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April 1944

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

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D. Savage
Agustí Bartra
John Bishop
Raynor Chapman
Will Gibson

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, April 1944

Table of Contents

Three Poems

John Frederick Nims

Agustí Bartra
- Far off, They Are Lying
Sister Mary Jeremy, O.P.
- Gerard Manley Hopkins: 1844-1944

Two Poems

James E. Schevill
- Portrait of My Mother
- A Winter Ode

Two Poems

John Peale Bishop
- The Parallel
- The Spare Quilt

Two Poems

Will Gibson
- Homecoming Piece
- Kaw River: Heron

Four Poems

Raynor D. Chapman

Two Poems

Hoyt H. Hudson
- Pastor Almost Shes God
- Gastropod at Prayer

Five Poems

Katinka Loeser

Horace Gregory
- On the Translation of the Classics into English Poetry

Reviews

David Daiches
- The Craftsman and the Poet
Milton Hindus
- The Equation of Sensibility with Expression
Langston Hughes
- Too Long, Too Cute, Two Good
Dudley Fitts
- Mighty Lak a Whale
Howard Moss
- Wrong Detour
Mona Van Duyn
- Two Traditions

Contributors
- - John Frederick Nims
  - Agustí Bartra
  - Sister Mary Jeremy, O.P.
  - James E. Schevill
  - John Peale Bishop
  - Will Gibson
- - Raynor D. Chapman
  - Hoyt H. Hudson
  - Katinka Loeser
  - Horace Gregory
  - David Daiches
  - Milton Hindus