October 1997

Name: Poetry Foundation
Address: 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, 60654, US
Telephone: 312-787-7070

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

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A. Ammons
John Ashbery
Marvin Bell
Eavan Boland
Philip Booth

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Poetry

A. R. Ammons
- CLABBERBABBLE
John Ashbery
- PROXIMITY
- LAUGHING GRAVY
Marvin Bell
- SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS #26
Eavan Boland
- A DREAM OF COLONY
Philip Booth
- WRITING IT DOWN
David Bottoms
- OCCURRENCE IN THE BIG SKY
Neal Bowers
- THE PASSED
John Brehm
- SONGBIRD
Turner Cassity
- WALKING ON WATER
Billy Collins
- I GO BACK TO THE HOUSE FOR A BOOK
Alfred Corn
- AUDUBON'S GREEN-SHANK
Carl Dennis
- A PRIEST OF HERMES
Leonard Sanazaro
- CALIBAN'S SECOND SONG
Tom Disch
- TO AN UNREPENTANT PLAGIARIST
Rita Dove
- EVENING PRIMROSE
Stephen Dunn
- MUSIC
- NOISE
Stuart Dybek
- SWAN
Irving Feldman
- THEY SAY AND THEY REPEAT
Richard Foerster
- A TETRADRACHM OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Alice Fulton
- ORNAMENTAL
Sandra M. Gilbert
- BASIL
Albert Goldbarth
- True
Eamon Grennan
- WORLD
Rachel Hadas
- FOUR SHORT STORIES
Susan Hahn
- FRIGID 1996
Dennis Haskell
- THE TALK
Seamus Heaney
- THREE-PIECE
Daryl Hine
- THE WORLD IS EVERYTHING THAT IS THE CASE
Edward Hirsch
- OSCAR GINSBURG
John Hollander
- Fire!
Richard Howard
- FAMILY VALUES
Rodney Jones
- THE POETRY READING
Donald Justice
- THE VOICE OF COL. VON STAUFFENBERG RISING FROM PURGATORY
X J Kennedy
- HARRIET
Richard Kenney
- BETWEEN
James Kimbrell
- ORPHEUS IN YONG ISLAND
Galway Kinnell
- MIDDLE PATH
John Kinsella
- DEATH OF A FARM BOY
Yusef Komunyakaa
- THE SONG THIEF
Maxine Kumin
- LYING IN BED AWAY FROM HOME
Brad Leithauser
- BLESSING FOR MALCOLM LOWRY
Philip Levine
- BLACK STONE ON TOP OF NOTHING
William Matthews
- JOB INTERVIEW
J. D. McClatchy
- LINES ON MY FACE
Joe-Anne McLaughlin-Carruth
- FORT WESTERN
Sandra McPherson
- TO A BOOK OF NEEDLES, 1918
Peter Meinke
- M?
W. S. Merwin
John Montague
- ROBERT, OLD STAGER
Stanley Moss
- JUDAS
Lisel Mueller
- EX MACHINA
Paul Muldoon
- APPLE SLUMP
Jack Myers
- STICKS AND STONES: ANOTHER STORY ABOUT THE BUDDHA
John Frederick Nims
- TWO MADRIGALS BY MICHELANGELO FOR VITTORIA COLONNA
Sharon Olds
- MOTHER
Mary Oliver
- THE STORM
- The Owl
Linda Pastan
- SELF-PORTRAIT
Reynolds Price
- A FINAL STAND
Pattiann Rogers
- SELF-RECOGNITION OF THE OBSERVER AS MOMENTARY CESSATION OF PROCESS
Kay Ryan
- GRAZING HORSES
David St. John
- RHAPSODY
Mary Jo Salter
- LIAM
George Scarbrough
- THE NEW BIOLOGY
Grace Schulman
- PRAYER
Philip Schultz
- EPITHALAMION
Lloyd Schwartz
- Song
Robin Seyfried
- BULK POETRY
Alan R. Shapiro
- BEDTIME STORY, 1979
Robert B. Shaw
- REMAINDERS
Charles Simic
- The Wooden Toy
Charlie Smith
- MUTE
Elizabeth Spires
- BRUISE
A.E. Stallings
- HOMECOMING
Timothy Steele
- GOING
Gerald Stern
- PAMET HARBOR
Ruth Stone
- SO BE IT
Lucien Stryk
- ONE
Wisława Szymborska
- A GREAT MAN'S HOUSE
Leslie Ullman
- CALYPSO, TWILIGHT
John Updike
- BRIDGE
David Wagoner
- FOR A ROW OF LAUREL SHRUBS
Chris Wallace-Crabbe
- ANGELTIME
Renée Weiss and Theodore Weiss
- THAT SONG
C. K. Williams
- ICE
David Wojahn
- Arion
Charles Wright
- THE APPALACHIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD III
- OPUS POSTHUMOUS II

Contributors
- - A. R. Ammons
  - John Ashbery
  - Marvin Bell
  - Eavan Boland
  - Philip Booth
  - David Bottoms
  - Neal Bowers
  - John Brehm
  - Turner Cassity
  - Billy Collins
  - Alfred Corn
  - Carl Dennis
  - Leonard Sanazaro
  - Tom Disch
  - Rita Dove
  - Stephen Dunn
  - Stuart Dybek
  - Irving Feldman
  - Richard Foerster
  - Alice Fulton
  - Sandra M. Gilbert
  - Albert Goldbarth
  - Eamon Grennan
  - Rachel Hadas
  - Susan Hahn
  - Dennis Haskell
  - Seamus Heaney
  - Daryl Hine
  - Edward Hirsch
- - John Hollander
  - Richard Howard
  - Rodney Jones
  - Donald Justice
  - X J Kennedy
  - Richard Kenney
  - James Kimbrell
  - Galway Kinnell
  - John Kinsella
  - Yusef Komunyakaa
  - Maxine Kumin
  - Brad Leithauser
  - Philip Levine
  - William Matthews
  - J. D. McClatchy
  - Joe-Anne McLaughlin-Carruth
  - Sandra McPherson
  - Peter Meinke
  - W. S. Merwin
  - John Montague
  - Stanley Moss
  - Lisel Mueller
  - Paul Muldoon
  - Jack Myers
  - John Frederick Nims
  - Sharon Olds
  - Mary Oliver
  - Linda Pastan
  - Reynolds Price
- - Pattiann Rogers
  - Kay Ryan
  - David St. John
  - Mary Jo Salter
  - George Scarbrough
  - Grace Schulman
  - Philip Schultz
  - Lloyd Schwartz
  - Robin Seyfried
  - Alan R. Shapiro
  - Robert B. Shaw
  - Charles Simic
  - Charlie Smith
  - Elizabeth Spires
  - A.E. Stallings
  - Timothy Steele
  - Gerald Stern
  - Ruth Stone
  - Lucien Stryk
  - Wisława Szymborska
  - Leslie Ullman
  - John Updike
  - David Wagoner
  - Chris Wallace-Crabbe
  - Renée Weiss
  - Theodore Weiss
  - C. K. Williams
  - David Wojahn
  - Charles Wright