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October 1947

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

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Jacques Allamand
William Elton
Constance Carrier
Thomas Cole
Kenneth Fearing

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1947

Table of Contents

Three Poems

Carl Sandburg

Four Poems

Robinson Jeffers

Two Poems

Wallace Stevens
- The Ultimate Poem Is Abstract
- Bouquet of Roses in Sunlight

Yvor Winters
- An Ode

Four Poems

Weldon Kees

Thomas Cole
- The Violent Weaklings

Two Poems

Reed Whittemore
- The Primitives
- The Siege

Constance Carrier
- Theater
Richard Gillman
- Girl Bathers and the Gulls

Two Poems

Robert Graves
- Return of the Goddess Artemis
- Intercession in Late October

Robert Hillyer
- A Voice in the Night

Three Poems

Kenneth Fearing

Two Poems

Lysander Kemp
- Tumbando Caa
- Invitation to the Dance

William Carlos Williams
- from From "Paterson: Book II"

Marion Strobel
- 543 Cass Street
John Dillon
- The "Little Magazine" Gimmick

Reviews

David Daiches
Henry W. Rago
- The Gain Is Gloss

Contributors
- - Carl Sandburg
  - Robinson Jeffers
  - Wallace Stevens
  - Yvor Winters
  - Weldon Kees
  - Thomas Cole
- - Reed Whittemore
  - Constance Carrier
  - Richard Gillman
  - Robert Graves
  - Robert Hillyer
  - Kenneth Fearing
- - Lysander Kemp
  - William Carlos Williams
  - Marion Strobel
  - John Dillon
  - David Daiches
  - Henry W. Rago