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May 1974

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

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Dannie Abse
Jack Anderson
Richard Cecil
Philip Dacey
William Davis

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1974

Table of Contents

Jack Anderson
- True Loves
- Ode to Pornography
Dannie Abse
- Angels
- Ghosts
Michael Hamburger
Philip Dacey
- The Rowboat
Richard Cecil
- The Architect of Glass Houses
Ben Howard
- Incision
Mark Jarman
- From Another Planet
- Though We No Longer Possess It
William Virgil Davis
- The Science of Numbers: Or Poetry as Pure Mathematics
- In a Room
Greg Kuzma
Robert Pinsky
- Discretions of Alcibiades
David Schloss
- Fall
Richard Shelton
- The Little Dogs
Robert Siegel
- A Lady Who Lov'd a Swine
John N. Morris

From Elements of San Joaquin

Gary Soto
- Field

Anthony G. Sobin
William E. Stafford

Comment

Dick Allen

Contents

David Schloss
- The Poem ("I had never heard...")

Contributors
- - Jack Anderson
  - Dannie Abse
  - Michael Hamburger
  - Philip Dacey
  - Richard Cecil
  - Ben Howard
- - Mark Jarman
  - William Virgil Davis
  - Greg Kuzma
  - Robert Pinsky
  - David Schloss
  - Richard Shelton
- - Robert Siegel
  - John N. Morris
  - Gary Soto
  - Anthony G. Sobin
  - William E. Stafford
  - Dick Allen