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May 1983

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

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Joan Aleshire
Richard Barnes
John Bensko
John Brehm
Thomas Carper

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1983

Table of Contents

Joan Aleshire
- Slipping
- Mourning Doves: Maryland
Richard Barnes
John Bensko
- The Wild Horses of Asseateague Island
John Brehm
- Supplication at the River
- Calling My Grandmother from New York
Thomas Carper
Alice Derry
- Every Day of Her Girlhood in Montana
Lynn Emanuel
Eloise Bradley Fink
- That Other FellowFrom the River Front
Laura Glenn
- Precarious
Barbara Goldberg
- Teeth
- Cautionary Tales
William Greenway
- Heart
- The Weaning
Laurie Henry
- Restoring the Chateau of the Marquis de Sade
Suzanne Matson
Rikka Melartin
- Untitled
- Territories
Susan Prospere
Becke Roughton
- The Other
Robin Seyfried
- The National Anthem
Chase Twichell
- Blurry Cow
- Abandoned House in Late Light

Comment

Bonnie Costello

Contributors
- - Joan Aleshire
  - Richard Barnes
  - John Bensko
  - John Brehm
  - Thomas Carper
  - Alice Derry
  - Lynn Emanuel
- - Eloise Bradley Fink
  - Laura Glenn
  - Barbara Goldberg
  - William Greenway
  - Laurie Henry
  - Suzanne Matson
  - Rikka Melartin
- - Susan Prospere
  - Becke Roughton
  - Robin Seyfried
  - Chase Twichell
  - Bonnie Costello