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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1984

September 1984

 
  • Tom Absher
  • Thomas Carper
  • Richard Cecil
  • Stephen Corey
  • Rita Dove
Table of Contents

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The Luna Moth

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Pomade

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A Clearing by a Stream

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Table of Contents

  • J. D. McClatchy
    • The Luna Moth
    • Ovid's Farewell
  • Rita Dove
    • Pomade
    • The Wake
  • Alicia Ostriker
    • A Clearing by a Stream
    • Single Woman Speaking
  • Walter McDonald
    • Catching the Light at Lake Raven
    • Memento Mori
    • For Dawes, on Takeoff
    • Fathers and Sons
  • Brigit Pegeen Kelly
    • The Valiant
  • Jeffrey Harrison
    • The Hummingbird Feeder
  • Laurie Sheck
    • The Soul Revisiting the Body
  • Pattiann Rogers
    • The Limitations of Death
    • Investigative Logic in a Study of Love
    • The Elegance of the Dichotomous Experience
Short Reviews
  • Bruce Bawer
    • Short Reviews
    • Mirrors, by Robert Creeley
    • Axe Handles, by Gary Snyder
    • Afterlight, by Marc Hudson
    • Keeping Company, by Gibbons Ruark
    • Riding to Greylock, by Stephen Sandy
    • Tar, by C. K. Williams
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  • Rita Dove
  • Jeffrey Harrison
  • Brigit Pegeen Kelly
  • J. D. McClatchy
  • Walter McDonald
  • Alicia Ostriker
  • Pattiann Rogers
  • Laurie Sheck
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