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Slow Motion
Amy Clampitt
August 1, 1981
During the War
Marvin Bell
August 1, 1981
Flood
William Matthews
July 1, 1981
Crossing the Divide
David Wagoner
July 1, 1981
Basic Syllogism
Robert Penn Warren
June 1, 1981
Intravenous Trip
Robert A. Brooks
June 1, 1981
Night Blooming Flowers
Katha Pollitt
May 1, 1981
Pastoral
Ellen Bryant Voigt
May 1, 1981
James Warwick/Getty
Crows
A poem
Charles Simic
May 1, 1981
At the Corner of the Eye
Robert Penn Warren
April 1, 1981
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