October/November 1987
The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.
- Paul Engle
- Maria Flook
- Wallace Fowlie
- Dana Gioia
- Thom Gunn
From this Issue
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poemBy Robert BlyYour head is stillrestless, rollingeast and west.That body in youinsisting on livingis the old hawkfor whom the worlddarkens.If I am notwith you when you die,that is just.It is all right.That part of you cleanedmy bones morethan once. But Iwill meet...
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poemBy Hayden CarruthLike all his people he felt at home in the forest.The silence beneath great trees, the dimness there,The distant high rustling of foliage, the clumpsOf fern like little green fountains, patches of sunlight,Patches of moss and lichen, the occasionalUndergrowth of...
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poemBy Rodney JonesDown the street, someone must be praying, and though I don’tGo there anymore, I want to at times, to hear the dictionAnd the tone, though the English pronoun for God is obsolete—What goes on is devotion, which wouldn’t change if...
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Table of Contents
Introduction
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Joseph Parisi
Poems
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Dannie Abse
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Dick Allen
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Philip Appleman
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John Ashbery
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Peter Balakian
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Mary Barnard
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Marvin Bell
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Wendell Berry
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Randy Blasing
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Michael C. Blumenthal
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Robert Bly
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Philip Booth
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David Bottoms
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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Christopher Buckley
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Christopher Bursk
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Henry Carlile
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Hayden Carruth
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Jared Carter
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Turner Cassity
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Amy Clampitt
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Stephen Corey
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Alfred Corn
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Peter Davison
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Carl Dennis
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Tom Disch
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Gregory Djanikian
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Stephen Dobyns
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Rita Dove
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Stephen Dunn
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Stuart Dybek
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Richard Eberhart
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Paul Engle
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Donald Finkel
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Yannis Kondos
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Alice Fulton
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Tess Gallagher
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Celia Gilbert
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Sandra M. Gilbert
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Dana Gioia
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Albert Goldbarth
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Thom Gunn
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Daniel G. Hoffman
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Jonathan Holden
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John Hollander
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Richard Howard
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David Ignatow
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Rodney Jones
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Erica Jong
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Lawrence Joseph
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X J Kennedy
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Richard Kenney
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Jane Kenyon
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Thomas Kinsella
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Kenneth Koch
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Maxine Kumin
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Greg Kuzma
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James Laughlin
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Brad Leithauser
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Philip Levine
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Janet Loxley Lewis
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William Logan
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J. D. McClatchy
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Wesley McNair
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Sandra McPherson
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Jayanta Mahapatra
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Gary Margolis
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William Matthews
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William Meredith
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James Merrill
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W. S. Merwin
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Nicholas Moore
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Hilda Morley
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Howard Moss
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Stanley Moss
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Lisel Mueller
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John Frederick Nims
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Joyce Carol Oates
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Sharon Olds
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Carole Oles
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Mary Oliver
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Elder James Olson
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Alicia Ostriker
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Jay Parini
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Linda Pastan
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Molly Peacock
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Robert Phillips
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Robert Pinsky
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Katha Pollitt
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Peter Porter
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Reynolds Price
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Lawrence Raab
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Bin Ramke
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Adrienne Rich
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Pattiann Rogers
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M. L. Rosenthal
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David St. John
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Ernest Sandeen
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Stephen Sandy
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Sherod Santos
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May Sarton
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Josephine Saunders
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Grace Schulman
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Philip Schultz
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James Schuyler
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Karl Shapiro
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Robert B. Shaw
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Charles Simic
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Dave Smith
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William Jay Smith
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Katherine Soniat
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Gary Soto
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Roberta Spear
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Stephen Spender
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William E. Stafford
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Maura Stanton
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George Starbuck
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Gerald Stern
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Anne Stevenson
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Mark Strand
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Lucien Stryk
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May Swenson
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James Tate
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Henry Taylor
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Charles Tomlinson
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Mona Van Duyn
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David Wagoner
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Jeanne Murray Walker
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Mary Ann Waters
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Roger Weingarten
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Theodore Weiss
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J. P. White
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Richard Wilbur
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Robley Wilson Jr.
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David Wojahn
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Baron Wormser
Comment
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Janet Loxley Lewis
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Elder James Olson
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Paul Engle
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Gwendolyn Brooks
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James L. Dickey
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John Ashbery
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William E. Stafford
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A. R. Ammons
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Raymond Carver
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Joyce Carol Oates
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Philip Booth
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Wallace Fowlie
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James Merrill
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Mona Van Duyn
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Thom Gunn
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Lisel Mueller
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X J Kennedy
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Peter Porter
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Charles Tomlinson
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Maria Flook
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M. L. Rosenthal
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David Ignatow
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Turner Cassity
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Gary Soto
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J. D. McClatchy
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Linda Pastan
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Richard Kenney
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Brad Leithauser
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Alfred Corn
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Carole Oles
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Wesley McNair
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Henry Taylor
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Dana Gioia
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Contributors
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- Joseph Parisi
- Dannie Abse
- Ai
- Dick Allen
- Philip Appleman
- John Ashbery
- Peter Balakian
- Mary Barnard
- Marvin Bell
- Wendell Berry
- Randy Blasing
- Michael C. Blumenthal
- Robert Bly
- Philip Booth
- David Bottoms
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Christopher Buckley
- Christopher Bursk
- Henry Carlile
- Hayden Carruth
- Jared Carter
- Raymond Carver
- Turner Cassity
- Amy Clampitt
- Stephen Corey
- Alfred Corn
- Peter Davison
- Carl Dennis
- James L. Dickey
- Tom Disch
- Gregory Djanikian
- Stephen Dobyns
- Rita Dove
- Stephen Dunn
- Stuart Dybek
- Richard Eberhart
- Paul Engle
- Donald Finkel
- Yannis Kondos
- Alice Fulton
- Tess Gallagher
- Celia Gilbert
- Sandra M. Gilbert
- Dana Gioia
- Albert Goldbarth
- Thom Gunn
- Daniel G. Hoffman
- Jonathan Holden
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- John Hollander
- Richard Howard
- David Ignatow
- Rodney Jones
- Erica Jong
- Lawrence Joseph
- X J Kennedy
- Richard Kenney
- Jane Kenyon
- Thomas Kinsella
- Kenneth Koch
- Maxine Kumin
- Greg Kuzma
- James Laughlin
- Brad Leithauser
- Philip Levine
- Janet Loxley Lewis
- William Logan
- J. D. McClatchy
- Wesley McNair
- Sandra McPherson
- Jayanta Mahapatra
- Gary Margolis
- William Matthews
- William Meredith
- James Merrill
- W. S. Merwin
- Nicholas Moore
- Hilda Morley
- Howard Moss
- Stanley Moss
- Lisel Mueller
- John Frederick Nims
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Sharon Olds
- Carole Oles
- Mary Oliver
- Elder James Olson
- Alicia Ostriker
- Jay Parini
- Linda Pastan
- Molly Peacock
- Robert Phillips
- Robert Pinsky
- Katha Pollitt
- Peter Porter
- Reynolds Price
- Lawrence Raab
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- Bin Ramke
- Adrienne Rich
- J. W. Rivers
- Pattiann Rogers
- M. L. Rosenthal
- David St. John
- Ernest Sandeen
- Stephen Sandy
- Sherod Santos
- May Sarton
- Josephine Saunders
- Grace Schulman
- Philip Schultz
- James Schuyler
- Karl Shapiro
- Robert B. Shaw
- Charles Simic
- Dave Smith
- William Jay Smith
- Katherine Soniat
- Gary Soto
- Roberta Spear
- Stephen Spender
- William E. Stafford
- Maura Stanton
- George Starbuck
- Gerald Stern
- Anne Stevenson
- Mark Strand
- Lucien Stryk
- May Swenson
- James Tate
- Henry Taylor
- Charles Tomlinson
- Mona Van Duyn
- David Wagoner
- Jeanne Murray Walker
- Mary Ann Waters
- Roger Weingarten
- Theodore Weiss
- J. P. White
- Richard Wilbur
- Robley Wilson Jr.
- David Wojahn
- Baron Wormser
- A. R. Ammons
- Wallace Fowlie
- Maria Flook
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