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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1985

September 1985

 
  • Randy Blasing
  • Raymond Carver
  • Henri Cole
  • Barbara Elovic
  • Elliot Figman
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First Steps

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The Silence

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Father's Jewelry Box

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Table of Contents

  • J. D. McClatchy
    • First Steps
  • Elliot Figman
    • The Silence
    • The Tunnel
    • This Morning
  • Henri Cole
    • Father's Jewelry Box
  • Michael Spence
    • First Love in Two Dimensions
  • Jeffrey Skinner
    • Hey, Nineteen
  • Randy Blasing
    • Kingdom Come
    • Pirated Version
  • Joseph Powell
    • Something Visible
  • James Solheim
    • Variations: Couple Seen through a Window
  • Barbara Elovic
    • Light Years
    • 3/4 Time
  • Judith McCombs
    • Changeling Dream
  • Edward Mayes
    • Antagonisms
    • The World Without
  • Raymond Carver
    • The Rest
    • Balsa Wood
    • The Sensitive Girl
    • Shiftless
  • Terence P. Pare
    • The Shape of Things
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  • Randy Blasing
  • Raymond Carver
  • Henri Cole
  • Barbara Elovic
  • Elliot Figman
  • Edward Mayes
  • J. D. McClatchy
  • Judith McCombs
  • Terence P. Pare
  • Joseph Powell
  • Jeffrey Skinner
  • James Solheim
  • Michael Spence
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