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April 1943

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

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David Daiches
Peter De Vries
Alfred Kreymborg
James Sweeney
John Brinnin

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1943

Table of Contents

Spring Ritual

John Malcolm Brinnin

Two Poems

Vincent Starrett
- Oracle of the Dog
- Rain before Seven

Louis Ginsberg
- Eighteen

Private Papers

William Justema

Four Poems

Clara Brussel

A. J. M. Smith
- Calvary
Clarence Weinstock
- For Those Fighting
James E. Schevill
- Face, Face
Maris Stella
- Resurrection

Five Poems

John Ciardi

Howard Moss
- Disorder as Myth: Hart Crane's "The Bridge"

Reviews

Leon Edel
- Propaganda for Poetry
Harvey Breit
- Sanity That Is Magic
Nelson Algren
- Varying Viewpoints
Einar Haugen
- Native but Universal

Contributors
- - John Malcolm Brinnin
  - Vincent Starrett
  - Louis Ginsberg
  - William Justema
  - Clara Brussel
- - A. J. M. Smith
  - Clarence Weinstock
  - James E. Schevill
  - Maris Stella
  - John Ciardi
- - Howard Moss
  - Leon Edel
  - Harvey Breit
  - Nelson Algren
  - Einar Haugen