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May 1949

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

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Paul Goodman
William O'Connor
Joseph Beach
Hayden Carruth
Patrick Kavanagh

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1949

Table of Contents

Five Poems

Rosalie Moore
- The Grasshopper's Man
- Stand before Him as Would

Two Poems

V. R. Lang
- The Suicide
- Philosopher-King

Four Poems

William Burford

Adrien Stoutenburg
- The Binge
Rosemary Thomas
- Sleeping Peacock
Neil Weiss
- Refrain

Two Poems

Diana Witherby
- Institution Child
- St. James' Park

Frances Crawford
- Who Sees the Panic

Three Poems

Charles Francis Knauber

Two Poems

Irving Feldman
- Song
- When We Go Walking

R. F. Capon
- Prothalamium
Georgia Ronan
- Immunity
William Goyen
- Three Artifices
Bruce Phemister
- Letter
Miles White
- Precipice
Addison Ward
- Sonnet ("Monsters in their...")
Julia Randall
- Two Rhymes for Anne Williams
John Philip
- Poem ("Pamphleteering autumn...")
George H. Dillon
- A Change of Editorship

Comment

E. E. Cummings
- Eleven Quotations
Rainer Maria Rilke
- The Quotations

Marion Strobel
- Intramural
William Carlos Williams
- Notes Towards an Autobiography: The Childish Background (Continued)

Reviews

Richard Wilbur
- Between Visits
William Abrahams
- Program of Entertainment

Contributors
- - Rosalie Moore
  - V. R. Lang
  - William Burford
  - Adrien Stoutenburg
  - Rosemary Thomas
  - Neil Weiss
  - Diana Witherby
  - Frances Crawford
  - Charles Francis Knauber
- - Irving Feldman
  - R. F. Capon
  - Georgia Ronan
  - William Goyen
  - Bruce Phemister
  - Miles White
  - Addison Ward
  - Julia Randall
  - John Philip