POETRY Magazine cover of April 1998 issue

April 1998

Georges Braque, "Nature Morte II," 1912.
 
  • John Haag
  • Kenneth Koch
  • Robert Wrigley
  • Tom Disch
Table of Contents

From this Issue

Poem

poetry-magazine

Earthly Meditations

1

Spring, and the first full crop of dandelions gone
to smoke, the lawn lumpish with goldfinches,
hunched in their fluffs, fattened by seed,
alight in the wind-bared peduncular forest.
Little bells, they loop and dive, bend
the delicate birch branches down.
I would enter the sky...
A colorful ad with the printed and digital iPad versions of a magazine side by side and the text "1-year subscription for $34" and "$5 off + a free gift!" across

Table of Contents

Poetry
Comment
A colorful ad with the printed and digital iPad versions of a magazine side by side and the text "1-year subscription for $34" and "$5 off + a free gift!" across