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October 1946

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

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Karl Shapiro
William Smith
David Daiches
Jack Beeching
John Brinnin

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Table of Contents

Five Poems

John Ciardi

The Three

Oliver St. John Gogarty
- The Three
- Faith
- Hope
- Charity

Two Poems

Howard Griffin
- Washington House
- The Detective Story

Pablo Neruda
- Discoverers

Two Poems

Kenneth Gee
- Homecoming
- Say It Was Autumn

Three Poems

Francis C. Golffing

Louis O. Coxe
- V-J Day
David Morton
- Save against Winter

Two Poems

Herbert Schaumann
- Among Those Notified
- We, Too

Jack Beeching
- Books Are so Much like Life
Arnold Stein
- Our Ancient Sires
John Southworth Moodey
- Song
Gray Burr
- Cripple

Three Poems

John Malcolm Brinnin

Brewster Ghiselin
- The Birth of a Poem

Reviews

Winfield Townley Scott
- Light Poignancy
George H. Dillon
- Not Too Much of It
Barbara Gibbs
- Simplicity's Trick
John A. Holmes
- Pocket Poetry, Plain
Inez Boulton
- Interlinear Revelations

William Jay Smith
- News Notes

Contents

David Daiches
- The Lyricism of George Barker

Contributors
- - John Ciardi
  - Oliver St. John Gogarty
  - Howard Griffin
  - Pablo Neruda
  - Kenneth Gee
  - Francis C. Golffing
  - Louis O. Coxe
  - David Morton
- - Herbert Schaumann
  - Jack Beeching
  - Arnold Stein
  - John Southworth Moodey
  - Gray Burr
  - John Malcolm Brinnin
  - Brewster Ghiselin
  - Winfield Townley Scott
- - George H. Dillon
  - Barbara Gibbs
  - John A. Holmes
  - Inez Boulton
  - William Jay Smith
  - David Daiches