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March 1997

 
  • Neal Bowers
  • Nancy Carlson
  • Hayden Carruth
  • Michael Chitwood
  • Billy Collins
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THE HERON

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THE FIRST LINE OF A POEM

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ETERNAL POETRY

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Table of Contents

  • Hayden Carruth
    • THE HERON
    • WHAT GOES
  • Billy Collins
    • THE FIRST LINE OF A POEM
    • MY LIFE
    • LINES COMPOSED THREE THOUSAND MILES AWAY FROM TINTERN ABBEY
  • Carl Dennis
    • ETERNAL POETRY
  • Irving Feldman
    • FIFTEEN MINUTES
  • Neal Bowers
    • THE POSE
  • Jeffrey Skinner
    • JOHN ASHBERY
  • Nancy Naomi Carlson
    • SUBTITLES
  • Sandra McPherson
    • CHALK-CIRCLE COMPASS
  • R. T. Smith
    • HORSE
    • ILLUMINATION
  • Michael McFee
    • POEM TYPED ON AN OLD MACHINE WITH A BI-CHROME RIBBON
Contents
  • Irving Feldman
    • For J. M., His Poems
  • Michael Chitwood
    • Chalk
  • Leslie Ullman
    • Short Reviews
    • Meadowlands, by Louise Glck
    • Edge Effect: Trails and Portrayals and The Spaces Between Birds, by Sandra McPherson
    • The Legend of Light, by Bob Hicok
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Neal Bowers
  • Nancy Naomi Carlson
  • Hayden Carruth
  • Michael Chitwood
  • Billy Collins
  • Carl Dennis
  • Irving Feldman
  • Michael McFee
  • Sandra McPherson
  • Jeffrey Skinner
  • R. T. Smith
  • Leslie Ullman
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