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May 2001

Ernest Morel, "Mai," from </em>Almanach pour 1908<em>, Paris. 1907.
 
  • Christian Wiman
  • Agha Ali
  • Wendy Barker
  • Liz Beasely
  • Carl Dennis
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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • Carl Dennis
    • Sunrise
    • Prophet
    • Teachers
    • Progressive Health
  • Stephen Dobyns
    • The Mercy of Lazarus
    • Poem Ending with a Line by Su Tung-Po
    • The Sideboard's Mahogany Surface
    • No Moment past This One
  • Allison Funk
    • Underwater Casket
  • R. T. Smith
    • Willowspout
  • Christopher Presfield
    • The Baptist
    • American Minotaur
  • Mary Makofske
    • Planting the Meadow
  • Robert King
    • About Eight Minutes of Light
  • Agha Shahid Ali
    • Of Light
  • Robin Shectman
    • The Star Factory
  • Albert Goldbarth
    • Maypurs
    • Inside
    • A Brief, Symbolic History of the Two Opposed Forces at Daily Work in the Universe, "With Interim Scene"
  • Wendy Barker
    • Cumulus and Cirrus
    • Cumulonimbus Incus
  • Liz Beasley
    • Snakeskin
Comment
  • Christian Wiman
    • Fugitive Pieces
  • David Yezzi
    • Short Reviews
CONTRIBUTORS
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  • Liz Beasley
  • Carl Dennis
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  • Allison Funk
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • Robert King
  • Mary Makofske
  • Christopher Presfield
  • Robin Shectman
  • R. T. Smith
  • Christian Wiman
  • David Yezzi
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