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January 1990

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

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L. Asekoff
Randy Blasing
Billy Collins
Martha Hollander
Ben Howard

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POETRY Magazine cover of January 1990 issue

Table of Contents

Charles Wright
- Reading Lao Tzu Again in the New Year
- Mid-Winter Snowfall in the Piazza Dante
Stanley Moss
- Lines for a Stammering Turkish Poet
R. T. Smith
- Brieves from "The Book of Kells"
Marina Stefan
- Going to Egypt
Randy Blasing
- Burial Grounds
Arthur Smith
- Winter Annuals
L. S. Asekoff
J. P. White
- Living among Women
Robley Wilson Jr.
- Vanities
Jordan Smith
- Audiophile
J. Allyn Rosser
- Soundtrack of a Desert Documentary
Billy Collins
- Forgetfulness
- The Death of Allegory
Vern Rutsala
- The Muses of Rooms
Ben Howard
- The Minor Poets: An Afterlife
Martha Hollander
- In the Museum

Comment

Alfred Corn

Contributors
- - Charles Wright
  - Stanley Moss
  - R. T. Smith
  - Marina Stefan
  - Randy Blasing
  - Arthur Smith
- - L. S. Asekoff
  - J. P. White
  - Robley Wilson Jr.
  - Jordan Smith
  - J. Allyn Rosser
  - Billy Collins
- - Vern Rutsala
  - Ben Howard
  - Martha Hollander
  - Alfred Corn