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February 1996

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

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Wendy Battin
David Bottoms
John Brehm
T. Broughton
Billy Collins

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Table of Contents

Billy Collins
Stephen Dunn
- After Making Love
Caroline Finkelstein
- Brief
Nick Drake
- Static
Philip Schultz
- A Woman's Touch
- Change
Mark Wunderlich
- Aubade
Ann Shaffer
- From Here
Gregory Djanikian
- The Physics of Traveling Away
Joyce Sutphen
Marisa De Los Santos
- Because I Love You
William Little Ramsey
- He Catches Hell
Susan Hahn
- February Day
T. Alan Broughton
- A Compliment
Lynne Knight
- O, Penelope!
- Now There Were More of Them
Reynolds Price
Sandra M. Gilbert
- The Mountains
David Wagoner
- At the Mouth of a Creek
David Bottoms
- Horseshoes
Wendy Battin
- Seven
- Six of One,
Peter Meinke
- J
John Dickson
- After the Rubaiyat
Robert B. Shaw
- Another Orpheus
John Brehm
- Postcard from the Heartbreak Hotel
Clare Rossini
- Valediction

Short Reviews

Linda Gregerson
- Short Reviews

Contributors
- - Billy Collins
  - Stephen Dunn
  - Caroline Finkelstein
  - Nick Drake
  - Philip Schultz
  - Mark Wunderlich
  - Ann Shaffer
  - Gregory Djanikian
  - Joyce Sutphen
- - Marisa De Los Santos
  - William Little Ramsey
  - Susan Hahn
  - T. Alan Broughton
  - Lynne Knight
  - Reynolds Price
  - Sandra M. Gilbert
  - David Wagoner
  - David Bottoms
- - Wendy Battin
  - Peter Meinke
  - John Dickson
  - Robert B. Shaw
  - John Brehm
  - Clare Rossini
  - Linda Gregerson