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May 1953

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

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Reuel Denney
August Kadow
Dilys Laing
Philip Murray
Henry Rago

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1953

Table of Contents

Four Poems

Ruth Stone

Two Poems

Reuel Denney
- A Lakeshore Promenade
- The City Park

Byron Vazakas
- Winckelmann in Rome

Two Poems

August Kadow
- Royal Poinciana
- The Diving Bell

Dilys Bennett Laing
- Afternoon of a Forethinker
Henry W. Rago
- Two Poems

Three Poems

Leonard Wolf

Philip Murray
- De Arte Illuminandi
William Carlos Williams
- For Eleanor and Bill Monohan

Reviews

Wallace Fowlie
- Baudelaire Today
Babette Deutsch
- Homage to John Skelton
Martin J. Svaglic
- The Chicago Critics: Yes and Perhaps

Contributors
- - Ruth Stone
  - Reuel Denney
  - Byron Vazakas
  - August Kadow
- - Dilys Bennett Laing
  - Henry W. Rago
  - Leonard Wolf
  - Philip Murray
- - William Carlos Williams
  - Wallace Fowlie
  - Babette Deutsch
  - Martin J. Svaglic