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Spring 1979

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Guest Editors

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Ellen Bryant Voigt

Lorrie Goldensohn

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The Spring 1979 issue of Ploughshares, guest-edited by Ellen Bryant Voigt and Lorrie Goldensohn. Ploughshares, a journal of new writing, is guest-edited serially by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles.

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Genre	Poetry
ISBN	093327758X
Issue Number	16
Publication Date	1979-03-20 00:00:00
Title	Spring 1979 Vol. 5.1
Volume	05/1
Publication Date	March 20, 1979
Decade	1970s
Product Type	Digital, Print

Contributor's Notes
- Contributors’ Notes
  
  Staff
Nonfiction
- The Disappearance of Weldon Kees
  
  Sharon Libera
- Two Strains: Some Thoughts About English Words
  
  Lisel Mueller
- ‘To Study Our Lives’
  
  Wendy Martin
- Elizabeth Bishop: The Art of Changing Your Mind
  
  Jane Shore
- Sandra McPherson: The Year of Our Birth
  
  Paul Nelson
- Through the Looking Glass: The Romance of the Perceptual in Contemporary Poetry
  
  Mary Kinzie
Poetry
- Breech: Birth: Dream
  
  Dave Smith
- Summer in Bodines
  
  Elaine Terranova
- Alcestis
  
  Elaine Terranova
- The Walk to the Castle
  
  Elaine Terranova
- Scene
  
  Jane Miller
- The Bat In His Room
  
  Paul Nelson
- The Lost World
  
  Paul Nelson
- Meeting With Snakes
  
  Richard Nester
- William Harrison Slucher, 1889-1961
  
  Richard Nester
- Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885
  
  Richard Nester
- Dune Grass
  
  Richard Nester
- Listening
  
  Mary Oliver
- The Black Snake
  
  Mary Oliver
- Driving through Nebraska
  
  Bea Opengart
- Anecdote of the Stolen Coins
  
  Nina Payne
- Grazing
  
  Nina Payne
- Poem For Exchange of Habitat
  
  Paula Rankin
- In the Calendar Square of the Dream
  
  Paula Rankin
- Love Poem
  
  Susan Irene Rea
- Fishing
  
  Carol Ann Russell
- All the Time
  
  Michael Ryan
- The Story of Bread
  
  Herbert Scott
- Mezuzah
  
  Alan Shapiro
- The Cruise
  
  Laurie Sheck
- Psyche
  
  Laurie Sheck
- The Delta Parade
  
  Susan Stewart
- Landscape with Bride
  
  Dona Stein
- Shovels
  
  Dona Stein
- Turntables
  
  Dabney Stuart
- Baby and Child Care
  
  Dabney Stuart
- A Figure on the Ice
  
  Dabney Stuart
- For Marcus Lynch
  
  Mary Swander
- Some Observations by a Newlywed
  
  Michael Van Walleghen
- Painting the Picture
  
  Michael Van Walleghen
- Crabapples
  
  Michael Van Walleghen
- The Gymnast
  
  Ellen Bryant Voigt
- German Shepherds
  
  Peter Wild
- Divining Rod
  
  Jeanne Dowd
- How It Is
  
  Barbara Greenberg
- Tongue
  
  Carol Baker Hansen
- Staple Supplies
  
  Kathy Callaway
- On a Human Scale
  
  Ann Fox Chandonnet
- Calling
  
  Adam LeFevre
- Home Birth
  
  Nancy Sherman Lewis
- At Dusk, Your Child is Asleep in the Grass
  
  Nancy Sherman Lewis
- Haymarket Street
  
  Steven Cramer
- Seeds
  
  Jennifer Crewe
- After a Certain Number of Years, the Light Changes
  
  Mary Crow
- Steerage
  
  W. S. Di Piero
- Weeds
  
  Nancy Sherman Lewis
- Eve
  
  Linda McCarriston
- Aurelio
  
  W. S. Di Piero
- Joseph
  
  Lorrie Goldensohn
- Beauty and the Beast
  
  Lorrie Goldensohn
- Desire
  
  Linda McCarriston
- The Cleaving
  
  Linda McCarriston
- Separations
  
  Stephen Dobyns
- October
  
  Sarah Gorham
- Mother in the Garden
  
  Sarah Gorham
- Verendrye: A Waterway to the West
  
  Sarah Gorham
- Sampler
  
  Sarah Gorham
- I Was Taught Three
  
  Jorie Graham
- In High Waters
  
  Jorie Graham
- The Extended Night
  
  Jeffrey Greene
- Son
  
  Barbara Greenberg
- Attachments
  
  Barbara Greenberg
- Russia, Morocco, Peru
  
  Linda Gregerson
- from a Sequence for My Daughter
  
  Marilyn Hacker
- Twenty-five Years
  
  Donald Hall
- The Dead at the Picnic
  
  James Baker Hall
- The Hair Contest
  
  James Baker Hall
- Thorn
  
  Carol Baker Hansen
- Letter to My Mother
  
  Madeleine Hennessy
- Ice Storm
  
  Adam LeFevre
- Coeymans
  
  Adam LeFevre
- The Fifth Season
  
  Fran Lindsay
- Mother and Daughter Photographs
  
  Lyn Lifshin
- Julys in the Rose Light House
  
  Lyn Lifshin
- At a Time of the Year
  
  Judith Kroll
- Moon in Aquarius
  
  Linda McCarriston
- Intent
  
  Linda McCarriston
- Shrimpboat
  
  Gardner McFall
- After Thanksgiving
  
  Gardner McFall
- Message at Sunset for Bishop Berkeley
  
  Heather McHugh
- Eavesdropping at the Swim Club, 1934
  
  Jane Miller
- A Dream of Broken Glass
  
  Jane Miller
- Without a Name for This
  
  Jane Miller
- August
  
  Tom Absher
- Hunting With My Father
  
  Tom Absher
- Vespers
  
  Tom Absher
- The Lost Colony
  
  Angela Ball
- Gathering
  
  Jane Barnes
- Truckers and Literary Intellectuals
  
  Michael Benedikt
- For the Father
  
  Suzanne E. Berger
- Your Life: An Invention
  
  Suzanne E. Berger
- Farming and Dreaming
  
  Kathy Callaway
- The Sleeper
  
  Kathy Callaway

Spring 1979

Guest Editors

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Contributor's Notes

Contributors’ Notes

Nonfiction

The Disappearance of Weldon Kees

Two Strains: Some Thoughts About English Words

‘To Study Our Lives’

Elizabeth Bishop: The Art of Changing Your Mind

Sandra McPherson: The Year of Our Birth

Through the Looking Glass: The Romance of the Perceptual in Contemporary Poetry

Poetry

Breech: Birth: Dream

Summer in Bodines

Alcestis

The Walk to the Castle

Scene

The Bat In His Room

The Lost World

Meeting With Snakes

William Harrison Slucher, 1889-1961

Ulysses Simpson Grant 1822-1885

Dune Grass

Listening

The Black Snake

Driving through Nebraska

Anecdote of the Stolen Coins

Grazing

Poem For Exchange of Habitat

In the Calendar Square of the Dream

Love Poem

Fishing

All the Time

The Story of Bread

Mezuzah

The Cruise

Psyche

The Delta Parade

Landscape with Bride

Shovels

Turntables

Baby and Child Care

A Figure on the Ice

For Marcus Lynch

Some Observations by a Newlywed

Painting the Picture

Crabapples

The Gymnast

German Shepherds

Divining Rod

How It Is

Tongue

Staple Supplies

On a Human Scale

Calling

Home Birth

At Dusk, Your Child is Asleep in the Grass

Haymarket Street

Seeds

After a Certain Number of Years, the Light Changes

Steerage

Weeds

Eve

Aurelio

Joseph

Beauty and the Beast

Desire

The Cleaving

Separations

October

Mother in the Garden

Verendrye: A Waterway to the West

Sampler

I Was Taught Three

In High Waters

The Extended Night

Son

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