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May 1956

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

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Robert Fitzgerald
Kimon Friar
Fuyue Anzai
Kyojiro Hagiwara
Sakutaro Hagiwara

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1956

Table of Contents

Seven Poems

Fuyuji Tanaka

Two Poems

Baku Yamanoguchi
- Marriage
- Tatami Floor

Katsuhiko Kogure
- The Face
Shuntaro Tanikawa
- Museum
Sannosuke Iwai
- Fruit
Mitsuharu Kaneko
- Demons and a Poet

Two Poems

Toson Shimazaki
- First Love
- By the Ancient Castle at Komoro

Two Poems

Junzaburo Nishiwaki
- Rain
- The Sun

Motomaro Senge
- Secret
Iku Takenaka
- At Lyons
Shiro Murano
- Pole Vault
Tatsuji Miyoshi
- Nostalgia
Shigeharu Nakano
- Good-by before Dawn

Three Poems

Azuma Kondo

Two Poems

Fuyuhiko Kitagawa
- Festival
- A Horse and the Landscape

Two Poems

Kyojiro Hagiwara
- The Family
- I Will Suffer From What My Father Suffered From

Shinkichi Takahashi
- Birth

Two Poems

Kaoru Maruyama
- A Distant View of the School
- A Rhinoceros and a Lion

Two Poems

Sonosuke Sato
- The Moon
- Our Maidservant

Kotaro Takamura
- Winter Has Come
Saisei Muro
- Winter Grass
Takuji Ote
- Blue Fox
Fuyue Anzai
- Spain—III
Taku Oga
- Soldiers

Two Poems

Hakushu Kitahara
- The Water Surface
- Okaru and Kampei

Six Poems

Sakutaro Hagiwara

Two Poems

Satoru Sato
- On the Bridge
- Japan That Sank under the Sea

Comment

Satoru Sato and Constance Urdang
- A Note on These Poems
Charles Macsherry
- The Island and the World
William Meredith
- A Gift to Both Languages
Wallace Fowlie
- An Anthology of the Lyric

Contributors
- - Fuyuji Tanaka
  - Baku Yamanoguchi
  - Katsuhiko Kogure
  - Shuntaro Tanikawa
  - Sannosuke Iwai
  - Mitsuharu Kaneko
  - Toson Shimazaki
  - Junzaburo Nishiwaki
  - Motomaro Senge
  - Iku Takenaka
  - Shiro Murano
- - Tatsuji Miyoshi
  - Shigeharu Nakano
  - Azuma Kondo
  - Fuyuhiko Kitagawa
  - Kyojiro Hagiwara
  - Shinkichi Takahashi
  - Kaoru Maruyama
  - Sonosuke Sato
  - Kotaro Takamura
  - Saisei Muro
  - Takuji Ote
- - Fuyue Anzai
  - Taku Oga
  - Hakushu Kitahara
  - Sakutaro Hagiwara
  - Satoru Sato
  - Constance Urdang
  - Charles Macsherry
  - William Meredith
  - Wallace Fowlie