POETRY Magazine cover of January 1999 issue

January 1999

John Cieslinski, Untitled, 1986.
 
  • Sarah Arvio
  • Jack Barrack
  • Robert Bly
  • Don Bogen
  • Hayden Carruth
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Poem
I knew that James Whistler was part of the Paris scene,
but I was still surprised when I found the painting
of his mother at the Musée d'Orsay
among all the colored dots and mobile brushstrokes
of the French Impressionists.

And I was surprised to...
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Men Say Brown

On the radio this morning: The average woman knows
275 colors—and men know eight. Women say coffee,
mocha, copper, cinnamon, taupe. Men say brown.

Women know an Amazon of colors I might have said
were green, an Antarctica of whites, oceans of colors
I'd stupidly...
Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"

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Multiple people reading Poetry magazine, each framed in colorful arched shapes. Red and black text reads. "Special Offer. 5 months of Poetry for $15"