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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1981

October 1981

 
  • Margaret Benbow
  • John Dickson
  • Stephen Dobyns
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Judith Leet
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SIX POEMS AFTER BALTHUS: GIRL IN WHITE

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BALANCE

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LAURA'S VISIT TO AUNT LUCRECE

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Table of Contents

Poems
  • Stephen Dobyns
    • SIX POEMS AFTER BALTHUS: GIRL IN WHITE
    • LANDSCAPE AT CHAMPROVENT
    • THE MOUNTAIN
    • THE GOLDEN DAYS
    • THE TRIANGULAR FIELD
    • KATIA READING
  • Josephine Miles
    • BALANCE
    • VIGILS
    • FACES
    • SLEEP
  • Margaret Benbow
    • LAURA'S VISIT TO AUNT LUCRECE
    • CRAZY ARMS: EARLENE REMEMBERS
    • ROSE'S FARM
  • John Dickson
    • THE RUNAWAY
    • FEEDING THE NEIGHBOR'S CAT
  • Josephine Jacobsen
    • The Monosyllable
  • Judith Leet
    • EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OBSERVATIONS
  • Alan Williamson
    • OLD TOYS COME BACK
  • Robert Wiljer
    • CHEERIO
  • Diana O'Hehir
    • PRIVATE SONG
    • BODY
    • SNOW
    • THE DEAD PULL US TOWARD WINTER
  • Robley Wilson Jr.
    • ENDSONG
    • DESIRE
  • Sharon Olds
    • THE SIGNAL
    • THE QUEST
    • CAMBRIDGE ELEGY
    • BURN CENTER
Comment
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
    • ON BURNING GROUND?
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Margaret Benbow
  • John Dickson
  • Stephen Dobyns
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Judith Leet
  • Josephine Miles
  • Diana O'Hehir
  • Sharon Olds
  • Robert Wiljer
  • Alan Williamson
  • Robley Wilson Jr.
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