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December 1952

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

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Charles Bell
Elizabeth Pollet
Kenneth Brown
Mary Christiansen
J. Cunningham

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, Dec 1952

Table of Contents

William Carlos Williams
- The Orchestra
Babette Deutsch
- Paradigm

Three Poems

Lynette Roberts

Two Poems

William E. Stafford
- A Survey
- Near

M. F. Dodson
- Do Not Frighten Me with Size
Kenneth Hunter Brown
- A Vision
Mary Christiansen
- Songs
- Songs
Rosalind Levine
- The Shadow Bird
Dilys Bennett Laing
- Dance of Burros
J. V. Cunningham
- Epigram
Margaret Danner
- Far from Africa
Frederic Prokosch
- Snow Song
John Fandel
- Hearse

Two Poems

Edith Stuurman
- The Fish
- The Cricket

Reviews

Winterset Rothberg
- One Ring-Tailed Roarer to Another
Louis O. Coxe
- Mr. Barnard's Robinson: C+
David Lougee
- The Grand Parade
Huntington Cairns
- Matthew Arnold's Note-Books

Opinion

Leonard Casper
- Apprenticed in Provence

Communication

Cid Corman
- Poetry for Radio

Contributors
- - William Carlos Williams
  - Babette Deutsch
  - Lynette Roberts
  - William E. Stafford
  - M. F. Dodson
  - Kenneth Hunter Brown
  - Mary Christiansen
- - Rosalind Levine
  - Dilys Bennett Laing
  - J. V. Cunningham
  - Margaret Danner
  - Frederic Prokosch
  - John Fandel
  - Edith Stuurman
- - Winterset Rothberg
  - Louis O. Coxe
  - David Lougee
  - Huntington Cairns
  - Leonard Casper
  - Cid Corman