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March 1979

 
  • Frederick Bock
  • John Ciardi
  • Paul Engle
  • Mac Hammond
  • Peter Klappert
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Table of Contents

From the Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty
  • Peter Klappert
    • From The Idiot Princess of the Last Dynasty
    • Pontius O'Connor
    • Doctor o'Connor and the Laughter of War
    • Saint Matthew the Paranoiac
  • Stephen Ratcliffe
    • Air
    • Postscript, on a Name
  • Mac Hammond
    • An Indian Miniature
  • Philip Pierson
    • The Monster's Photo Album
  • David Walker
    • Pigeons, Swallows, & Co.
    • The Boy on the Waterville Bridge
    • Message from a Grave
    • The Maker of Postcards
  • Frederick Bock
    • Champs
  • Edward Wilson
    • Fingers
  • Caroline Knox
    • The Phoenix
    • Sports
    • Green Animals
    • The Crybaby at the Library
  • Paul Engle
    • Dancer: Four Poems
  • John Ciardi
    • A Crate of Sterling Silver Loving Cups
    • On the Patio
    • Apprehendee Then Exited Vee-Hicle
    • No White Bird Sings
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  • Robert Holland
    • Lost and Found
    • 100 Chameleons, by Dennis Saleh
    • Half-Tones, by Pamela Stewart
    • When Sky Lets Go, by Madeline DeFrees
    • The Book of the Body, by Frank Bidart
    • 31 Letters and 13 Dreams, by Richard Hugo
    • Geography III, by Elizabeth Bishop
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  • Frederick Bock
  • John Ciardi
  • Paul Engle
  • Mac Hammond
  • Robert Holland
  • Peter Klappert
  • Caroline Knox
  • Philip Pierson
  • Stephen Ratcliffe
  • David Walker
  • Edward Wilson
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