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June 1997

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

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Daniel Anderson
Kath Anderson
Craig Arnold
Peter Davison
Richard Foerster

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Table of Contents

Poetry

Charles Wright
- In the Valley of the Magra
- Returned to the Yaak Cabin, I Overhear an Old Greek Song
Judy Longley
- June Again
A.E. Stallings
- The Dogdom of the Dead
Péter Kántor
- Moonlight Monologue for the New Kitten (tr. by Michael Blumenthal)
Jean Liebenthal
Rita Gabis
- Antique Doll
Kath M. Anderson
- Tableau: 6:30 a.m.
Bert Stern
- Steerage
Barry Spacks
- Innerbird
- What's-Her-Name
Rachel Hadas
- Committee Meeting
Peter Davison
- What Ails You
Jack Turner
- Identifying the Body
- Night Windows
Jim Simmerman
- The Monastic
Charlie Smith
- Desolation Your Inheritance
Gary Soto
- Inheritance
- Devising Your Own Time
Richard Foerster
- Fiddleheads
Craig Arnold
- Hot
Daniel Anderson
- Epilogue
John Richard Reed
- Pentimento
- Blue Tattoo
Anne Reynolds Voegtlen
- Firefly

Comment

John Taylor
- Short Reviews

Contributors
- - Charles Wright
  - Judy Longley
  - A.E. Stallings
  - Péter Kántor
  - Jean Liebenthal
  - Rita Gabis
  - Kath M. Anderson
- - Bert Stern
  - Barry Spacks
  - Rachel Hadas
  - Peter Davison
  - Jack Turner
  - Jim Simmerman
  - Charlie Smith
- - Gary Soto
  - Richard Foerster
  - Craig Arnold
  - Daniel Anderson
  - John Richard Reed
  - Anne Reynolds Voegtlen
  - John Taylor