[PW] Missing poem, missing poet

[Dennis Lien]

At 02:32 PM 2/8/2008, you wrote:
>Many years ago in a waiting room I came across a poem in The New
>Yorker, which I proceeded to copy out for my own use. It was written
>by someone called Lisa Leafstrand. I've been trying to find out more
>about the poet, whether she has other material available, and even
>possibly some reprint rights for this poem.
>
>I'm copying the whole of the poem below. Any information about it or
>the poet would be greatly appreciated.
>
>************
>
>Icon: Saint Macarius beside his island monastery of Unzen, leaving
>England


Per READER'S GUIDE RETROSPECTIVE, the poem appeared not in the NEW
YORKER, but in MADEMOISELLE for September 1978, p.222.

Which doesn't help, of course...

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu