Note states that only one poem needs changes and that Dougherty is working on a collection of poems that has evolved into 2 books

Collection contains the poems "Observing Silence (Return to August 6)", "Surrpunding a 5-Paragraph Theme", "At the Bus Station", "Negative Space", and "The Way Out"; poems have many edits and corrections made to them

Collection contains the poems "At the Bus Station", "The Way Out", "Observing Silence (Return to August 6)", "Negative Space", and "Surrounding a 5-Paragraph Theme"; poems printed on smaller sheets of paper than other previous poems;

Note states that Dougherty would be very interested in talking about chapbook possibilities

Letter states that Dougherty went on a summer visit to Japan and learned how to write a Basho-style book of haibun. Fall 2005.

Letter thanks Bixby for inviting Estabrook to send his poem "Don't Know Where to Begin" and includes a poem written at the top of the letter titled "I'll never forget it as long as I live"; comes with a copy of Estabrook's poem "Don't Know Where to Begin", an additional copy of "I'll never forget it as long as I live", and his poems "Dad would have been 72 today" and "The Day I Visitied an Old Buddy of my Dad's"

Two short poems by Estabrook with only one edit made to either of the poems

Letter states that enclosed are the corrected proofs for the poems accepted for publication in Parting Gifts, as well as a check for a subscription to the journal

Collection of Francisco's poems include "Wordlust", "Alchemy", "Robinson Crusoe", "Fleeing", "Looking for Kierkegaard in Copenhagen", and "Quotidian"; many of these poems have edits and corrections made to them in black ink; came with previous letter from Francisco to Bixby

Letter asks Bixby to consider the attached poems for Parting Gifts; says that Francisco volume Love, Death, and Child was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000