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October 1969

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

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James Atlas
Benjamin Bennett
Sam Bradley
Henry Braun
Richard Brautigan

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1969

Table of Contents

John Hollander
- From Sonnets to Roseblush
Frederic Will
- Circe
William H. Dickey
- Sonnet: The Platonic Form
Allen Kanfer
- Seven Wonders of the World
Sam Bradley
- The Serpent Mound
- Uncle Satyr
Ross Feld
- A Plum for Edward Dahlberg
- Hindenburg
Arthur Gregor
- The Statue
John Koethe
Margaret Randall
- Sad Poem
Robert Pack
- Together We Lay Down
James Atlas
- The Celebration
Richard Brautigan
- Wood
Henry Braun
- The Shed
Maurice Jay
- Slabs
F. D. Reeve
- A Seaside Crucifix
- Hands
Peter Schjeldahl
- Whippoorwill
- The New Life

Three Stanzas

Michael Mesic
- Mirror

Benjamin K. Bennett
- For H.K.
- Alcaics
Calvin Forbes
- Poem on My Birthday

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Contributors
- - John Hollander
  - Frederic Will
  - William H. Dickey
  - Allen Kanfer
  - Sam Bradley
  - Ross Feld
  - Arthur Gregor
- - John Koethe
  - Margaret Randall
  - Robert Pack
  - James Atlas
  - Richard Brautigan
  - Henry Braun
  - Maurice Jay
- - F. D. Reeve
  - Peter Schjeldahl
  - Michael Mesic
  - Benjamin K. Bennett
  - Calvin Forbes