Poetry Magazine
Table of Contents
June 1999
Cover art: Michael Triegel, "Tivoli," 1992.
PRIMED
FATHER'S DAY IN PALMYRA, NY
REMEMBERING THE SIGNS
THE TIME OF SHADOW
THE HOURS OF DARKNESS
READING AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHINESE POEMS OF THE SUNG DYNASTY, I PAUSE TO ADMIRE THE LENGTH AND CLARITY OF THEIR TITLES
HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE
ST. ÉTIENNE-DU-GRÈS
REFLECTIONS ON THE RUINS OF THE ASYLUM AT SAINT-RÉMY
THE SÉVRES ROAD
NOCTURNAL
TOULOUSE
THE NARROW HOUSES OF AMSTERDAM
SUMMER SAPPHICS
POEM FOR A 75th BIRTHDAY
KUNITZ TENDING ROSES
HERMAPHRODITES IN THE GARDEN
WATCHING THE COMET ON EASTER EVENING
GHOST RUNNERS
ANOTHER FARM
THE DOWSER'S EAR
THE SENSE OF SMELL
ON THE ROAD
A RESCUE
MONOLOGUE WITH CROWS
SHOCK
CROW IS WALKING
"GOD GIVES TO EVERY BIRD ITS PROPER FOOD BUT THEY MUST ALL FLY FOR IT"
MAN OF THE CLOTH
BEING TAUGHT
LIFE AFTER FICTION
