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January 1983

 
  • Jerald Bullis
  • Ralph Burns
  • J. Cullum
  • Dave Etter
  • Alice Fulton
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Barren Ground

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Inverse Proportions

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Table of Contents

  • Alicia Ostriker
    • Contest
    • Moth in April
    • Taking the Shuttle with Franz
    • Poem Beginning with a Line by Dickinson
  • Jerald Bullis
    • Barren Ground
    • Call to Worship
    • Of Ellipses and Deviations
    • Pure Poetry
  • Jack Matthews
    • Inverse Proportions
    • The Civil War Photograph
    • Interview with the Poet's Mother
  • Stephen Sandy
    • Landscape with the Body of Judas
  • Brigit Pegeen Kelly
    • The Convent Park beneath My Window at the Hotel Charles
    • Mount Angel
  • Ralph Burns
    • Yes No Days
    • Rid of Hogs
  • David Weiss
    • This World
    • After All
  • Andrew Hudgins
    • Air View of an Industrial Scene
    • Julia Tutwiler State Prison for Women
  • Susan Hahn
    • Melancholia
    • Looking out on Africa
  • Gary Soto
    • Getting Serious
    • The Estonian Comes to Dinner
  • Dave Etter
    • Librarian
    • Moonlight Yodel
  • Alice Fulton
    • What I Like
  • J. W. Cullum
    • The Eucharist of the Holy Ghost at Key West
  • Kathleen Spivack
    • The Young Wife Who Went Deaf
    • Windows
  • Baron Wormser
    • Shards
    • An Inclusive Letter
    • Some Happiness
Comment
  • William Harmon
    • Untergang Humbug Redux
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Jerald Bullis
  • Ralph Burns
  • J. W. Cullum
  • Dave Etter
  • Alice Fulton
  • Susan Hahn
  • William Harmon
  • Andrew Hudgins
  • Brigit Pegeen Kelly
  • Jack Matthews
  • Alicia Ostriker
  • Stephen Sandy
  • Gary Soto
  • Kathleen Spivack
  • David Weiss
  • Baron Wormser
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