Contributors for Ibbetson Street 39

Back Cover--Bridget Galway/ Front Cover--Dianne Robitaille

 THECAFE...................................................................................................................................... 1
            Kathleen Spivak VISITING JERUSALEM.............................................................................................................. 1
            Jennifer Barber THE PURPOSE OF THE WORLD............................................................................................... 2
            Kathleen Lentz AS WITH POEM............................................................................................................................ 3
            Judy Katz-Levine DREAM DANCERS...................................................................................................................... 4
            Beatriz Alba Del Rio
 RED APPLES................................................................................................................................. 4
            Triona McMorrow BRIEF ENCOUNTER................................................................................................................... 4
            Philip E. Burnham, Jr. THE REAL THING....................................................................................................................... 4
            Triona McMorrow
 I NEVER REALLY TRUSTED YOU........................................................................................... 5
            Rene Schwiesow IT’S NOT ONLY IN HER DREAMS THE MAD GIRL IS TURNING INTO CINDERELLA... 5
            Lyn Lifshin
 YOUR RETURN TO ME.............................................................................................................. 6
            Danielle Legros-George CONTENTS FROM THE DISPLACED...................................................................................... 6
            Marge Piercy
 WHERE YOUR PHONE RANG................................................................................................... 7
            Tim Kinsella JUNE AFTERNOON..................................................................................................................... 7
            Ted Kooser POEM FOR FRED MARCHANT................................................................................................ 8
            David Blair ON A POEM FROM DAVID BLAIR.......................................................................................... 8
            Fred Marchant YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW.............................................................................................. 9
            Molly Mattfield Bennett THE REAL THING....................................................................................................................... 9
            William Harney
 WHEN I THINK OF MY CHILDHOOD................................................................................... 10
            Tim Gager
 GREENWICH VILLAGE 1959................................................................................................... 11
            Bridget Seley-Galway
 CLIMB.......................................................................................................................................... 11
            Richard Hoffman NICOLAS..................................................................................................................................... 12
            X. J. Kennedy FROM A LOST POEM............................................................................................................... 12
            Richard J. Fein BAT MITZVAH BOY STUDIES THE LOBSTERS IN THE TANK....................................... 13
            Paul Hostovsky PIER REVIEW............................................................................................................................. 13
            Tomas O’Leary
 NATURAL HISTORY................................................................................................................. 14
            Teisha Dawn Twomey WHAT A POEM CAN DO TO YOU.......................................................................................... 14
            Lawrence Kessenich
 ACOUSTIC LESSONS.............................................................................................................. 15
            Michael Brosnan DON’T EXPLAIN........................................................................................................................ 16
            Gary Rainford THE MERRY-GO-ROUND........................................................................................................ 16
            Alfred Nicol STUCK IN A TRAFFIC JAM NEAR VICTORIA’S TERMINAL IN BOMBAY................. 17
            Simrin Tamhane A CALCULATED RISK.............................................................................................................. 18
            Ed Meek BLUE, CERULEAN BLUE......................................................................................................... 19
            Lucy Holstedt ASTONISHMENT....................................................................................................................... 19
            Brendan Galvin
 SUPPER........................................................................................................................................ 20
            Llyn Clague SALISBURY SUMMER............................................................................................................. 20
            Lainie Senechal DOWN.......................................................................................................................................... 21
            Daniel A. Harris
 O WOMAN GET OFF THE ROCK........................................................................................... 22
            Susan Nisenbaum Becker FROM A LOST POEM............................................................................................................... 22
            Richard J. Fein INTERVIEW WITH PULITZER-PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST PAUL HARDING........... 23
            Interviewed by Nicole Cadro
 MYCENAE REVISITED............................................................................................................. 27
            George Kalogeris JAMES WRIGHT’S HAMMOCK............................................................................................. 28
            Tom Laughlin
 PUNCTUATION.......................................................................................................................... 29
            Ruth Chad NO EXPECTATIONS.................................................................................................................. 29
            Sandra Thaxter
 IN KENSINGTON GARDENS THAT DAY............................................................................. 30
            Babara Claire Kasselmann MORTALS WITH SPIRITS....................................................................................................... 30
            Harris Gardner
 HEART OF STONE..................................................................................................................... 32
            Zvi Sesling
 THE FIGURE............................................................................................................................... 33
            Kirk Etherton
 TRIPLE-ARCH BRIDGE........................................................................................................... 34
            David Miller THE LONGFELLOW.................................................................................................................. 35
            Denise Provost METERN CEMETERY.............................................................................................................. 35
            Ruth Smullin
 QUIXOTE COUNTRY................................................................................................................. 36
            Nina Rubenstein Alonso
 WHEN MILTON FLEW THE COOP........................................................................................ 37
            Peter Fulton
 THE ANVIL CLOUD................................................................................................................... 38
            Wendell Smith BE WELL,..................................................................................................................................... 38
            Mary Buchinger MISERERE.................................................................................................................................. 39
            T. Michael Sullivan FOR JOHN WILLIAMS............................................................................................................. 41
            Robert K. Johnson
 TOP OFF....................................................................................................................................... 42
            Lisa D. Kaufman
 THE BEES.................................................................................................................................... 43
            Susan LaFortune
 THE ENVY OF THE GODS........................................................................................................ 44
            Joyce Wilson
  WRITERS’ BIOS......................................................................................................................... 45