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October 1981

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

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Margaret Benbow
John Dickson
Stephen Dobyns
Josephine Jacobsen
Judith Leet

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1981

Table of Contents

Poems

Stephen Dobyns
- SIX POEMS AFTER BALTHUS: GIRL IN WHITE
- LANDSCAPE AT CHAMPROVENT
Josephine Miles
- BALANCE
Stephen Dobyns
Margaret Benbow
John Dickson
- THE RUNAWAY
- FEEDING THE NEIGHBOR'S CAT
Josephine Jacobsen
- The Monosyllable
Judith Leet
- EARLY FRIDAY EVENING OBSERVATIONS
Alan Williamson
- OLD TOYS COME BACK
Robert Wiljer
- CHEERIO
Josephine Miles
- VIGILS
- FACES
- SLEEP
Diana O'Hehir
Robley Wilson Jr.
- ENDSONG
- DESIRE
Sharon Olds

Comment

Sandra M. Gilbert
- ON BURNING GROUND?

Contributors
- - Stephen Dobyns
  - Josephine Miles
  - Margaret Benbow
  - John Dickson
- - Josephine Jacobsen
  - Judith Leet
  - Alan Williamson
  - Robert Wiljer
- - Diana O'Hehir
  - Robley Wilson Jr.
  - Sharon Olds
  - Sandra M. Gilbert