August 1990 Dannie AbseRandy BlasingMarianne BoruchBilly CollinsAlfred CornTable of ContentsFrom this IssuePoempoetry-magazineNine Lives Read More Poempoetry-magazinePermanent Ink Read More Poempoetry-magazineLooking Ahead Read More Table of ContentsJames MerrillNine LivesRandy BlasingPermanent InkLifelinesJohn DicksonLooking AheadDavid RivardC' Un'Altra PossibilitBilly CollinsThe AfterlifeMappamundiCarolyne WrightA Change of MapsTheodore WorozbytA Unified Theory of LightNorthern LightsMarianne BoruchRare Old ViolinsDannie AbseMusical MomentsD. NurkseIntroit & FugueFirst Grade HomeworkMichael Waters"Night in the Tropics" (1858-59?)ShhhRichard FoersterLove AffairIsabel NathanielSick at the GulfAlfred CornInfernal Regions and the Invisible GirlStephen StepanchevSeven HorizonsF. D. Reeve3 Sunsets at HammonassetCharles SimicEvening WalkReg SanerEveningKeen EdgesCommentPaul BreslinPoetry, Criticism, and the WorldWhite Paper: On Contemporary American Poetry, by J. D. McClatchyPoetry and the World, by Robert Pinsky[Robert Lowell, Amy Clampitt, Anthony Hecht, Jean Toomer, Philip Freneau, William Carlos Williams]CONTRIBUTORSDannie AbseRandy BlasingMarianne BoruchPaul BreslinBilly CollinsAlfred CornJohn DicksonRichard FoersterJames MerrillIsabel NathanielD. NurkseF. D. ReeveDavid RivardReg SanerCharles SimicStephen StepanchevMichael WatersTheodore WorozbytCarolyne Wright