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June 1945

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

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Pierre Seghers
Barbara Bellow
David De Jong
Charles Eaton
Robert Francis

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Table of Contents

Seven Poems

Randall Jarrell

Irving Layton
- The Swimmer

Two Poems

William Pillin
- Song
- Ceramic Symbols

Two Poems

Robert Francis
- Encounter
- Part for the Whole

Two Poems

Charles Edward Eaton
- Tropic Burial
- Evening Ritual

Four Poems

James Steel Smith

Two Poems

Leslie Hill-Levitt
- Afternoon: Manhattan
- Island Song

Barbara Bellow
- Evening above East River

Two Poems

Cecil Hemley
- Observing Birds
- A Visitor at Breakfast

David Cornel De Jong
- Love Story
David Morton
- The Word Will Listen
Savila Harvey
- Summer at the Beach

Three Poems

John Theobald

Pierre Seghers
- The "Vita Nuova" of Baroque Art in the Recent Poetry of Edith Sitwell: A Note in Appreciation

Reviews

E. S. Forgotson
- A Shift of Scenery and a Change of Cast
Francis C. Golffing
- Meditations on War
Macha Rosenthal
- Many Directions
John A. Holmes
- Too Much, Too Phony, and Too Soon
Richard Crowder
- The Sun Never Sets ...

Contributors
- - Randall Jarrell
  - Irving Layton
  - William Pillin
  - Robert Francis
  - Charles Edward Eaton
  - James Steel Smith
  - Leslie Hill-Levitt
- - Barbara Bellow
  - Cecil Hemley
  - David Cornel De Jong
  - David Morton
  - Savila Harvey
  - John Theobald
  - Pierre Seghers
- - E. S. Forgotson
  - Francis C. Golffing
  - Macha Rosenthal
  - John A. Holmes
  - Richard Crowder