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June 1936

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

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Harriet Monroe
Winston Ashley
Groff Conklin
August Derleth
Jay Du Von

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, June 1936

Table of Contents

Lyrics

Marion Strobel

Communications

Jay Du Von

Jesse Stuart
- Youth in Spring

Three Poems

D. S. Savage

Slow Paces

Jacob Trapp

Prospects

Betty Phillips

Edna Davis Romig
- Speculation
Alexander R. Schmidt
- This Song-Shot Hour

Two Poems

Helen Stephens Seiffert
- This Fragile Chain
- The Mole

August W. Derleth
- Calliope Music

A Sheaf of Flutes

Winston Ashley

Fracture of Light

Samuel French Morse

Groff Conklin
- Soul for Tears

The Latched Gate

Edward Weismiller

Harriet Monroe
- Present-Day Tendencies

Reviews

Agnes Lee
- Baudelaire in English
Louise Bogan
- The Poet Dickinson
C. A. Millspaugh
- First Movement
A. J. M. Smith
- American Primitives
Robert Penn Warren
- Straws in the Wind

New Section

Edgar Lee Masters
- Correspondence

Contributors
- - Marion Strobel
  - Jay Du Von
  - Jesse Stuart
  - D. S. Savage
  - Jacob Trapp
  - Betty Phillips
  - Edna Davis Romig
- - Alexander R. Schmidt
  - Helen Stephens Seiffert
  - August W. Derleth
  - Winston Ashley
  - Samuel French Morse
  - Groff Conklin
  - Edward Weismiller
- - Harriet Monroe
  - Agnes Lee
  - Louise Bogan
  - C. A. Millspaugh
  - A. J. M. Smith
  - Robert Penn Warren
  - Edgar Lee Masters