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January 1957

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

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Joseph Beach
William Belvin
Witter Bynner
Daniel Hoffman
Louis Johnson

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, January 1957

Table of Contents

Rosalie Moore
Ruth Stone
John Woods
- The Map of Water
- Poem by Water
William Belvin
- A Christening
- Satan on Economics
Daniel G. Hoffman
- In the Beginning
Edith L. Tiempo
- The Pestle
- Mid-Morning for Sheba
August Kadow
- Key West
Winfield Townley Scott
- Between Ironwood and the Sea
Louis Johnson
- Nimrod
Professor Emeritus Joseph Warren Beach
- Early Morning
Lysander Kemp
- The Vacation
Sylvia Plath
Saul Touster
- Charles Pguy (1873-1914)
Sylvia Plath
- Two Sisters of Persephone
Saul Touster
- The Poet
Witter Bynner
- Inscriptions on Chinese Paintings

Comment

Thom Gunn
- Eight Poets
William Meredith
- Poetry and the Counter-Broadway Theater
Katherine Garrison Chapin
- A French View
Charles Tomlinson
- Rock Bottom

Contributors
- - Rosalie Moore
  - Ruth Stone
  - John Woods
  - William Belvin
  - Daniel G. Hoffman
  - Edith L. Tiempo
- - August Kadow
  - Winfield Townley Scott
  - Louis Johnson
  - Professor Emeritus Joseph Warren Beach
  - Lysander Kemp
  - Sylvia Plath
- - Saul Touster
  - Witter Bynner
  - Thom Gunn
  - William Meredith
  - Katherine Garrison Chapin
  - Charles Tomlinson