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CONFESSIONAL by V. H. Adair establishes this number’s particular register. Compact lyrics sit beside longer, more loosely unfolding poems, with changes in line and stanza doing much of the issue’s formal work. The movement toward MERRIMENT gives the number a clear closing direction while leaving its voices distinct. Across 17 poems, formal interest lies in the changes of scale: short, image-driven pieces give way to longer fields of syntax, and each new opening resets the relation between line, breath, and page. The variety reflects the Venice workshop culture around the publication, where experimental practice was less a house style than a shared willingness to let voice, spacing, and sequence determine form.
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- CONFESSIONAL — V. H. Adair [Poem]
- TO BE — V. H. Adair [Poem]
- ASPECT — V. H. Adair [Poem]
- WORMS — Susan Mernit [Poem]
- Alligator Albatross — Carla Perry [Poem]
- D-COMPOSITION — Jacob Kisner [Poem]
- CAGE-GIRL — Jacob Kisner [Poem]
- DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE OCTOPUS — Evelyn Thorne [Poem]
- NAMES OF MOTELS — Lyn Hejinian [Poem]
- Videur — David Lunde [Poem]
- ON DUND HILL FAIR — Steve Russo [Poem]
- Loaves — Peter Wild [Poem]
- For the Dean — Peter Wild [Poem]
- MOTORCYCLE POEM # 2 — Paul Vangelisti [Poem]
- the gossamer poet — Malcolm Woodall [Poem]
- SOUND HAPPENING FOR TWO VOICES (AN EXCERPT) — Toby Lurie [Poem]
- MERRIMENT — Toby Lurie [Poem]
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*Beyond Baroque*, vol. 1, no. 4, March 1971. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.