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November 1948

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

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David Williams
William Elton
Violet Anderson
Benedict Borrazzo
Robert Francis

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, November 1948

Table of Contents

Five Poems

William Jay Smith

Two Poems

Alfred Hayes
- The Shrunken Head
- An Epistle to the Gentiles

Howard Moss
- The City Lion
Ruth Lechlitner
- Lines for the Year's End
Lii Tyng Kwei
- While I Study Abroad
George Witter Sherman
- From "The Chemists"
Alfred Kreymborg
- Spring and Winter
Violet Anderson
- Through the Barber Shop Window

Three Poems

Robert Hullihan

Ernest Kroll
- Miners
John Sutherland
- Convalescent
Paul B. Newman
- Parchman, Mississippi

Three Poems

Benedict Borrazzo

Two Poems

Robert Francis
- The Big Tent
- Portrait

Derek Stanford
- Private Autumn
Donald Justice
- Here Lies Love

Modern Instances

David Park Williams
- Notebooks, 1924-1938 (Continued)
Israel Newman
- The Physiology of Consciousness and Its Relation to Poetry (Continued)

Reviews

Reed Whittemore
- Pound on Pound
Dudley Fitts
- Meredith's Second Volume
Robert Liddell Lowe
- The Lyrics of William Jay Smith
Barbara Gibbs
- White-Caps on a Rough Sea

Contributors
- - William Jay Smith
  - Alfred Hayes
  - Howard Moss
  - Ruth Lechlitner
  - Lii Tyng Kwei
  - George Witter Sherman
  - Alfred Kreymborg
  - Violet Anderson
- - Robert Hullihan
  - Ernest Kroll
  - John Sutherland
  - Paul B. Newman
  - Benedict Borrazzo
  - Robert Francis
  - Derek Stanford
  - Donald Justice
- - David Park Williams
  - Israel Newman
  - Reed Whittemore
  - Dudley Fitts
  - Robert Liddell Lowe
  - Barbara Gibbs