June 1999
The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.
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- Dick Allen
- Priscilla Atkins
- Bob Brooks
- Grace Butcher
- Billy Collins
From this Issue
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poemBy Billy CollinsIt seems these poets have nothingup their ample sleevesthey turn over so many cards so early,telling us before the first linewhether it is wet or dry,night or day, the season the man is standing in,even how much he has had...
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poemBy Susan DonnellyIt might have always been meantthat they walked completely away,this man on horse, woman with basket.With their backs to us and the painter,they are so private. But like those storieswhere...
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poemBy Wilmer MillsEmpty cattle trailersRumbled dummy thunderDown the road all day, and now tonight,Heat lightning flashes more of the same fake rain.It’s just as well. I couldn’t get to sleep,And now it ricochets across the skyWith...
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Table of Contents
Poetry
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Paulann Petersen
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Richard Foerster
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W. S. Merwin
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Georgia Shreve
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Priscilla Atkins
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Susan Donnelly
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Kevin Craft
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Megan Sexton
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Marilyn L. Taylor
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Stanley Plumly
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Stanley Moss
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James Scruton
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Wilmer Mills
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Hugh Steinberg
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John Updike
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Bob Brooks
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C. K. Williams
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Grace Butcher
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Cathryn Essinger
Comment
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John Taylor
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David Yezzi
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Contributors
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- Paulann Petersen
- Richard Foerster
- W. S. Merwin
- Billy Collins
- Georgia Shreve
- Priscilla Atkins
- Susan Donnelly
- Kevin Craft
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- Megan Sexton
- Marilyn L. Taylor
- Stanley Plumly
- Stanley Moss
- James Scruton
- Wilmer Mills
- Hugh Steinberg
- John Updike
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- Bob Brooks
- C. K. Williams
- Grace Butcher
- Dick Allen
- Cathryn Essinger
- John Taylor
- David Yezzi
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