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October 1990

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

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Kathleen Atkins
Lucille Broderson
Alice Friman
Sharon Hashimoto
Greg Johnson

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Table of Contents

Sandra McPherson
- Mixing the Patches
- Affirmation against Critics
Cory Wade
- Knitting Litany
Cathy Song
- Mother on River Street
- The Grammar of Silk
Lucille Broderson
- At Eighty-Five
Sharon Hashimoto
- Dandelion
- The Mirror of Matsuyama
Greg Johnson
- Spinster
Mary Karr
- Final Position
Carole Oles
- Day Ten after Heart Surgery, Signing a Check
Wesley McNair
- Trying to Find Her Teeth
David Wojahn
- White Lanterns
Kathleen Atkins
- You Conjure a Mother and Father
Isabel Zuber
- Croning
Alice Friman
- Birthday in Autumn
Paul Zarzyski
- Angelina, My Noni's Name, Means Messenger
Ann B. Knox
- The Boy Brings His Blind Grandmother a Stone Bird
Deirdre O'Connor
- My Grandfather's Cronies
- Almost Nothing

Comment

Alfred Corn

Contents

Alfred Corn
- Grace Notes, by Rita Dove

Contributors
- - Sandra McPherson
  - Cory Wade
  - Cathy Song
  - Lucille Broderson
  - Sharon Hashimoto
  - Greg Johnson
- - Mary Karr
  - Carole Oles
  - Wesley McNair
  - David Wojahn
  - Kathleen Atkins
  - Isabel Zuber
- - Alice Friman
  - Paul Zarzyski
  - Ann B. Knox
  - Deirdre O'Connor
  - Alfred Corn