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February 1998

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

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Chana Bloch
Roger Caldwell
Billy Collins
Stuart Dybek
Caroline Finkelstein

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Table of Contents

Poetry

William Matthews
- Misgivings
David Wagoner
- In a Garden
Caroline Finkelstein
- A Persuasion
- STATEMENT
Chana Bloch
- THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T ASKED
Robin Morgan
- ADD-WATER INSTANT BLUES
J. D. McClatchy
- THE DIALOGUE OF DESIRE AND GUILT
Leslie Ullman
- HOTWIRE
Stuart Dybek
- VIGIL
Gigi Marks
- THE SWIM
Sandra M. Gilbert
- ENORMOUS WIND
Paulann Petersen
- Haven
- RESOLUTION
Alexander Theroux
- SHILOH
- ITALIAN GIRL
Jeanne Murray Walker
- SONG OF THE GIRL WHO STEPPED OUT OF LANGUAGE
Delisa Mulkey
- FIRST CRUSH: SIXTH-PERIOD GREEK MYTHOLOGY
Roger Caldwell
- GAS
Edward Hirsch
- GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE
- MARINA TSVETAEVA
John Frederick Nims
- A Madrigal by Michelangelo for Vittoria Colonna
Susan Hahn
- FRIGID 1994
Rodney Jones
- The Obsolescence of Thou
Billy Collins
- Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes

Comment

Ben Howard
- Irish Voices
Christian Wiman
- Short Reviews

Contributors
- - William Matthews
  - David Wagoner
  - Caroline Finkelstein
  - Chana Bloch
  - Robin Morgan
  - J. D. McClatchy
  - Leslie Ullman
  - Stuart Dybek
- - Gigi Marks
  - Sandra M. Gilbert
  - Paulann Petersen
  - Alexander Theroux
  - Jeanne Murray Walker
  - Delisa Mulkey
  - Roger Caldwell
  - Edward Hirsch
- - John Frederick Nims
  - Susan Hahn
  - Rodney Jones
  - Billy Collins
  - Ben Howard
  - Christian Wiman