December 1998
Thomas Rowlandson, "Westminster Abbey."- David Alpaugh
- Turner Cassity
- Richard Cecil
- Billy Collins
- Elton Glaser
From this Issue
Poem
Stunned heat of noon. In shade, tan, silken cows
hide in the thorned acacias. A butterfly staggers.
Stamping their hooves from thirst, small horses drowse
or whinny for water. On parched, ochre headlands, daggers
of agave bristle in primordial defense,
like a cornered monster backed...
hide in the thorned acacias. A butterfly staggers.
Stamping their hooves from thirst, small horses drowse
or whinny for water. On parched, ochre headlands, daggers
of agave bristle in primordial defense,
like a cornered monster backed...
Table of Contents
Poetry
- Derek Walcott
- Maura Stanton
- Richard Cecil
- Elton Glaser
- Alan R. Shapiro
- Brian Swann
- Jack Stewart
- Rodney Jones
- Gary Soto
- Turner Cassity
- Linda Gregerson
- David Alpaugh
- Billy Collins
- Stephen Stepanchev
- Philip Schultz
- F. D. Reeve
- James Sutherland-Smith
- Sidney Wade
- Linda Pastan
Comment
- John Taylor
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