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July 1940

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

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F. Weiskopf
John Ciardi
Kenneth Gee
Paul Goodman
Amanda Hall

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, July 1940

Table of Contents

Thomas Wood Stevens
- The Cactus
John Ciardi
- On a Photograph of a German Soldier Dead in Poland

Two Poems

Paul Goodman
- To Undo the Work of the Creation
- Electra

Peter Viereck
- Graves Are Made to Waltz On

Three Poems

Henry W. Rago

Margery Swett Mansfield
- Blessing Mrs. Larkin

Two Poems

Edith Franklin Wyatt
- Stream of Consciousness1816
- Perugino's World

Poems for Small Apartments

Edward Horn
- The Brilliant
- Recall

Kenneth Gee

Kenneth Gee
- Two Poems
Amanda Benjamin Hall
- New England Sabbath
Alfred Hayes
- The Imitation of Faust

Reviews

Leo Shapiro
- The Medievalism of T. S. Eliot
Lionel Abel
- Clever, Disconcerting, Rash
Gladys Campbell
- A Singing Gallery
M. Jean Prussing
- Four Poets
William M. Sale Jr.
- Aspects of Craft
Edouard Roditi
- Anthologies as Balance-Sheets

Contributors
- - Thomas Wood Stevens
  - John Ciardi
  - Paul Goodman
  - Peter Viereck
  - Henry W. Rago
  - Margery Swett Mansfield
- - Edith Franklin Wyatt
  - Edward Horn
  - Kenneth Gee
  - Amanda Benjamin Hall
  - Alfred Hayes
  - Leo Shapiro
- - Lionel Abel
  - Gladys Campbell
  - M. Jean Prussing
  - William M. Sale Jr.
  - Edouard Roditi