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August 1998

Paul Klee, "What Makes Him Run?," 1932.
 
  • Robert Bly
  • W. Bolton
  • Katharine Coles
  • Billy Collins
  • Brad Davis
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Drizzle

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For William Matthews

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The Secrety of William Matthews

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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • William Matthews
    • Drizzle
  • Henry Taylor
    • For William Matthews
  • Rodney Jones
    • The Secrety of William Matthews
  • W. F. Bolton
    • Might We Too?
    • From the Upper Jurassic
  • Robert Bly
    • Listening to a Storyteller
  • Eamon Grennan
    • Could This Be It?
    • Enough
  • James Williams
    • Sent Away to Chichou
    • Poem in Effigy
  • Mimi White
    • The Quiet
  • Paul Willis
    • Summer Night
  • William Logan
    • Dear HM
  • Elton Glaser
    • Time Zones
  • Ross R. Whitney
    • Unfiltered Cigarettes
  • Richard Spilman
    • Danvers, Illinois
  • Brad Davis
    • On the Way to Putnam
  • Timothy Russell
    • Bump
  • Billy Collins
    • Madmen
    • Dharma
  • Katharine Coles
    • A Confusion
    • The Double Leash
  • Katharine Auchincloss Lorr
    • Taking the Thought for the Dog
  • Walter McDonald
    • Old Pets
Comment
  • Christian Wiman
    • Short Reviews
  • David Yezzi
    • Short Reviews
  • John Taylor
    • Odysseus Elytis: The Innate Passion and the Apotheosis
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  • Robert Bly
  • W. F. Bolton
  • Katharine Coles
  • Billy Collins
  • Brad Davis
  • Elton Glaser
  • Eamon Grennan
  • Rodney Jones
  • William Logan
  • Katharine Auchincloss Lorr
  • William Matthews
  • Walter McDonald
  • Timothy Russell
  • Richard Spilman
  • Henry Taylor
  • John Taylor
  • Mimi White
  • Ross R. Whitney
  • James Williams
  • Paul Willis
  • Christian Wiman
  • David Yezzi
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