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December 1943

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

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Edward Bland
William Abrahams
Joseph Bennett
Nelson Bittner
Elizabeth Bohm

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1943

Table of Contents

Two Poems

William Abrahams
- Meditation as Epitaph
- Poem in Time of War

Nelson Del Bittner
- The Dolls

Three Poems

Nicholas Moore

R. N. Currey
- This Other Planet: Three Poems on Exile

Two Poems

Jeanne McGahey
- Threat for Suburban
- Road to Chicago

Two Poems

Le Garde S. Doughty
- World at Night
- The Land, the Labor

Two Poems

George P. Elliott
- Pastorale
- The Cyclone

Elizabeth Bohm
- The Circle
Babette Deutsch
- Le Temps Retrouv
Israel Smith
- Memory of an Evening Fox

Four Poems

Eve Merriam

Joseph D. Bennett
- On Your Radio Tonight

Two Poems

Edwin Muir
- The Trophy
- To the Old Gods

W. W. Gibson
- Play
Karl Shapiro
- Christmas Tree

Peter De Vries
- James Thurber: The Comic Prufrock

Reviews

Paul Engle
- The American Search
Ruth Dart Stephan
- Fearing and the Art of Communication
Warren Beck
- The Pure Elixir, the American Thing
Edwin Honig
- Rilke and Hlderlin
Robert D. Harper
- Three Poets and the War

Contributors
- - William Abrahams
  - Nelson Del Bittner
  - Nicholas Moore
  - R. N. Currey
  - Jeanne McGahey
  - Le Garde S. Doughty
  - George P. Elliott
- - Elizabeth Bohm
  - Babette Deutsch
  - Israel Smith
  - Eve Merriam
  - Joseph D. Bennett
  - Edwin Muir
  - W. W. Gibson
- - Karl Shapiro
  - Peter De Vries
  - Paul Engle
  - Ruth Dart Stephan
  - Warren Beck
  - Edwin Honig
  - Robert D. Harper