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January 2000

Wassily Kandinsky, "Kleine Welten V (Small Worlds V)," 1922.

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

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  • Christian Wiman
  • John Ashbery
  • Michelle Boisseau
  • Billy Collins
  • Sandra Gilbert
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POETRY Magazine cover of January 2000 issue
From this Issue
    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine The Men

      By Pablo Neruda
      I'm Ramón González Barbagelata from anywhere,   
      from Cucuy, from Paraná, from Rio Turbio, from Oruro,   
      from Maracaibo, from Parral, from Ovalle, from Loconmilla,   
      I'm the poor devil from the poor Third World,   
      I'm the third-class passenger installed, good God!   
      in the...

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    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine Eschatology of the Lexicon

      By J. Allyn Rosser
      They come down to us
      rounding the corners of centuries
      at an innocent jog, shedding letters
      and most of the grand old meanings
      to take on the sleek new hide
      our day demands, a snappier...

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    • poem

      Appeared in Poetry Magazine The Letter Scale

      By Jacques Réda
      One of the objects I've treasured most in my life
      Is this letter scale which, long ago, you gave me.
      I was an active correspondent at the time,
      Even sending lots of letters overseas.
      While still enjoying the pleasure of...

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