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May 2012

Marian Bantjes
 
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  • Devin Johnston
  • Spencer Reece
  • Adam Vines
  • Rae Armantrout
  • Alice Fulton
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New Song

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The Prodigal Son

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River Politics

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Table of Contents

POEMS
  • Devin Johnston
    • New Song
    • A Close Shave
  • Spencer Reece
    • The Prodigal Son
  • Adam Vines
    • River Politics
  • Rae Armantrout
    • And
    • Luster
    • The Thinning
  • Alice Fulton
    • Daynight, With Mountains Tied Inside
    • End Fetish: An Index Of Last Lines
    • Wow Moment
  • Franz Wright
    • Spell
    • Postcard 2
  • Christopher Buckley
    • Getting There
  • Maria Hummel
    • One Life
  • Kimiko Hahn
    • The Dream of a Lacquer Box
    • The Dream of a Fire Engine
    • A Bowl of Spaghetti
  • Cally Conan-Davies
    • What This Is
    • Ace
  • Elizabeth Arnold
    • What Is a Person
  • Judith Hall
    • Just Now Between Positions
  • Marianne Boruch
    • Pencil
  • Sandra Beasley
    • Inventory
  • John Repp
    • Crystal Meth Under Her Choir Robe
COMMENT
  • Anna Kamienska
    • A Nest of Quiet: A Notebook
  • Maureen N. McLane
    • My Marianne Moore
BACK PAGE
  • Paul Durica
    • April /May 1965
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Rae Armantrout
  • Elizabeth Arnold
  • Sandra Beasley
  • Marianne Boruch
  • Christopher Buckley
  • Cally Conan-Davies
  • Paul Durica
  • Alice Fulton
  • Kimiko Hahn
  • Judith Hall
  • Maria Hummel
  • Devin Johnston
  • Anna Kamienska
  • Maureen N. McLane
  • Spencer Reece
  • John Repp
  • Adam Vines
  • Franz Wright
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