May 2000
The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.
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- Philip Asaph
- Kenyotta Bradley
- Esther Cameron
- Turner Cassity
- Stephen Corey
From this Issue
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poemBy James Tate
Someone called in a report that she had
seen a man painting in the dark over by the
pond. A police car was dispatched to go in-
vestigate. The two officers with their big
flashlights walked all around the pond,... -
poemBy Mark TurcotteBack when I used to be IndianI am standing outside thepool hall with my sister.She strawberry blonde. Stale sweatand beer through theopen door. A warrior leans on his stick,fingers blue with chalk.Another bends to shoot.His braids brush the greenfelt, swinging...
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poemBy David WagonerThat child was dangerous. That just-bornNewly washed and silent babyWrapped in deerskin and held warmAgainst the side of its mother could understandThe language of birds and animalsEven when asleep. It knew why Bluejay...
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Table of Contents
Poetry
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James Tate
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Dolores Stewart
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Mark Turcotte
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Ron Price
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K. E. Dixon
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Kenyotta Bradley
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Turner Cassity
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J. Allyn Rosser
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Philip Asaph
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Gary Soto
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Barry Silesky
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Stephen Corey
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Lucien Stryk
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John Updike
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Esther Cameron
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Len Roberts
Comment
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Henry Taylor
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Contributors
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- James Tate
- Dolores Stewart
- Mark Turcotte
- Ron Price
- David Wagoner
- K. E. Dixon
- Kenyotta Bradley
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- Turner Cassity
- J. Allyn Rosser
- Philip Asaph
- Gary Soto
- Barry Silesky
- Stephen Corey
- Andrew Mulvania
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- Lucien Stryk
- John Updike
- Esther Cameron
- Len Roberts
- Henry Taylor
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