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July 1959

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

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Daniel Berrigan
James Dickey
Allen Grossman
Denise Levertov
Julian Moynahan

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, July 1959

Table of Contents

James L. Dickey
William E. Stafford
- In Dear Detail, by Ideal Light
- At Earle Birney's School
Daniel Berrigan
John Woods
- Poem
- Two Songs for Lute
Julian Moynahan
- White Nights
- The Graduation Exercise Recollected
Charlotte A. Wilson
- Poem
Allen Grossman
- Pompeii
Denise Levertov

Comment

Marianne Moore
- Imagination in Action
Carolyn Kizer
- The Uses of Intelligence
Desmond Stewart
- Under a Harp and a Green Cover
John Montague
- Isolation and Cunning: Recent Irish Verse

Contributors
- - James L. Dickey
  - William E. Stafford
  - Daniel Berrigan
  - John Woods
- - Julian Moynahan
  - Charlotte A. Wilson
  - Allen Grossman
  - Denise Levertov
- - Marianne Moore
  - Carolyn Kizer
  - Desmond Stewart
  - John Montague