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August 1937

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

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Morton Zabel
Rolf Adriansen
Marion Bliss
Harold Chown
Dorothy Cooper

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, August 1937

Table of Contents

The Unerring Flower

Paul Eaton Reeve

Public Garden

Marion Strobel

Ends for Silences

Rolf Adriansen

Brewster Ghiselin
- Land Birds by the Sea

Fragments of Time

Norman Macleod

Zuni Rituals

Katharine Kennedy

Enduring Sojourn

Marion Louise Bliss
- The Earth Is Builded
- Deeper than Drouth

Edna Davis Romig
- Annunciation
Dorothy Cooper
- The Bridge
Winona Montgomery Gilliland
- In August
David Greenhood
- Summer Accident

Five Poems

Harold Meredith Chown

Morton Dauwen Zabel
- The Century of Leopardi
Charles K. Trueblood
- The Esthetics of Gerard Hopkins
Cleanth Brooks
- Poetry and Political Faith

Reviews

Harold Rosenberg
- The Hero of Arabia
Winfield Townley Scott
- Thin Smile of the Mind
Samuel French Morse
- Works in Progress
John Cournos
- Translating Pushkin

Contributors
- - Paul Eaton Reeve
  - Marion Strobel
  - Rolf Adriansen
  - Brewster Ghiselin
  - Norman Macleod
  - Katharine Kennedy
  - Marion Louise Bliss
- - Edna Davis Romig
  - Dorothy Cooper
  - Winona Montgomery Gilliland
  - David Greenhood
  - Harold Meredith Chown
  - Morton Dauwen Zabel
  - Charles K. Trueblood
- - Cleanth Brooks
  - Harold Rosenberg
  - Winfield Townley Scott
  - Samuel French Morse
  - John Cournos