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September 1943

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

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Josephine Miles
Alfred Hayes
Langston Hughes
Weldon Kees
John Nims

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1943

Table of Contents

Six Poems

John Frederick Nims

Two Poems

William Pillin
- He
- Song ("The crows in windward...")

Florida Watts Smyth
- Reality

Four Poems

Langston Hughes
- Folks Who Knock at Madam's Door
- Crowing Hen Blues

Celeste Turner Wright
- Noblesse Oblige

Two Poems

Lionel Wiggam
- Encounter
- In Praise of Delay

Kenneth W. Porter
- East Texas

Three Poems

Alfred Hayes

Five Poems

Weldon Kees

Leon Edel
- Henry James and the Poets

Reviews

Max Jakob
- Stefan George Goes West
Kimon Friar
- Competence Is No Swan
H. R. Hays
- In the American Tradition
Alan S. Downer
- The Future of Tragedy
Richard Eberhart
- Heavenly-Mindedness
John A. Holmes
- Holiday Alone
Elaine S. Gottlieb
- Australian Romantics

Contributors
- - John Frederick Nims
  - William Pillin
  - Florida Watts Smyth
  - Langston Hughes
  - Celeste Turner Wright
  - Lionel Wiggam
- - Kenneth W. Porter
  - Alfred Hayes
  - Weldon Kees
  - Leon Edel
  - Max Jakob
  - Kimon Friar
- - H. R. Hays
  - Alan S. Downer
  - Richard Eberhart
  - John A. Holmes
  - Elaine S. Gottlieb