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A. T)im*r FIELD CONTEMPORARY POETRY AND POETICS NUMBER 67 FALL 2002 OBERLIN COLLEGE PRESS EDITORS Pamela Alexander Martha Collins Alberta Turner David Walker David Young MANAGING Linda Slocum EDITOR EDITORIAL Jacob Bacharach ASSISTANTS Jacob Blecher Molly McDonald DESIGN Steve Farkas www.oberlin.edu/~ocpress Ohio Arts Council A STATE AGENCY THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN THE ARTS FIELD gratefully acknowledges support from the Ohio Arts Council. Published twice yearly by Oberlin College. Subscriptions and manuscripts should be sent to FIELD, 10 North Professor Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. Manuscripts will not be re¬ turned unless accompanied by a stamped self-addressed envelope. Subscriptions $14.00 a year/$24.00 for two years/single issues $7.00 postpaid. Back issues: $12.00 each. Contact us about avail¬ ability. FIELD is indexed in The American Humanities Index. Copyright © 2002 by Oberlin College. ISSN: 0015-0657 CONTENTS Denise Levertov: A Symposium David Young 11 "To the Reader": The Speech of Mountains Marilyn Chin 16 Notes on "Hypocrite Women" Fred Mar chant 19 "Life at War": Mere Regret Marianne Boruch 25 "An Embroidery: (IV) Swiss Cheese": Two Veils Arthur Sze 32 "The Malice of Innocence": Running Style Poetics Carole Simmons Oles 40 "In California During the Gulf War": Her Jerusalem * * * Bruce Beasley 46 Lord Brain Jennifer Atkinson 49 Seduction with Gold Pendant Richard Robbins 50 Glare 51 Baptismal Font Eric Pankey 52 The Coordinates James Grabill 53 Cinnamon 54 After a Long Struggle Timothy Liu 55 Anniversary 56 Of Thee I Sing Angie Estes 57 Paramour 58 Chez Nous Boyer Rickel 60 Coincidental Ellen Wehle 61 The Book of Hours: January 62 Maid of Honor Kurt S. Olsson 64 Santa Barbara 65 What Kills What Kills Us Rynn Williams 66 Islands 67 Big Yard Michael Chitivood 68 Federal Reserve Notes Marilyn A. Johnson 73 Midway 74 Vineland Will Wells 75 Spring Fever Elisabeth Murawski 76 Puella Jennifer L. Knox 77 Love Blooms at Chimsbury After the War Julie Larios 78 God, Aware of Free Will, Asks a Favor Nance Van Winckel 79 No Possible Lead for the Whale Story and the Bureau Chief Passed Out Lu Yimin 80 American Women's Magazines 81 The Ink Horse 82 If You Can Die, Go Ahead and Die Karen Rigby 83 Poppies 84 Vitruvian Man: Study of Two Figures David Baker 85 Post Meridian Regan Good 86 What I Saw and What It Said Kathleen Peirce 87 Slow Song Shirley Kaufman 88 from Translation Anmarie Trimble 91 Dream of Daily Bread Robert Gibb 92 Turtles 93 Octopus Ander Monson 94 Astonish Liu Tsung-yiian 95 Exile in Ch'u 96 Morning Walk Billy Collins 97 You, Reader 99 Contributors DENISE LEVERTOV A FIELD SYMPOSIUM