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November 1980

John Ciardi
Amy Clampitt
Tony Connor
Robert Dorsett
Leslie Fiedler

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Five Poems from the 1920s

By Archibald MacLeish

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A Motel in Troy, N.Y.

By Josephine Jacobsen

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The World's Oldest Authority on Keats

By Jack Matthews

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Table of Contents

Five Poems from the 1920s

Archibald MacLeish

Josephine Jacobsen
- A Motel in Troy, N.Y.
- The Nightwatchman
Jack Matthews
John Ciardi
- Ward Three: Faith
- Thursday Also Happens
Linda Pastan
- Helen Bids Farewell to Her Daughter Hermione
- Hippolyte at Breakfast
Leslie A. Fiedler
- A Prayer before Departure
Amy Clampitt
- Balms
Tony Connor
- Emptying the Fishtank
- Bringing in the House-Plants
David Wagoner
Andrew Weiman
- Andy-Diana DNA Letter
Robert Dorsett
- The Death of Boethius
May Swenson

Comment

Robert Pinsky
- Dialogue of One
Ben Howard

CONTRIBUTORS

John Ciardi
Amy Clampitt
Tony Connor
Robert Dorsett
Leslie A. Fiedler
Ben Howard
Josephine Jacobsen
Archibald MacLeish
Jack Matthews
Linda Pastan
Robert Pinsky
May Swenson
David Wagoner
Andrew Weiman

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