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December 1978

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

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Philip Appleman
Jean Burden
Tom Disch
Stephen Dunn
Marilyn Hacker

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1978

Table of Contents

Conrad Hilberry
- A Christmas Poem
William Heyen
- The Field
- The Crow
Reg Saner
Marilyn Hacker
- Third Snowfall
Linda Pastan
- Blizzard
Tom Johnson
- The Fear of Oversleeping
Tom Disch
Peter Meinke
Jean Burden
- On Coming upon an Old Snapshot of Peter De Vries
Philip Appleman
- Mr. Extinction, Meet Ms. Survival

From the Monastery of Work and Love

Stephen Dunn

Karen Swenson
- The Chinese Laundryman
Hunt Hawkins
- My Cat Jack
Peter Laurie
- Noel
- Pomona
- Exile
George Starbuck
- Sonnet in the Shape of a Potted Christmas Tree

Comment

David Bromwich

Contributors
- - Conrad Hilberry
  - William Heyen
  - Reg Saner
  - Marilyn Hacker
  - Linda Pastan
  - Tom Johnson
- - Tom Disch
  - Peter Meinke
  - Jean Burden
  - Philip Appleman
  - Stephen Dunn
  - Karen Swenson
- - Hunt Hawkins
  - Peter Laurie
  - George Starbuck
  - David Bromwich