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April 1990

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

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Agha Ali
Mark Anderson
Grace Bauer
Judith Berke
Chana Bloch

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Table of Contents

Mary Oliver
- What Is It?
- Spring
David Steingass
- The Night Everything Waits for Us
- The First Twilight Nail of Spring
Neal Bowers
- Thaw
Judith Berke
- The Three Faces of Eve
Marcia L. Hurlow
- The Pantheist Who Loved His Wife
Grace Bauer
- Eve Recollecting the Garden
- Frida Digresses on Red
Kathleen Norris
- Mrs. Adam
- Ascension
Celia Gilbert
- Primapara
Chana Bloch
T. Alan Broughton
- An Old Riddle
- Toward Light
James Langlas
- Waiting to Adopt a Child
Marcella Taylor
- African Child
Mark Halperin
- On the Steps of Temple Shalom
Donald Revell
- An Episode of the Great Awakening in New England
James Solheim
- Blessed by Meteors and by the Benevolent Men of Space
Donald Platt
- Aria for This Listening Area
- Kore
Agha Shahid Ali
- At the Museum
Mark Anderson
- Easter Eggs

Short Reviews

Henri Cole

Contributors
- - Mary Oliver
  - David Steingass
  - Neal Bowers
  - Judith Berke
  - Marcia L. Hurlow
  - Grace Bauer
  - Kathleen Norris
- - Celia Gilbert
  - Chana Bloch
  - T. Alan Broughton
  - James Langlas
  - Marcella Taylor
  - Mark Halperin
  - Donald Revell
- - James Solheim
  - Donald Platt
  - Agha Shahid Ali
  - Mark Anderson
  - Henri Cole