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September 1983

 
  • Dannie Abse
  • James Applewhite
  • Tama Baldwin
  • Fred Chappell
  • Maria Flook
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A Catalogue of Trees

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The Legless Fighter Pilot

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Woolgathering

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Table of Contents

  • James Applewhite
    • A Catalogue of Trees
    • Barbecue Service
    • Marriage Portrait
  • Sharon Olds
    • The Legless Fighter Pilot
    • Prayer during a Time My Son Is Having Seizures
  • Jim Hall
    • Woolgathering
  • Fred Chappell
    • Message
    • Narcissus and Echo
  • Robin Hamilton
    • Nightpiece: London, 1888
    • Learning the Code, Coding the Life
  • Maria Flook
    • Against Spring
    • Discreet
  • Dannie Abse
    • Quests
  • Daniel Weissbort
    • My London
    • Thwarted
  • Susie Shulman
    • The Going-Part
    • An Everyday Integrity
  • Kevin Pilkington
    • Jogging on the Beach
    • A Spruce in Vermont
    • Directions through a Changing Scene
  • Tama Baldwin
    • Fatigue in California
  • Charles Vandersee
    • Remembering the Present
  • Don Stap
    • Trying to Write
  • Dave Smith
    • Runaway
    • The Purpose of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
    • Squirrel Season
Comment
  • William Harmon
    • The Star of the Disaster
Contents
  • Sharon Olds
    • The Month of June: 13 1/2
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Dannie Abse
  • James Applewhite
  • Tama Baldwin
  • Fred Chappell
  • Maria Flook
  • Jim Hall
  • Robin Hamilton
  • William Harmon
  • Sharon Olds
  • Kevin Pilkington
  • Susie Shulman
  • Dave Smith
  • Don Stap
  • Charles Vandersee
  • Daniel Weissbort
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