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June 1953

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

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Herman Salinger
Wallace Fowlie
Howard Griffin
John Ciardi
Patricia Coombs

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, June 1953

Table of Contents

Robert Penn Warren
- The Lie

Three Poems

Sandra Wool

Lewis Hill
- For the Complaint of Love

Two Poems

James L. Dickey
- The Child in Armor
- The Anniversary

J. V. Meade
- Winter's End
Edwin Rolfe
- A Poem to Delight My Friends Who Laugh at Science-Fiction
E. J. Pratt
- The Unromantic Moon
Josephine Jacobsen
- Time Exposure
John Ciardi
- Temptation
Theodore Weiss
- Sonata Pathetique

Three Poems

Patricia Coombs

Reviews

Hayden Carruth
- Write Little; Do It Well
Howard Griffin
- The Chicago Critics: Yes and Perhaps
Hugh Kenner
- A Narcissist of Action

Editorial

Elizabeth Pollet
- Communication
Karl Shapiro
- Does "Poetry" Have a "Policy"?

Contributors
- - Robert Penn Warren
  - Sandra Wool
  - Lewis Hill
  - James L. Dickey
  - J. V. Meade
  - Edwin Rolfe
- - E. J. Pratt
  - Josephine Jacobsen
  - John Ciardi
  - Theodore Weiss
  - Patricia Coombs
  - Hayden Carruth
- - Howard Griffin
  - Hugh Kenner
  - Elizabeth Pollet
  - Karl Shapiro