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January 1942

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

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Eunice Tietjens
William Abrahams
George Barker
John Buxton
Katherine Chapin

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, January 1942

Table of Contents

Keidrych Rhys
- Tragic Guilt

Two Poems

John Buxton
- For D. L., Killed in the Last War
- Sonnet ("I saw men's homes burst...")

Hazel C Hutchison
- Anyway

Four Poems

George Barker

Five Poems

John Frederick Nims
- Prayer
- To Lovers
- Ventriloquism
- Love
- Mozart

William Abrahams
- Poem

Three Poems

Mary N. S. Whiteley

Edith Lovejoy Pierce
- Manifesto

Three Poems

André Spire

Two Poems

Frances Jennings Stillman
- The Scars
- Martyrs' Blood

Laurette Pizer
- Poem ("I wish that I might...")

Two Poems

Glenn Ward Dresbach
- The Last Corn Shock
- Stone Wall

Edward A. Richards
- Wintersong
John Frederick Frank
- Dead Man
Robert Penn Warren
- Revelation

Five Poems

Katherine Garrison Chapin

New Section

David Daiches
- Poets and the War

Reviews

John Gould Fletcher
- Dust Swirl over Manhattan
Marion Strobel
- Echoes and a Voice
Nelson Algren
- We Thank You with Reservations
Katinka Loeser
- Our Little Precious
Virginia Moore
- The Living Chaucer

Contributors
- - Keidrych Rhys
  - John Buxton
  - Hazel C Hutchison
  - George Barker
  - John Frederick Nims
  - William Abrahams
  - Mary N. S. Whiteley
  - Edith Lovejoy Pierce
- - André Spire
  - Frances Jennings Stillman
  - Laurette Pizer
  - Glenn Ward Dresbach
  - Edward A. Richards
  - John Frederick Frank
  - Robert Penn Warren
  - Katherine Garrison Chapin
- - David Daiches
  - John Gould Fletcher
  - Marion Strobel
  - Nelson Algren
  - Katinka Loeser
  - Virginia Moore