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August 1981

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

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Bonnie Billet
Robert Bly
David Bottoms
William Carpenter
Paul Engle

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, August 1981

Table of Contents

David Wagoner
Vicki Hearne
- On R.L.S. and Happiness
- The Claim of Speech
William Carpenter
- Night Fishing
Grace Schulman
- Flight Commands
David Bottoms
- In the Wilderness Motel
Charles O. Hartman
- Not Oscar Wilde in Duluth
- Terzanelle
James Tate
Bonnie Billet
- The Vanishing Species
- Twelve Moons
Ronald Lee Perry
- The Mirror Walk
Robert B. Shaw
- Early Natural History
Kathleen Spivack
- Crystal Night: Berlin 1938
- He Doesn't Move
Robert Bly
Sherod Santos
Paul Engle
- Images of China

Comment

Julian Moynahan
- Is There Life after Crow? Ted Hughes's Poetry Lately

Contributors
- - David Wagoner
  - Vicki Hearne
  - William Carpenter
  - Grace Schulman
  - David Bottoms
- - Charles O. Hartman
  - James Tate
  - Bonnie Billet
  - Ronald Lee Perry
  - Robert B. Shaw
- - Kathleen Spivack
  - Robert Bly
  - Sherod Santos
  - Paul Engle
  - Julian Moynahan