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May 1945

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

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Kenneth Alling
John Ciardi
M. Constable
Babette Deutsch
Rolfe Humphries

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Table of Contents

Ten Poems

Ray Smith

Two Poems

Babette Deutsch
- The Net
- Bull

James Laughlin
- The Avalanche; The Shape of Love
Mary N. S. Whiteley
- Shells of Exile
M. H. Constable
- Have Them Come in by Night

Seven Poems

Kenneth Slade Alling
- Killdeer
- Moth
- Crow
- Batdom
- Locusts, Etc.
- Woodpecker
- Yellow Bird

Rolfe Humphries
- Caveamus

Four Poems

Morris Weisenthal

Rainer Maria Rilke
- Pietà

Five Poems

John Ciardi

Reviews

David Daiches
- Towards the Proper Spirit
A. J. M. Smith
- Five Poets
Darrel Abel
- A Practice Flight
Jessica Nelson North
- To Catch the Silver Fish
John Frederick Nims
- Tares and Wheat
E. S. Forgotson
- Social Poetry: Four Recent Specimens
Harvey Curtis Webster
- Another Best

Contributors
- - Ray Smith
  - Babette Deutsch
  - James Laughlin
  - Mary N. S. Whiteley
  - M. H. Constable
  - Kenneth Slade Alling
- - Rolfe Humphries
  - Morris Weisenthal
  - Rainer Maria Rilke
  - John Ciardi
  - David Daiches
  - A. J. M. Smith
- - Darrel Abel
  - Jessica Nelson North
  - John Frederick Nims
  - E. S. Forgotson
  - Harvey Curtis Webster