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July 1956

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

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Harold Norse
Frederick Bock
Philip Booth
Paul Carroll
Wolfgang Cordan

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, July 1956

Table of Contents

Mona Van Duyn
- Three Valentines to the Wide World

Four Poems

Herbert Morris
- Bone
- Blood
- Breath
- The Brahms

Four Poems

Frederick Bock

Marcia Lee Masters
- The Graveyard at Genoa

Three Poems

Donald Hall

Paul Carroll
- Quomodo Sola Sedet Civitas

Two Poems

Allen Kanfer
- Like Two Old Theologians
- Never Counsel a Lovely Lady

Virginia Fisher
- Spirit Sons, Spirit Lovers
Judson Jerome
- The Violence

Four Poems

Philip Booth

Jean Garrigue
- Soliloquy in the Cemetery of Pere Lachaise

Five Contemporary German Poets

Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- Cultivate Your Garden
Alexander Koval
- The Elect and the Damned
Karl Krolow
- Oranges Three, Lemons Two
Wolfgang Cordan
- Cain
Rudolf Hagelstange
- All Is Dust

Opinion

Harold Norse
- German Lyric Poetry since 1945

Ernest Sandeen
- The Flung World
Catherine Davis
- Four Poets
Hugh Kenner
- The Cloud-Compelling Queen

Contributors
- - Mona Van Duyn
  - Herbert Morris
  - Frederick Bock
  - Marcia Lee Masters
  - Donald Hall
  - Paul Carroll
  - Allen Kanfer
- - Virginia Fisher
  - Judson Jerome
  - Philip Booth
  - Jean Garrigue
  - Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  - Alexander Koval
  - Karl Krolow
- - Wolfgang Cordan
  - Rudolf Hagelstange
  - Harold Norse
  - Ernest Sandeen
  - Catherine Davis
  - Hugh Kenner