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August 1941

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

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D. Savage
Katherine Chapin
Thomas Chubb
R. Currey
Oliver Gogarty

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, August 1941

Table of Contents

Oliver St. John Gogarty

Seven Poems

Josephine Miles

Daniel W. Smythe
- The Pheasant

Two Poems

John A. Holmes
- To Keep and Not to Keep
- The Praise of Poetry

Louise Townsend Nicholl
- The Past Is a Foreign Port
Alan Rook
- London, 1941
Thomas Caldecot Chubb
- Dark Wings in the Night

Two Poems

R. N. Currey
- Among Strangers
- Spring Offensive

Two Poems

Helen Goldbaum
- The Human Touch
- Fellow Stockholders

Edith Henrich
- Morning

Two Poems

Kenneth W. Porter
- Hill Fort: Carradale Point
- Song of John Horse

Reviews

Karl Shapiro
- Symbol of Our Search
Harold Rosenberg
- Ringing the Changes
Eunice Tietjens
- An Old, Old Garden
F. C. Weiskopf
- In Two Languages
H. R. Hays
- First Flight
Judith S. Bond
- Observing and Describing
Edouard Roditi
- A Gothic Parthenon

Amy Bonner
- Verse Drama and the Radio

Contributors
- - Oliver St. John Gogarty
  - Josephine Miles
  - Daniel W. Smythe
  - John A. Holmes
  - Louise Townsend Nicholl
  - Alan Rook
  - Thomas Caldecot Chubb
- - R. N. Currey
  - Helen Goldbaum
  - Edith Henrich
  - Kenneth W. Porter
  - Karl Shapiro
  - Harold Rosenberg
  - Eunice Tietjens
- - F. C. Weiskopf
  - H. R. Hays
  - Judith S. Bond
  - Edouard Roditi
  - Amy Bonner