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January 1954

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

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Sven Armens
Warren Carrier
Edward Dahlberg
Leah Drake
Andrew Glaze

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, January 1954

Table of Contents

Three Poems

William Jay Smith

Warren Carrier
- Exile

Two Poems

J. Radcliffe Squires
- The Red Flower
- The Moment

Edward Dahlberg
- Two Poems
Andrew Glaze
- Ludwig Rellstab's Visit to Beethoven
Sven Armens
- Love at Old Orchard Beach

Two Poems

Byron Vazakas
- Try, Traveler
- Things Pass, Things Change

Legendary Tapestries

Leah Bodine Drake
- Semele

Stanley Moss
- Sailing from the United States
Richard Moore
- The Fish

Two Poems

Mona Van Duyn
- The Gentle Snorer
- Death by Aesthetics

Parker Tyler
- The Dandy and His Echo

Reviews

Elder James Olson
- The Poetry of Dylan Thomas
Martin J. Svaglic
- Allen Tate on the Top of the Ladder
Lora Dunetz
- First Variations on a Theme
Babette Deutsch
- A Hopeful Practitioner
I. L. Salomon
- David Wagoner's First Volume
John Edwards
- Pound's Translations
Hugh Kenner
- Inside the Featherbed

Contributors
- - William Jay Smith
  - Warren Carrier
  - J. Radcliffe Squires
  - Edward Dahlberg
  - Andrew Glaze
  - Sven Armens
  - Byron Vazakas
- - Leah Bodine Drake
  - Stanley Moss
  - Richard Moore
  - Mona Van Duyn
  - Parker Tyler
  - Elder James Olson
  - Martin J. Svaglic
- - Lora Dunetz
  - Babette Deutsch
  - I. L. Salomon
  - John Edwards
  - Hugh Kenner