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Cover for Poetry Magazine, February 1987

February 1987

 
  • Barri Armitage
  • T. Broughton
  • John Dickson
  • Stephen Dunn
  • Elton Glaser
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Request for Confirmation

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To the Oak (Tr. by Carolyn Kizer, with Y. H. Zhao)

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The Self

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Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"

Table of Contents

POEMS
  • James Laughlin
    • Request for Confirmation
    • Absolute Love
  • Ting Shu
    • To the Oak (Tr. by Carolyn Kizer, with Y. H. Zhao)
    • Missing
  • David Ignatow
    • The Self
    • Listening
  • Albert Goldbarth
    • A Hum
    • At the Heart
    • Parnassus
    • Assembly
  • Elton Glaser
    • Dancing Lessons
    • Winter Inset
  • Alison Stone
    • Rocket to Russia
    • Foggy Notion
  • Barri Armitage
    • Trading on Gravity
    • Self-Portrait
  • John Dickson
    • Delayed Decision
    • Little Brother
    • Suicide Pact
  • David Rigsbee
    • White
    • The Mermaid
  • Grace Schulman
    • After the Division
  • Reg Saner
    • Headwaters
    • Reaching Keet Seel
  • Walter McDonald
    • When Children Think You Can Do Anything
    • Losing a Boat on the Brazos
  • T. Alan Broughton
    • Heroics
    • Aeneas through the Looking Glass
  • Paul Zarzyski
    • Measuring
  • Terry Savoie
    • Father-Milk
  • Kevin Stein
    • Terms
    • Birds in a Circle
  • Stephen Dunn
    • Hawk
    • On the Way to Work
    • Poetry
Comment
  • Mary Karr
    • Sexual Poetics
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Barri Armitage
  • T. Alan Broughton
  • John Dickson
  • Stephen Dunn
  • Elton Glaser
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • David Ignatow
  • Mary Karr
  • James Laughlin
  • Walter McDonald
  • David Rigsbee
  • Reg Saner
  • Terry Savoie
  • Grace Schulman
  • Ting Shu
  • Kevin Stein
  • Alison Stone
  • Paul Zarzyski
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