October 1952

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

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Conrad Aiken
W. Auden
George Barker
Joseph Bennett
John Berryman

See Table of Contents

Conrad Aiken
- The Cyclads
W. H. Auden
- The Shield of Achilles
George Barker
- Prologue to the Degradations of Guatemozin
Joseph D. Bennett
- Isis and Osiris
John Berryman
- Sonnet 25
Elizabeth Bishop
- The Mountain
Louise Bogan
- After the Persian
Hayden Carruth
- Renunciation
John Ciardi
- Flowering Quince
E. E. Cummings
- Poem
J. V. Cunningham
- Horoscope
Cecil Day-Lewis
- Elegy before Death
Walter De La Mare
- Finished With
Reuel Denney
- The Ceremony
Harry Duncan
- January Thaw
Richard Eberhart
- The Skier and the Mountain
Paul Engle
- USA
Isabella Gardner
- It Rained Last Night
Brewster Ghiselin
- Of Freedom
Robert Graves
- The Sacred Mission
Anthony Hecht
- Double Sonnet
Ruth Herschberger
- The Kiss
Randall Jarrell
- The Survivor among Graves
Archibald MacLeish
- Hypocrite Auteur
John Manifold
- Schrammel-Musik
James Merrill
- The Greenhouse
W. S. Merwin
- Colloquy at Peniel
Josephine Miles
- The Day the Winds
Marianne Moore
- Then the Ermine
Rosalie Moore
- Crusade of the Children
Elder James Olson
- Childe Roland, Etc.
Kenneth Patchen
- But of Life?
Henry W. Rago
- The House
Theodore Roethke
- O, Thou Opening, O
Muriel Rukeyser
- Poem from The Willkie Mysteries("The sea has opened...")
Karl Shapiro
- An Anniversary for F. O. Matthiessen
William Jay Smith
- Song
Wallace Stevens
- St. Armorer's Church from the Outside
Marion Strobel
- Catch
Melvin B. Tolson
- The Man from Halicarnassus
Mark Van Doren
- The Liquid Heart
Byron Vazakas
- The Ballet of the Noble Stairs
Peter Viereck
- Girl-Child Pastoral
José Garcia Villa
- Theseus
Vernon Watkins
- Call It All Names, but Do Not Call It Rest
Theodore Weiss
- Hayseed
Richard Wilbur
- A Chronic Condition
Oscar Williams
- Poet
William Carlos Williams
- Paterson, Book V: The River of Heaven
Marya Zaturenska
- Inscription on a Mountain

Contributors
- - Conrad Aiken
  - W. H. Auden
  - George Barker
  - Joseph D. Bennett
  - John Berryman
  - Elizabeth Bishop
  - Louise Bogan
  - Hayden Carruth
  - John Ciardi
  - E. E. Cummings
  - J. V. Cunningham
  - Cecil Day-Lewis
  - Walter De La Mare
  - Reuel Denney
  - Harry Duncan
  - Richard Eberhart
  - Paul Engle
- - Isabella Gardner
  - Brewster Ghiselin
  - Robert Graves
  - Anthony Hecht
  - Ruth Herschberger
  - Randall Jarrell
  - Archibald MacLeish
  - John Manifold
  - James Merrill
  - W. S. Merwin
  - Josephine Miles
  - Marianne Moore
  - Rosalie Moore
  - Elder James Olson
  - Kenneth Patchen
  - Henry W. Rago
  - Theodore Roethke
- - Muriel Rukeyser
  - Karl Shapiro
  - William Jay Smith
  - Wallace Stevens
  - Marion Strobel
  - Melvin B. Tolson
  - Mark Van Doren
  - Byron Vazakas
  - Peter Viereck
  - José Garcia Villa
  - Vernon Watkins
  - Theodore Weiss
  - Richard Wilbur
  - Oscar Williams
  - William Carlos Williams
  - Marya Zaturenska