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July 1942

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

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F. Weiskopf
Allen Curnow
James Daly
Walter de La Mare
Babette Deutsch

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, July 1942

Table of Contents

Five Poems

John Frederick Nims

Two Poems

Babette Deutsch
- The Day's Lesson
- Recovery

Walter de La Mare
- The Jackdaws

Four Poems

James Daly

Virginia Hamilton
- The Possessed
Norman Lewis
- Ugly Hour
Clark Mills
- A Few Faces from the Crowd
P. K. Page
- The Mole
Robert Whittington
- The Vacation
Eve Merriam
- Furniture
James Hearst
- The Fence Row

Two Poems

Edwin Morgan
- Fireworks
- Toro

Allen Curnow
- Sailing or Drowning
Roy Fuller
- The Festival
Alan S. Downer
- The New "Theatrum Poetarum"

Reviews

Stanley Kunitz
- In the Beginning
E. S. Forgotson
- The New Line and the Old Bottle
H. R. Hays
- To Be Sung or Shouted
Edouard Roditi
- In a Silver Sea
Max Jakob
- Hans Sahl in Exile

Contributors
- - John Frederick Nims
  - Babette Deutsch
  - Walter de La Mare
  - James Daly
  - Virginia Hamilton
  - Norman Lewis
  - Clark Mills
- - P. K. Page
  - Robert Whittington
  - Eve Merriam
  - James Hearst
  - Edwin Morgan
  - Allen Curnow
  - Roy Fuller
- - Alan S. Downer
  - Stanley Kunitz
  - E. S. Forgotson
  - H. R. Hays
  - Edouard Roditi
  - Max Jakob