October 1983 Marvin BellChristopher BurskMadeline De FreesBrendan GalvinDana GioiaTable of ContentsFrom this IssuePoempoetry-magazineNude Standing Alone in the Forest: A Study of Place Read More Poempoetry-magazineMy Confessional Sestina Read More Poempoetry-magazineDraft Age Read More Table of ContentsPattiann RogersNude Standing Alone in the Forest: A Study of PlaceThe Body as WindowStatement Preliminary to the Invention of SolaceThe Verification of Vulnerability: Bog TurtleDana GioiaMy Confessional SestinaThe Sunday NewsThe Country WifeThanks for Remembering UsCuckoosMarvin BellDraft AgeLandscape with Open SpacesWhen I RunRobert LongGoodbyeInterior DecorationIn the Unfinished HouseDavid KreshSt. Jude Pray for Us Almost without HopeTo RioMadeline De FreesThe Dovecove: Its Head KeepersMichael MilburnThe Initial-TreeDonald HallAt Eagle PondJonathan HoldenFull Moon, RisingScraping the HouseCarole OlesPreparing for WeatherTom SleighThe Very EndChristopher BurskAfter Being by Myself All DayLate Afternoon ShadowsElizabeth SpiresThe PlaygroundMy DaughterBrendan GalvinWhirl Is KingWorkoutBlack Bear in OctoberCommentPeter StittImagination in the AscendantThe Wheel, by Wendell BerryMagpie on the Gallows, by Madeline DeFreesCandles in Babylon, by Denise LevertovNorthbook, by Frederick MorganLetters from a Father and Other Poems, by Mona Van DuynAusterities, by Charles SimicThe Balthus Poems, by Stephen DobynsCONTRIBUTORSMarvin BellChristopher BurskMadeline De FreesBrendan GalvinDana GioiaDonald HallJonathan HoldenDavid KreshRobert LongMichael MilburnCarole OlesPattiann RogersTom SleighElizabeth SpiresPeter Stitt