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January 2002

Unknown Painter, Sung Dynasty, "Winter," 12th Century.
 
  • Cathryn Essinger
  • Martin Galvin
  • Susan Kelly-DeWitt
  • Lynne Knight
  • Judy Longley
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Table of Contents

Poetry
  • Charlie Smith
    • Eastern Forests
    • New Jersey Transit
    • There's Trouble Everywhere
  • Kay Ryan
    • Tenderness and Rot
    • Stardust
    • Post-Construction
    • Expectations
  • Joyce Sutphen
    • A Bird in County Clare
  • George Scarbrough
    • The Traveler
    • In Memoriam
    • Han-Shan Fashions a Myth
  • R. T. Smith
    • Dispatch: Bash? to Han-Shan
    • The Owl If
  • Lynne Knight
    • Letter after the Diagnosis
  • Martin Galvin
    • Marathoner
    • Widower at Work
  • Al Maginnes
    • Before Electricity
    • The Dignity of Ushers
  • Heidy Steidlmayer
    • Circles
  • Judy Longley
    • One Still Moment
  • Bonnie St. Andrews
    • Sunday Morning
  • Cathryn Essinger
    • My Dog Practices Geometry
  • Robert B. Shaw
    • Other Eyes
    • Up and Away
  • Susan Kelly-DeWitt
    • Water Signs
  • Robert West
    • Three Poets
    • Three Directors
    • Two Evangelists
Comment
  • Bill Christophersen
    • Down from the Tower: Poetry as Confabulation
  • Leslie Ullman
    • Short Reviews
CONTRIBUTORS
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  • Cathryn Essinger
  • Martin Galvin
  • Susan Kelly-DeWitt
  • Lynne Knight
  • Judy Longley
  • Al Maginnes
  • Kay Ryan
  • George Scarbrough
  • Robert B. Shaw
  • Charlie Smith
  • R. T. Smith
  • Bonnie St. Andrews
  • Heidy Steidlmayer
  • Joyce Sutphen
  • Leslie Ullman
  • Robert West
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