Issue 46, 1991
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The Present State of American Poetry: "In Defense of Clarity" by Charles Webb

POET TITLE
Karl Shapiro   THE ANTIMACASSARS
Colette Inez   ASSAULT
X. J. Kennedy   A MINNESOTA NORSEMAN
Leo Connellan   STOCKBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Anna Adams   THE GRAVEDIGGER'S NIGHTMARE
James Broughton   REMEMBERING A BREAT BEAR
Ralph Bates   SO THEY SAY
Charles Bukowski   LIVING IN A GREAT BIG WAY
Lyn Lifshin   THE RADIO SHRINK
  I CAN NOT FORGET
  IT WAS ASPARAGUS
Antler   LUCKY TREES
Robert Lax   I DON'T SAY
Andrew Glaze   BEING A THIEF
Donald Lev   COMMUNION
Franz Douskey   WASTED NIGHT
Knute Skinner   THE DOOR
James Weil   PANEQUE
Lola Haskins   SINCE 1970 THE VIRGIN MARY
Seaborn Jones   LENNY BRUCE
Red Hawk   ZERO'S 2 CHOICES
Carolyn Slapikas   THIS APPLE
Norman Stock   LESSON OF THE POETRY
Lynne Savitt   WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE GOOSE
Linda Tieber   THIS IS NONSENSE
William Packard   LETTER TO THE PROCURATOR
Suzanne A. Solomon   MY LOVE
Andrew Harvey   ABOUT THE WAR
Jeff Poniewaz   DEATH ENVY
Ethan Gilsdorf   BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE
Anna Maria Caldara   MEN WAITING
Barbara Unger   FRENCH PHOTOS
Alison Stone   THE WAY IT SOMETIMES IS
Thomas Rockwell   I KNEW A WOMAN
Joan Halperin   EXAMINATION
Victoria McCabe   GIFTED
Linda Lerner   RISKING
David Gelsanliter   READY FOR SPRING
Stephanie Rauschenbusch   TWO RUSSIAN POETS
Joel Zeltzer   NICANOR PARRA TRANSLATION
Robert Freedman   TONGUE
Daryl Rogers   TOOT OWLS
Maria Palumbo   AN OFFICER
Walt Phillips   ONE RECOLLECTION
Peter Murphy   SEQUENCE
Janet McCann   MUSIC AFTER MIDNIGHT
Robert McDonald   SUSAN'S RULES
Joe Lackey   TATTERED TRADE PAPERBACK
Cherry J. Vasconcellos   WHY I READ WAR BOOKS
Dale Vest   THE DAY THE BLENDER BROKE
Michael Swift   THE MASK OF RICHARD WAGNER
Judy Stedman   LEADING THE BLIND
Bill Shields   HOW THE HELL CAN
Jim Jensen   GOMER
Charmaine Black-Olive   BIRTHDAY PARTY
Henry Gerfen   FLASHER
R. Yurman   VISITATION
Ivars Balkits   REVENGE COMEDY
Robert Richards   BIG ON THE WALL
Nancy Lea Gorham   UNIVERSITY AVE.
David Gilcrest   CAVEAT EMPTOR
Arthur Winfield Knight   PAT GARRETT: APPLES
Jerah Chadwick   THE LIFE TO COME
Stephen Hughes   THE NIGHT I PULLED
Oren Izenberg   YOU RETURN
Andrew Liss   WHEN THE DEAD ARE YOURS
Leslie Bridewell   LOCKED IN LIGHT
Robert Funge   from JOHN/HENRY
Lisa Palma   COMPULSIONS