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November 1980

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

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John Ciardi
Amy Clampitt
Tony Connor
Robert Dorsett
Leslie Fiedler

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, November 1980

Table of Contents

Five Poems from the 1920s

Archibald MacLeish

Josephine Jacobsen
- A Motel in Troy, N.Y.
- The Nightwatchman
Jack Matthews
John Ciardi
- Ward Three: Faith
- Thursday Also Happens
Linda Pastan
- Helen Bids Farewell to Her Daughter Hermione
- Hippolyte at Breakfast
Leslie A. Fiedler
- A Prayer before Departure
Amy Clampitt
- Balms
Tony Connor
- Emptying the Fishtank
- Bringing in the House-Plants
David Wagoner
Andrew Weiman
- Andy-Diana DNA Letter
Robert Dorsett
- The Death of Boethius
May Swenson

Comment

Robert Pinsky
- Dialogue of One
Ben Howard

Contributors
- - Archibald MacLeish
  - Josephine Jacobsen
  - Jack Matthews
  - John Ciardi
  - Linda Pastan
- - Leslie A. Fiedler
  - Amy Clampitt
  - Tony Connor
  - David Wagoner
  - Andrew Weiman
- - Robert Dorsett
  - May Swenson
  - Robert Pinsky
  - Ben Howard