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August 1948

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

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Hayden Carruth
Ebria Feinblatt
Louis Hasley
Marshall Levin
Thomas Barbour

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, August 1948

Table of Contents

Four Poems

Weldon Kees

Two Poems

Peter Viereck
- A Sort of Redemption
- Elegy to All Sainthood Everywhere

Thomas Barbour
- Having to Do with Poetry

Three Poems

Desmond Stewart

Gerta Kennedy
- Tracks
Kenneth Koch
- You Know All This

Two Poems

Amy Bonner
- Island Refuge
- Curve of Quiet

Elma Dean
- Female
Elliott Coleman
- Baltimore Sonnets
Herman Salinger
- Self-Portrait
Robert K. Bingham
- Jouissances

Modern Instances

Christopher Maclaine
- We and They: The Artist in California
Hayden Carruth
- Letter from John Ciardi
William Carlos Williams
- Some Notes Towards an Autobiography: The Childish Background (II) (Continued)

Reviews

Hayden Carruth
- Ideality and Metaphor
William Poster
- Partly in Earnest
Barbara Gibbs
- The Quondam Unconscious
James Hall
- Gibson
Jessica Nelson North
- Parade

Magazines

William Van O'Connor
- Mannequin Mythology: The Fashion Journals

Contributors
- - Weldon Kees
  - Peter Viereck
  - Thomas Barbour
  - Desmond Stewart
  - Gerta Kennedy
  - Kenneth Koch
  - Amy Bonner
- - Elma Dean
  - Elliott Coleman
  - Herman Salinger
  - Robert K. Bingham
  - Christopher Maclaine
  - Hayden Carruth
  - William Carlos Williams
- - William Poster
  - Barbara Gibbs
  - James Hall
  - Jessica Nelson North
  - William Van O'Connor