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August 1933

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

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John Holmes
Ben Belitt
Laura Bird
R. Blackmur
Carl Bostelmann

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, August 1933

Table of Contents

Reflections

Norman Macleod

A Labyrinth of Being

R. P. Blackmur

Frances M. Frost
- Fusion

Lament and a Song

Josephine Johnson
- The Mortal Companion
- Autumn Song

Earl Daniels
- Weather Moods

Sung at Dusk

Laura Lee Bird
- Ascent
- Bondage
- After Dark
- Evening

Jay Du Von
- Three Poems
Lo Verne Wilson
- Epitaph

A Berkshire Settler

Margery Swett Mansfield
- Nostalgia
- Explanation

This Fountainhead

Ben Belitt
- Tower of Grass
- Words for an Old Wound

Carl John Bostelmann
- Dawn Vigil

So Ordered

Merrill Moore
- Leave the Telling of Jokes
- Fidelitas

Don Stanford
- The Lizard King Here
Dolores Cairns
- Dust
Helen Wolfert
- They Sleep

Three Poems

T. C. Wilson

Bertram Higgins
- The Confrontation

Comment

Harriet Monroe
- Between the Lake and the River

Reviews

Marianne Moore
- A Penguin in Moscow
Horace Gregory
- Le Front Rouge
Raymond Holden
- First Hurdle
Horace Gregory
- The New Hope
Robert Penn Warren
- Sight Unseen
T. C. Wilson
- Theory and Practice

Contributors
- - Norman Macleod
  - R. P. Blackmur
  - Frances M. Frost
  - Josephine Johnson
  - Earl Daniels
  - Laura Lee Bird
  - Jay Du Von
  - Lo Verne Wilson
- - Margery Swett Mansfield
  - Ben Belitt
  - Carl John Bostelmann
  - Merrill Moore
  - Don Stanford
  - Dolores Cairns
  - Helen Wolfert
  - T. C. Wilson
- - Bertram Higgins
  - Harriet Monroe
  - Marianne Moore
  - Horace Gregory
  - Raymond Holden
  - Robert Penn Warren