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January 1947

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

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R. Currey
Elwood Daily
Donald Drummond
Leslie Fiedler
Alfred Hayes

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, January 1947

Table of Contents

Alfred Hayes
- From "The Fall of Rome"
Nicholas Moore
- Girls and Birds

Two Poems

Kenneth Scholes
- A Marriage
- Dead Letter

Thou Shalt Surely Die

Leslie A. Fiedler
- O Al!
- No Ghost Is True

Kleber Wing
- Hawaiian Love Song
R. N. Currey
- Elephants, Rajputana

Two Poems

Elwood Daily
- Medieval Exhibit
- Highway Bridge

Maris Stella
- To a Young Flier Returned to College
Arthur Gordon Maling
- The Cemeterian

Two Poems

Edith Henrich
- American Town
- The Quiet Center

Donald F. Drummond
- Five Times Zero

Five Poems

Ray Smith

Reviews

Winfield Townley Scott
- Youth, Maturity, and American Poetry
Theodore Roethke
- Integrity of Spirit
Northrop Frye
- Blake on Trial Again
Barbara Gibbs
- A Just Vision
E. S. Forgotson
- The Clogged Larynx
Marion Strobel
- Through a Glass Brightly

Contributors
- - Alfred Hayes
  - Nicholas Moore
  - Kenneth Scholes
  - Leslie A. Fiedler
  - Kleber Wing
  - R. N. Currey
- - Elwood Daily
  - Maris Stella
  - Arthur Gordon Maling
  - Edith Henrich
  - Donald F. Drummond
  - Ray Smith
- - Winfield Townley Scott
  - Theodore Roethke
  - Northrop Frye
  - Barbara Gibbs
  - E. S. Forgotson
  - Marion Strobel