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December 1979

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

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Philip Burnham
Alfred Corn
Philip Dacey
Marilyn Hacker
Charles Hartman

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1979

Table of Contents

Gerald Stern
- Little Did the Junco Know
William Heyen
Charles Simic
Marilyn Hacker
- The Hang-Glider's Daughter
Charles O. Hartman
- Over a Cup of Tea
- Two Poems about Grass
Philip Burnham
- Nine Photographs of Descartes
Gregory Orr
Alfred Corn
- Cornwall
Linda Pastan
Philip Dacey
- Praiseful Mouths
Reynolds Price
- The Annual Heron

Comment

Joseph Parisi
- Ghostwriting

Contributors
- - Gerald Stern
  - William Heyen
  - Charles Simic
  - Marilyn Hacker
- - Charles O. Hartman
  - Philip Burnham
  - Gregory Orr
  - Alfred Corn
- - Linda Pastan
  - Philip Dacey
  - Reynolds Price
  - Joseph Parisi