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March 1956

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

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Hayden Carruth
Robert Beloof
René Char
Richard Hart
Galway Kinnell

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, March 1956

Table of Contents

René Char
- Les Transparents

Four Poems

W. S. Merwin

Richard L. Hart
- The Returner
Robert Beloof
- An Easter Riddle Song

Four Poems

Samuel French Morse

Five Poems

Frank O'Hara

Louis Zukofsky
- The Guests

Five Poems

Galway Kinnell

Daniel Tamkus
- Coming of the Bridal Wind
Rosalind Levine
- From "The Pomegranate"
Hayden Carruth
- The Fat Lady

Editorial

Hayden Carruth
- Why We're Still Here

Reviews

W. Blum
- A Poetry of Perspectives
Paul Goodman
- Between the Flash and the Thunderstroke
Louis O. Coxe
- High, Healthy, Invigorating
Reed Whittemore
- Childe Byron

Contributors
- - René Char
  - W. S. Merwin
  - Richard L. Hart
  - Robert Beloof
  - Samuel French Morse
- - Frank O'Hara
  - Louis Zukofsky
  - Galway Kinnell
  - Daniel Tamkus
  - Rosalind Levine
- - Hayden Carruth
  - W. Blum
  - Paul Goodman
  - Louis O. Coxe
  - Reed Whittemore