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April 1955

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

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George Barker
David De Jong
John Hay
Josephine Jacobsen
Kenneth Koch

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1955

Table of Contents

Body of Waking

Muriel Rukeyser

George Barker
- Domestic Poem

Two Poems

Marvin Solomon
- The Mondrian
- The White Rabbit

Mr. Tantripp's Day

Josephine Jacobsen
- He Brought the Morning Paper from the Mail-Box
Muriel Rukeyser
- And after Dusk There Was a Show of Slides
Josephine Jacobsen
- With the Ancient Dog, He Stepped outside at Midnight

Kenneth Koch
- In Love with You

Three Poems

John Hay

Three Poems

David Cornel De Jong

V. R. Lang
- I Too Have Lived in Arcadia (A Pastoral, in the Present Time)

Reviews

Hugh Kenner
- Plea for Metrics
Parker Tyler
- The Poet's Revenge
Harriet Zinnes
- Where the Sureness Is
John Sutherland
- Dilution, Weak Enough to Be Fatal
Jackson Maclow
- A Great Scots Poet
Mona Van Duyn
- Two Young Poets

Contributors
- - Muriel Rukeyser
  - George Barker
  - Marvin Solomon
  - Josephine Jacobsen
  - Kenneth Koch
- - John Hay
  - David Cornel De Jong
  - V. R. Lang
  - Hugh Kenner
  - Parker Tyler
- - Harriet Zinnes
  - John Sutherland
  - Jackson Maclow
  - Mona Van Duyn