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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1983

December 1983

 
  • John Ciardi
  • Kinereth Gensler
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • James Hall
  • Daniel Halpern
Table of Contents

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The Library

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Quirks

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Adam's Love Song

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Table of Contents

Poems
  • Timothy Steele
    • The Library
    • Angel
  • John Ciardi
    • Quirks
    • True or False
    • Fortieth Anniversary Poem
    • Friends
  • James Baker Hall
    • Adam's Love Song
    • Fresh Snow at Dusk
    • The Child
  • Alex Stevens
    • Western Nocturne
  • Kinereth Gensler
    • December
    • Birds
  • Albert Goldbarth
    • The Numbering at Bethlehem
  • Cedric Whitman
    • Snowman
  • Daniel Halpern
    • The Afternoon: Mid-December
    • Summer Storm
  • Julia Mishkin
    • The Bad Nostalgia
  • James Solheim
    • Faith of Our Fathers
    • My Father after a Day's Work at Otto Steel
  • Carolyn Kizer
    • Bitch
    • A Child's Guide to Central Ohio
    • Thrall
    • Afternoon Happiness
  • Frederick Morgan
    • The Christmas Tree
Comment
  • J. D. McClatchy
    • Short Reviews
CONTRIBUTORS
  • John Ciardi
  • Kinereth Gensler
  • Albert Goldbarth
  • James Baker Hall
  • Daniel Halpern
  • Carolyn Kizer
  • J. D. McClatchy
  • Julia Mishkin
  • Frederick Morgan
  • James Solheim
  • Timothy Steele
  • Alex Stevens
  • Cedric Whitman
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