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September 1983

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

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Dannie Abse
James Applewhite
Tama Baldwin
Fred Chappell
Maria Flook

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1983

Table of Contents

James Applewhite
Sharon Olds
- The Legless Fighter Pilot
- Prayer during a Time My Son Is Having Seizures
Jim Hall
- Woolgathering
Fred Chappell
- Message
- Narcissus and Echo
Robin Hamilton
- Nightpiece: London, 1888
- Learning the Code, Coding the Life
Maria Flook
- Against Spring
- Discreet
Dannie Abse
- Quests
Daniel Weissbort
- My London
- Thwarted
Susie Shulman
- The Going-Part
- An Everyday Integrity
Kevin Pilkington
Tama Baldwin
- Fatigue in California
Charles Vandersee
- Remembering the Present
Don Stap
- Trying to Write
Dave Smith

Comment

William Harmon
- The Star of the Disaster

Contents

Sharon Olds
- The Month of June: 13 1/2

Contributors
- - James Applewhite
  - Sharon Olds
  - Jim Hall
  - Fred Chappell
  - Robin Hamilton
- - Maria Flook
  - Dannie Abse
  - Daniel Weissbort
  - Susie Shulman
  - Kevin Pilkington
- - Tama Baldwin
  - Charles Vandersee
  - Don Stap
  - Dave Smith
  - William Harmon