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August 1997

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

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Dan Bellm
D Berry
David Bottoms
John Brehm
Turner Cassity

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Table of Contents

Poetry

James Kimbrell
- THE GATEHOUSE HEAVEN
Gregory Orr
- THE TALK
John L. O'Donnell
- SEA LANGUAGE
John Brehm
- WHEN MY CAR BROKE DOWN
- INCOMMUNICADO
Dan Bellm
- HOMAGE
David Wagoner
- A LETTER HOME
David Bottoms
- THEIR FATHER'S TATTOO
- BRONCHITIS
Henry M. Seiden
- UNKNOWN SOLDIERS
Faye George
- MY FATHER'S PEOPLE
Rika Lesser
- ABOUT HER
Robert McDowell
- Elegy in August
Richard Hague
- PITCH PINE
Leslie Ullman
- ENTROPY
Albert Goldbarth
- PAST PRESIDENTS OF THE COUNTERS CLUB
Brian Wickers
- ACCOUNT
D C Berry
- GRANDFATHER
Turner Cassity
- EX MACHINA
Melody Davis
- IT ONLY STARTS

Comment

David Baker
- Romantic Melancholy, Romantic Excess

Contributors
- - James Kimbrell
  - Gregory Orr
  - John L. O'Donnell
  - John Brehm
  - Dan Bellm
  - David Wagoner
  - David Bottoms
- - Henry M. Seiden
  - Faye George
  - Rika Lesser
  - Robert McDowell
  - Richard Hague
  - Leslie Ullman
  - Albert Goldbarth
- - Brian Wickers
  - D C Berry
  - Turner Cassity
  - Melody Davis
  - David Baker