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October 1955

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

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Karl Shapiro
Wallace Fowlie
William Williams
Henry Rago
Henry Birnbaum

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1955

Table of Contents

Peter Viereck
- A Walk on Moss

Two Poems

William Jay Smith
- Vision at Twilight
- A Parable

Henry Birnbaum
- A Family Group

Two Poems

Frank O'Hara
- The Eyelid Has Its Storms . . .
- Now It Is Light . . .

William Meredith
- The Fish-Vendor
Calvin Thomas Jr.
- For a Girl Killed at Sea

Four Poems

Felix N. Stefanile

Philip Booth
- Letter from a Distant Land

Four Poems

Fernando Pessoa
- Autopsychography
- Odes (as Ricardo Reis)
- Discontinuous Poems (as Alberto Caeiro)
- The Herdsman (as Alberto Caeiro)

Three Poems

Ruth Stone

Two Poems

Francis C. Golffing
- Drinking at Dusk
- Dry Gold

Howard Nemerov
- Sunderland

Comment

Edouard Roditi
- The Several Names of Fernando Pessoa

Barbara Howes
- A Solitary Walk
Richard Eberhart
- Silver and Gold
Hayden Carruth
- Edwin Muir's Autobiography
Winfield Townley Scott
- Intentions and Commitments

Contributors
- - Peter Viereck
  - William Jay Smith
  - Henry Birnbaum
  - Frank O'Hara
  - William Meredith
  - Calvin Thomas Jr.
- - Felix N. Stefanile
  - Philip Booth
  - Fernando Pessoa
  - Ruth Stone
  - Francis C. Golffing
  - Howard Nemerov
- - Edouard Roditi
  - Barbara Howes
  - Richard Eberhart
  - Hayden Carruth
  - Winfield Townley Scott