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February 1948

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

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Stephen Spender
William Williams
David Daiches
Elizabeth Brewster
Claire Burch

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, February 1948

Table of Contents

Seven Poems

Richard Wilbur

Two Poems

Claire Burch
- The Brewers
- Some People

Roy Fuller
- On Seeing the Leni Riefenstahl Film of the 1936 Olympic Games
John Ciardi
- To Judith

Six Poems

Hayden Carruth

Elizabeth Brewster
- Fool's Song

Two Poems

William Poster
- Song of Crosscurrents and Counteractions
- Song of Suppressed Rebellion

Helen Curry
- American Story

A Communication

Elder James Olson
- Is Theory Possible?

Opinion

Stanley Edgar Hyman
- R. P. Blackmur and the Expense of Criticism

Reviews

R. P. Blackmur
- Poetry and Sensibility: Some Rules of Thumb
Alfred C. Ames
- The Trouble Called Aspiration
Owen Dodson
- Carousels and Rain

William Van O'Connor
- The Direction of the Little Magazine

Contributors
- - Richard Wilbur
  - Claire Burch
  - Roy Fuller
  - John Ciardi
  - Hayden Carruth
- - Elizabeth Brewster
  - William Poster
  - Helen Curry
  - Elder James Olson
  - Stanley Edgar Hyman
- - R. P. Blackmur
  - Alfred C. Ames
  - Owen Dodson
  - William Van O'Connor