed the thin white...
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poemBy Cathryn EssingerI do not understand the poets who tell methat I should not personify. Every morningthe willow auditions for a new roleoutside my bedroom window—today she isClytemnestra; yesterday a Southern Belle,lost in her own melodrama,...
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Table of Contents
Poetry
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Charlie Smith
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Joyce Sutphen
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George Scarbrough
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R. T. Smith
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Lynne Knight
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Martin Galvin
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Al Maginnes
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Heidy Steidlmayer
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Judy Longley
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Bonnie St. Andrews
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Cathryn Essinger
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Robert B. Shaw
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Susan Kelly-DeWitt
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Robert West
Comment
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Bill Christophersen
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Leslie Ullman
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Contributors
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- Charlie Smith
- Kay Ryan
- Joyce Sutphen
- George Scarbrough
- R. T. Smith
- Lynne Knight
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- Martin Galvin
- Al Maginnes
- Heidy Steidlmayer
- Judy Longley
- Bonnie St. Andrews
- Cathryn Essinger
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