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May 2005

David Yezzi, Yusef Komunyakaa, Atsuro Riley, Wendy Cope, Robert Bly, Craig Arnold, and more.

May 2005

Cover art: Polly Becker, "La Clemenza de Tito," 2004.

POEMS

Craig Arnold

Robert Bly

  • The Night the Cities Burned
  • The Bridegroom
  • Shabistari and The Secret Garden

Wendy Cope

  • Lissadell

Louise Glück

  • Averno

Jane Hirshfield

  • Assay Only Glimpsable for an Instant
  • To Spareness: An Assay

Yusef Komunyakaa

Mary Oliver

  • The Real Prayers Are Not the Words,
    But the Attention that Comes First
  • Song for Autumn

Atsuro Riley

  • Drift-Raft
  • Stock-Lake
  • Rage-Lodge
  • Clench-Watch
  • Nullaby
  • River

Jennifer Tonge

Joshua Beckman

  • [They, lost, and to the]

Elaine Sexton

  • Lower Manhattan Pantoum

Wendy Videlock

  • North of Mist

Ethan Stebbins

PROSE

John Lee Clark

Brenda Wineapple

  • Can Criticism Matter?

Vivian Gornick

  • “It's All in the Art”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

David Alpaugh

Lawrence Joseph

Belle Randall

Franz Wright

  • Letter to the Editor

Daniel D'Arezzo

Joshua Weiner

The Editors

Originally appeared in Poetry magazine.

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