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January 1997

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

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Helen Vendler
Paul Breslin
Peter Cooley
Dennis O'Driscoll
Linda Pastan

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Table of Contents

Charles Wright
- VENETIAN DOG
- IN THE KINGDOM OF THE PAST, THE BROWN-EYED MAN IS KING
John Updike
Dennis O'Driscoll
- CUSTOMS
Gerald Stern
Lisa Rosenberg
- CANDLE LIGHTING
Philip Terman
- ATTACHMENTS
- THE HOUSE OF SAGES
Paul Breslin
- THE RETURN
Peter Cooley
- SESTINA
Philip Schultz
- STORIES

Contents

Linda Pastan
- The Invalid
Helen Vendler
- Article About, by A. R. Ammons

Contributors
- - Lisa Rosenberg
  - Philip Terman
  - Paul Breslin
  - Peter Cooley