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April 1951

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

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Kimon Friar
James Blish
Paul Goodman
Ruth Herschberger
Carol Hogben

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1951

Table of Contents

Two Poems

Randall Jarrell
- A Conversation with the Devil
- A Girl in a Library

Two Poems

Anne Ridler
- Mare Nostrum
- On a Picture by Michele Da Verona, of Arion as a Boy Riding upon a Dolphin

James Blish
- A Song for Music

Four Poems

Carol Hogben

Louis Kent
- American Death
Paul Goodman
- Evening (After Rameau and Cezanne)

Three Poems

Ruth Herschberger

Reviews

Monroe K. Spears
- Christopher Fry and the Redemption of Joy
Jean Farley
- The Poet Laureate and Others
Richard Eberhart
- An Excellent Redaction

Communication

Edward Dahlberg
- How Do You Spell Fool?

Contributors
- - Randall Jarrell
  - Anne Ridler
  - James Blish
  - Carol Hogben
- - Louis Kent
  - Paul Goodman
  - Ruth Herschberger
  - Monroe K. Spears
- - Jean Farley
  - Richard Eberhart
  - Edward Dahlberg