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October 1948

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

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Israel Newman
William Elton
Eric Barker
Elizabeth Daryush
Howard Griffin

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1948

Table of Contents

Stephen Spender
- Tom's A-Cold
Louis Second
- Thackeray, Etc.
Alexis Healy
- Necropsy

Four Poems

Nicolás Guillén

Eric Wilson Barker
- Full Moon, West Coast

Two Poems

Elizabeth Daryush
- The Look
- Loved Faces

Kenneth O. Hanson
- Copalis Beach

Two Poems

William E. Stafford
- Super Market
- Sunday Avenue

Ruthven Todd
- Love Is the Law
William Saroyan
- From "To Write a Poem"

Two Poems

Philip Murray
- The Corinthian
- Rockabye Baby

Howard Griffin
- The Party
Vernon Watkins
- Under the Lime-Tree

George H. Dillon
- For the Record
Archibald MacLeish
- Notebooks, 1924-1938

Reviews

Richard Eberhart
- Song of the Nerves
Harvey Breit
- Wanted: A Hell
Janet Loxley Lewis
- Postscripts
Thomas C. Lea
- Lofty Ireland Darkly Sung

Contributors
- - Stephen Spender
  - Louis Second
  - Alexis Healy
  - Nicolás Guillén
  - Eric Wilson Barker
  - Elizabeth Daryush
  - Kenneth O. Hanson
- - William E. Stafford
  - Ruthven Todd
  - William Saroyan
  - Philip Murray
  - Howard Griffin
  - Vernon Watkins
  - George H. Dillon
- - Archibald MacLeish
  - Richard Eberhart
  - Harvey Breit
  - Janet Loxley Lewis
  - Thomas C. Lea