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April 1941

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

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Louise Bowman
Mary Colman
Robert Finch
Leo Kennedy
A. Klein

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1941

Table of Contents

Two Poems

E. J. Pratt
- The Invaded Field
- Come Away Death

Duncan Campbell Scott
- Power

The Psalter of A. M. Klein

A. M. Klein

Three Poems

A. J. M. Smith

Two Poems

F. R. Scott
- ("When I see the falling bombs...")
- ("From those condemned to labor...")

Five Poems

Leo Kennedy

Floris Clark McLaren
- There Was a Bridge

Four Poems

Robert Finch

Mary Elizabeth Colman
- Answer

Two Poems

Louise Morey Bowman
- Study in Fragility
- Hour

Two Poems

L. A. Mackay
- Polyphemus Madden'd
- Aubade

Two Poems

Anne Marriott
- Prairie Graveyard
- Traffic Light

Two Poems

Dorothy Livesay
- Lorca
- Nocturne

- The Development of Poetry in Canada, 1880-1940

Reviews

Pelham Edgar
- An Epic of the Jesuit Martyrs
Leon Edel
- Poetry and the Jewish Tradition
W. E. Collin
- Drought on the Prairies

Contributors
- - E. J. Pratt
  - Duncan Campbell Scott
  - A. M. Klein
  - A. J. M. Smith
  - F. R. Scott
  - Leo Kennedy
- - Floris Clark McLaren
  - Robert Finch
  - Mary Elizabeth Colman
  - Louise Morey Bowman
  - L. A. Mackay
  - Anne Marriott
- - Dorothy Livesay
  - Pelham Edgar
  - Leon Edel
  - W. E. Collin