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Cover for Poetry Magazine, July 1982

July 1982

 
  • Michael Covino
  • Susan Gardels
  • Jim Hall
  • Edward Hirsch
  • Jonathan Holden
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WINGS AND SEEDS: FOR MY BIRTH MOTHER

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A VISIT TO MOKRIN, YUGOSLAVIA

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A SOLITARY WALK THROUGH OAKLAND, MAINE

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Table of Contents

  • Sandra McPherson
    • WINGS AND SEEDS: FOR MY BIRTH MOTHER
    • ONLY ONCE
    • PETER IS HERE
    • URBAN ODE
  • Stephen Stepanchev
    • A VISIT TO MOKRIN, YUGOSLAVIA
  • Ira Sadoff
    • A SOLITARY WALK THROUGH OAKLAND, MAINE
    • CHECKS AND BALANCES
  • Shirley Kaufman
    • ANNUNCIATION
  • Jonathan Holden
    • THE THIRD PARTY
    • LOSERS
  • William E. Stafford
    • HOW TO REGAIN YOUR SOUL
    • STONE, PAPER, SCISSORS
  • Edward Hirsch
    • MOVING TOWARD A BLUE UNICORN
    • EDWARD HOPPER AND THE HOUSE BY THE RAILROAD (1925)
  • Dave Smith
    • WAKING IN THE ENDLESS MOUNTAINS
    • RAINY DAY: LAST RUN
  • Mary Karr
    • THE DISTANCE
    • REPORT
    • WITNESSING MY FATHER'S WILL
    • THE MAGNIFYING MIRROR
    • PREDICTIONS
Contents
  • Vernon Shetley
    • Shadow Train, by John Ashbery[George Meredith]
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Edward Hirsch
  • Jonathan Holden
  • Mary Karr
  • Shirley Kaufman
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Ira Sadoff
  • Vernon Shetley
  • Dave Smith
  • William E. Stafford
  • Stephen Stepanchev
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