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August 1996

 
  • Dick Allen
  • James Applewhite
  • George Bilgere
  • Bruce Bond
  • David Bottoms
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DEATH SAUNTERING ABOUT

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WOOD FROG

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Pilot Snake

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Table of Contents

  • Anthony Hecht
    • DEATH SAUNTERING ABOUT
    • DEATH THE MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY
    • DEATH THE ARCHBISHOP
    • DEATH THE PAINTER
    • DEATH THE COPPERPLATE PRINTER
    • DEATH THE PUNCHINELLO
  • Robert Gibb
    • WOOD FROG
  • Mary Oliver
    • Pilot Snake
  • Luann Keener
    • VULTURES
  • Dennis Held
    • NIGHT CATS AT THE GRAIN ELEVATOR
  • Peter Makuck
    • CLOSE
  • Elisabeth Frost
    • 3 GRACE COURT WEST
  • Lianne Spidel
    • SINS OF THE MOTHERS
  • Myrna Stone
    • MY MOTHER'S ROOM
  • James Applewhite
    • LAST CALL
  • George Bilgere
    • BUYING A TOUCH TONE
  • Faye George
    • WHAT SHE LOOKED OUT UPON
  • David Bottoms
    • THE WIDOWER
  • Judy Jordan
    • IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH
  • Paul Du Bois Jacobs
    • A BLUE RIDGE ELEGY
  • Bruce Bond
    • HOST
  • Albert Goldbarth
    • Various Ulia
  • Dick Allen
    • Time To Hear Ourselves Think
  • David Ignatow
    • For Rose
    • For Jane Kenyon
  • Gerald Jonas
    • Hieroglyphs
  • Jean Nordhaus
    • MOSES MENDELSSOHN ENTERS BERLIN THROUGH THE ROSENTHAL GATE
  • Art Nahill
    • SARAJEVO
COMMENT
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
    • LOOKS OF MEMORY AND DESIRE
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Dick Allen
  • James Applewhite
  • George Bilgere
  • Bruce Bond
  • David Bottoms
  • Elisabeth Frost
  • Faye George
  • Robert Gibb
  • Sandra M. Gilbert
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • Anthony Hecht
  • Dennis Held
  • David Ignatow
  • Paul Du Bois Jacobs
  • Gerald Jonas
  • Judy Jordan
  • Luann Keener
  • Peter Makuck
  • Art Nahill
  • Jean Nordhaus
  • Mary Oliver
  • Lianne Spidel
  • Myrna Stone
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