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February 1942

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

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Richard Eberhart
Andrade Carrera
David De Jong
William Empson
Guy Glover

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, February 1942

Table of Contents

American Notebook

May Sarton

Harry Roskolenko
- Ballad

Four Poems

Meyer Liben

Virginia Moore
- The Banshee

Four Poems

Julian Symons

Guy Glover
- In Act Is Fact
Jessica Nelson North
- Arctic Voyage
Frederick W. Reid
- The Sea Is Sorrow's Seed

Three Poems

Jorge Carrera Andrade

Five Poems

Julia Blauvelt McGrane

Kathleen Sutton
- It Is Not All Beauty

Three Poems

Eve Triem

Two Poems

Josephine Jacobsen
- Midnight Eden
- Respite1942

William Empson
- Bacchus IV

Three Poems

David Cornel De Jong

Richard Eberhart
- The Rebellious Will of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Reviews

Muna Lee
- An Ecuadoran Observes His World
John Nerber
- Tiresias in America
Milton Hindus
- Words Push the Bounds of Darkness Back
Amy Bonner
- Three Lyric Poets

Contributors
- - May Sarton
  - Harry Roskolenko
  - Meyer Liben
  - Virginia Moore
  - Julian Symons
  - Guy Glover
  - Jessica Nelson North
- - Frederick W. Reid
  - Jorge Carrera Andrade
  - Julia Blauvelt McGrane
  - Kathleen Sutton
  - Eve Triem
  - Josephine Jacobsen
  - William Empson
- - David Cornel De Jong
  - Richard Eberhart
  - Muna Lee
  - John Nerber
  - Milton Hindus
  - Amy Bonner