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February 1989

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

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Barri Armitage
Judith Berke
Christopher Buckley
Henry Carlile
David Clewell

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, Feb 1988

Table of Contents

Maurya Simon
Christopher Buckley
- Dark Time
- The Past
Theodore Worozbyt
- Neighborhood Light
- Chess

Double Helix

Barri Armitage
- Gifts

Leslie Ullman
- Mauve
- Amethyst
Barbara Goldberg
- Night Watch
- What Is Served
Elisavietta Ritchie
- Sorting Laundry
Donna Trussell
- To Miss Candace Mayes, Lost on the "Titanic"
- On Sky-Vue Boulevard
David Clewell
- From the Other Side, Houdini Tries to Come through for Bess
J. Allyn Rosser
- Advice for the Unadvisable
- Timeline
John Dickson
- Preservation of the Species
Ronald Wallace
- Love and Sex
Carole Oles
- The Gambler
Frances Mayes
- The Untying of a Knot
Judith Berke
- Custody
Michael Waters
- Hummingbirds
Henry Carlile
- The Poet's Neighbor Talks Back
Susan Hahn
- Flowers
Robert Wiljer
- Esthetic Surgery
Sei Shōnagon
- Who's There?
Marcia L. Hurlow
- The Sisterhood

Contributors
- - Maurya Simon
  - Christopher Buckley
  - Theodore Worozbyt
  - Barri Armitage
  - Leslie Ullman
  - Barbara Goldberg
  - Elisavietta Ritchie
- - Donna Trussell
  - David Clewell
  - J. Allyn Rosser
  - John Dickson
  - Ronald Wallace
  - Carole Oles
  - Frances Mayes
- - Judith Berke
  - Michael Waters
  - Henry Carlile
  - Susan Hahn
  - Robert Wiljer
  - Sei Shōnagon
  - Marcia L. Hurlow