October 1980 Jack ButlerIrving FeldmanMargaret GibsonMargaret KentJohn MaloneyTable of ContentsFrom this IssuePoemp1The Bathers... Read More Poemp1Dogwoods... Read More Poemp1The Inheritance... Read More Table of ContentsIrving FeldmanThe BathersProgressEdward WilsonDogwoodsMargaret GibsonThe InheritanceSherod SantosAfter a Long IllnessThree FragmentsOn the Last Day of the WorldJack ButlerThe MantisTimber RattlerMax Wickert(9."The hero heaves a happy...")(8."That I love you...")(7."O these experimental...")(6."They cry 'Forever!'...")(5."By love possessed?...")(4."No one will hint...")(2."The urgent Cleopatra...")(1."Shakespeare in vain...")From The Pat SonnetsMargaret KentLast SignalsWatching the IslandJohn Owen MaloneyFor William Carlos WilliamsLaura-by-the-SeaLoose LadderWaterRaining Towards AriesKatha PollittA Poet of Our ClimateSea GrassesWilliam Pitt RootSong ("O/the slender brilliance...")Dancers on an Island with No RoadsHalf ShiftCommentPaul BreslinWarpless and Woofless SubtletiesAs We Know and Houseboat Days, by John AshberyJohn Ashbery: An Introduction to the Poetry, by David ShapiroCONTRIBUTORSPaul BreslinJack ButlerIrving FeldmanMargaret GibsonMargaret KentJohn Owen MaloneyKatha PollittWilliam Pitt RootSherod SantosMax WickertEdward Wilson