Table of Contents: September 2008

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Cover art: Felix Sockwell, “Truth Seeker,” 2008.

AUTHOR TITLE
Sasha Dugdale Ten Moons
Leila Wilson Nether
What Is the Field?
Atsuro Riley Clary
Dionisio D. Martinez Rest before you sleep
Kay Ryan Bait Goat
Crocodile Tears
Alan Shapiro Gas Station Rest Room
24/7
Elizabeth Arnold Iraqi Boy
Lesley Wheeler Dressing Down, 1962
Heidy Steidlmayer Arrival
The X-Ray
David Harsent The Duffel Bag
Eleanor Wilner What loves, takes away
n/a Barking
Jim Harrison Barking
COMMENT
Clive James Little Low Heavens
A talented verse mechanic cracks open the hood to illuminate the structure and ignition points that make a poem rev up and roar forever.
Jean Hartley & Jim Orwin Introduction
D. H. Tracy Four Takes
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
John Poch Letter to the Editor
Barnaby Thieme Letter to the Editor
Bruce Grant Letter to the Editor
Kimiko Hahn Letter to the Editor
Mitsuye Yamada Letter to the Editor
Afaa Michael Weaver Letter to the Editor
Joy Harjo Letter to the Editor
Eric Bourland Letter to the Editor
D. W. Cunningham Letter to the Editor
Andrew Epstein Letter to the Editor
Gediminas Trimakas Letter to the Editor
Nancy Flynn Letter to the Editor
Evan Jones Letter to the Editor
Nicholas Bradley Letter to the Editor
Robin Winning Letter to the Editor