ART
LINOLEUM CUTS, by Larry Blakely, David Erickson
Cover, 15
LITHOGRAPHS, by Rod Bradfield, Ladislav Hanka,
Mark Burkett
21,44,50

REGULAR FEATURES
THE EDGE OF THE CLEARING, editorial perspectives
6
WOODNOTES, observations of nature
by Judith V. Waters, Susan Rae McElheran,
Wally Swist
23
CONTRIBUTORS, introducing the writers for this issue
59
COLOPHON, techniques used to print this issue
63

ARTICLES
WHERE THE BISON ROAM, by Arthur Melville Pearson
8
                CONSIDER THE SNAKE, by Ellen Blais
23

POETRY

NYMPHAEA, by Jo Anne D. Burns
7
DREAM BANDITS, by Christine Swanberg
13
THREE, by Samuel L. Lucy
17
Three Poems, by Conrad Hilberry
LULLABY AFTER THE RAIN
18
NIGHT SONG
19
ECOLOGY: THE ANNUAL ROLLS ROYCE PICNIC BESIDE THE
REFLECTING POOL AT CRANBROOK
20
            TOUCHING THE WILD GOOSE, by Richard Ten Eyck
45
THE WAIT, by Padma T.V.
47
Three Poems, by David Williams
BLACK-EYED SUSANS
51
A DOE AN TWO FAWNS, JULY
51
SUMMER STORM, LAKE CHAMPLAIN
52
FICTION
BIRDS IN THE TREES, by Suzanne Kamata
53