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September 1956

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

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George Abbe
Lucile Adler
Landis Everson
Ora Hull
Donald Justice

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1956

Table of Contents

Seven Poems

Charles Tomlinson

Three Poems

Ora May Hull

Two Poems

Sonia Raiziss
- Fathers
- Marine Mood

Two Poems

William E. Stafford
- Sayings from the Northern Ice
- The Bravery of Love

Two Poems

Donald Justice
- Variations on a Neo-Classic Theme
- Here in Katmandu

John Logan
- Reflection on the Date of a Book: October 26

Two Poems

Landis Everson
- Famine
- The Last Marriage

George Abbe
- The Bridge

Two Poems

Harold Witt
- Notre Dame Perfected by Reflection
- The Platonist Sees Snakes at an Ideal Moment

Gil Orlovitz
- Art of the Sonnet: XXIX

Two Poems

Lucile Adler
- Sisterly
- The Hunter

Emmanuel Torres
- Woman with Child
William Velton
- Autumn and After
Philip Ferguson Legler
- On the Death of a Test Pilot: A Footnote

Eight Poems

Howard Nemerov

Comment

Hayden Carruth and Jon Silkin
- The Separate Splendours: Homage to Edwin Muir
Howard Moss
- Over the Border
Donald Hall
- Claims on the Poet
Carolyn Kizer
- Rolfe Humphries: The Ordered Landscape
Wallace Fowlie
- French Chronicle: Recent Publications

Contributors
- - Charles Tomlinson
  - Ora May Hull
  - Sonia Raiziss
  - William E. Stafford
  - Donald Justice
  - John Logan
  - Landis Everson
- - George Abbe
  - Harold Witt
  - Gil Orlovitz
  - Lucile Adler
  - Emmanuel Torres
  - William Velton
  - Philip Ferguson Legler
- - Howard Nemerov
  - Hayden Carruth
  - Jon Silkin
  - Howard Moss
  - Donald Hall
  - Carolyn Kizer
  - Wallace Fowlie