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May 1985

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

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John Ashbery
Richard Barnes
D Berry
David Bottoms
Jon Davis

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1985

Table of Contents

David Wagoner
Gary Fincke
- A Murder of Crows
- The Local Cemetery
Michael Waters
- Reading Dickens
Laurence Goldstein
- Homesick in Los Angeles
Albert Goldbarth
D C Berry
Richard Barnes
Barry Sternlieb
- First Lesson
Jon Davis
- White Body, Green Moss
David Bottoms
- Homage to Lester Flatt
- Appearances
Lewis Horne
Dabney Stuart
- Listening
James Baker Hall

Comment

John Ashbery
- "Sacred Beings": Writers in Recorded Conversation

Contributors
- - David Wagoner
  - Gary Fincke
  - Michael Waters
  - Laurence Goldstein
  - Albert Goldbarth
- - D C Berry
  - Richard Barnes
  - Barry Sternlieb
  - Jon Davis
  - David Bottoms
- - Lewis Horne
  - Dabney Stuart
  - James Baker Hall
  - John Ashbery