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Three Poems

by W.S. Merwin

The Paris Review, Winter 2000, pp. 34-35

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    31. --- by Melanie Rehak, pp. 110-111
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    40. Introduction, pp. 200-201
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    Summer 2000 Issue = 58 Articles
    1. East Bergholt by Marcel Moring, pp. 14-35
    2. Three Poems by Adrienne Rich, pp. 36-38
    3. Four Poems by Anthony Lacavaro, pp. 39-41
    4. Los Dos Rancheros by Charlie Smith, pp. 42-43
    5. Two Poems by Karen Volkman, pp. 44-46
    6. Endurance by William Logan, p. 47
    7. Two Poems by Christian Hawkey, pp. 48-50
    8. Five Poems by Lynn Melnick, pp. 51-54
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    10. Two Poems by Nick Norwood, pp. 56-58
    11. Hippies by Denis Johnson, pp. 59-76
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    53. Aria by Arthur Gregor, pp. 329-330
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    55. Grief in Parentheses by Deborah Pease, p. 335
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    57. Notes on Contributors, pp. 343-354
    58. Art by Stephen Hannock
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    1. Notice, pp. 12-13
    2. On the Nature of Human Romantic Interaction by Karl Iagnemma, pp. 14-33
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    54. La Rage de l'expression by Francis Ponge, pp. 297-300
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    56. Portfolio by Wahn Yoon, pp. 303-304
    57. Crossing St. Gotthard by David Leavitt, pp. 305-324
    58. Notes on Contributors, pp. 325-338
    59. Art by Nancy Friedemann