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September 1979

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

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Kenneth Rosen
Philip Appleman
Paul Barry
William Dickey
Richard Eberhart

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1979

Table of Contents

Philip Levine
James Reiss
- On Learning the People's Republic of China Has Lifted Its Ban on Beethoven
Katherine Mosby
Philip Appleman
- Nostalgie de la Boue
Alan R. Shapiro
Paul Barry
Richard Eberhart
- Speculative Nature Note
- Offering to the Body
William H. Dickey
- Aubrey's Brief Lives

Contents

Kenneth Rosen
- Explaining a Poem

Contributors
- - Philip Levine
  - James Reiss
  - Katherine Mosby
- - Philip Appleman
  - Alan R. Shapiro
  - Paul Barry
- - Richard Eberhart
  - William H. Dickey
  - Kenneth Rosen