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October 1957

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

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Edith Sitwell
Ben Belitt
Robert Dana
David De Jong
Peter Everwine

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1957

Table of Contents

Henry W. Rago
- The Knowledge of Light
- The Attending
William Jay Smith
David Cornel De Jong

Country Songs

Ben Belitt
- Wasp and Windowscreen
- A Stand of Pine

Robert Patrick Dana
- For Sister Mary Apolline
Ronald Lee Perry
- Cat Cay
- Adagio for Jazz
Peter Everwine
- Designs on a Point of View
Vernon Watkins
- The Forge of the Solstice
- The Mask of Winter
Charles Tomlinson
- Antecedents: A Homage and Valediction

Comment

Wallace Fowlie
- French Chronicle: Recent Publications
Donald Justice
- Sacred and Secular
Carolyn Kizer
- Four English Poets
Hayden Carruth
- Maturity and Responsibility
Donald Davie
- Enigma
William Carlos Williams
- Chapman Still Heard

Contributors
- - Henry W. Rago
  - William Jay Smith
  - David Cornel De Jong
  - Ben Belitt
  - Robert Patrick Dana
- - Ronald Lee Perry
  - Peter Everwine
  - Vernon Watkins
  - Charles Tomlinson
  - Wallace Fowlie