October 1980 Jack ButlerIrving FeldmanMargaret GibsonMargaret KentJohn MaloneyTable of ContentsFrom this IssuePoempoetry-magazineThe Bathers Read More Poempoetry-magazineDogwoods Read More Poempoetry-magazineThe Inheritance Read More Table of ContentsIrving FeldmanThe BathersProgressEdward WilsonDogwoodsMargaret GibsonThe InheritanceSherod SantosAfter a Long IllnessThree FragmentsOn the Last Day of the WorldJack ButlerThe MantisTimber RattlerMax Wickert(9."The hero heaves a happy...")(8."That I love you...")(7."O these experimental...")(6."They cry 'Forever!'...")(5."By love possessed?...")(4."No one will hint...")(2."The urgent Cleopatra...")(1."Shakespeare in vain...")From The Pat SonnetsMargaret KentLast SignalsWatching the IslandJohn Owen MaloneyFor William Carlos WilliamsLaura-by-the-SeaLoose LadderWaterRaining Towards AriesKatha PollittA Poet of Our ClimateSea GrassesWilliam Pitt RootSong ("O/the slender brilliance...")Dancers on an Island with No RoadsHalf ShiftCommentPaul BreslinWarpless and Woofless SubtletiesAs We Know and Houseboat Days, by John AshberyJohn Ashbery: An Introduction to the Poetry, by David ShapiroCONTRIBUTORSPaul BreslinJack ButlerIrving FeldmanMargaret GibsonMargaret KentJohn Owen MaloneyKatha PollittWilliam Pitt RootSherod SantosMax WickertEdward Wilson
