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May 1941

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

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Henry Rago
Winfield Scott
William Williams
August Derleth
John Fletcher

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1941

Table of Contents

Six Poems

Stanley Kunitz

John Gould Fletcher
- Memorial for 1940
Sara Van Alstyne Allen
- Vine in Early Spring
Edouard Roditi
- Avenue Des Champs Elysees

Two Poems

Michael Roberts
- The Red Tower
- The Images of Death

Four Poems

Langston Hughes

Alice Clay Judson
- Mist Reflections

Three Poems

Leonora Speyer

John Dillon
- A Face at Fate
William Saroyan
- The Beautiful People
Edwin Honig
- Odyssey
Dorian Cooke
- Meditations

Four Poems

William Robert Moses

The New Intellectualism: Two Views

Winfield Townley Scott
- The New Intellectualism: The Dry Reaction
Sherman Conrad
- The New Intellectualism: Poetry as a Jackdaw's Nest

Reviews

Thomas Howells
- A Wide Range
Karl Shapiro
- Two Veterans
Inez Cunningham Stark
- The Native Scene
Harry Thornton Moore
- Poetry on Records

Correspondence

Henry W. Rago
- To Keep Our Metaphysics Warm
William Carlos Williams
- Correspondence: A Warm Word for Daiches

Contributors
- - Stanley Kunitz
  - John Gould Fletcher
  - Sara Van Alstyne Allen
  - Edouard Roditi
  - Michael Roberts
  - Langston Hughes
  - Alice Clay Judson
- - Leonora Speyer
  - John Dillon
  - William Saroyan
  - Edwin Honig
  - Dorian Cooke
  - William Robert Moses
  - Winfield Townley Scott
- - Sherman Conrad
  - Thomas Howells
  - Karl Shapiro
  - Inez Cunningham Stark
  - Harry Thornton Moore
  - Henry W. Rago
  - William Carlos Williams