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April 1987

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

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Diane Ackerman
Dick Allen
Elliot Figman
Robert Fink
Susan Fox

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1987

Table of Contents

Robert B. Shaw
- Spring's Awakening
Maurya Simon
- The Sadness of Rivers
Phillis Levin
- Grace
- Machines
- On Marble
Dick Allen
Art Homer
- Commuter's Log
Elliot Figman
- Station Music
Robert Morgan
- Hayfield
- Moving the Bees
Linda Pastan
- The Dogwoods
- Accidents
Brooks Haxton
- My Friends
- Northbound
Robert Hill Long
- Hatteras
- Fin de Siècle
Tom Sleigh
Robert Wiljer
- Afterward
- Quick Dip
Enid Shomer
- Wild Plum
Diane Ackerman
Robert A. Fink
- Mesquite
Susan Fox
- Penelope Gardening

Short Reviews

David Shapiro

Contributors
- - Robert B. Shaw
  - Maurya Simon
  - Phillis Levin
  - Dick Allen
  - Art Homer
  - Elliot Figman
- - Robert Morgan
  - Linda Pastan
  - Brooks Haxton
  - Robert Hill Long
  - Tom Sleigh
  - Robert Wiljer
- - Enid Shomer
  - Diane Ackerman
  - Robert A. Fink
  - Susan Fox
  - David Shapiro