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May 1943

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

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David Daiches
Peter De Vries
Manuel Bandeira
Francisco Borja
Alicia Cadilla

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1943

Table of Contents

Jacques Roumain
- When the Tom-Tom Beats
Pablo Neruda
- Fantom of the Freighter
Alicia Cadilla
- The Boy Who Sells Sweet Oranges
Nicolás Guillén
- Federico
- Sabas
Francisco Borja
- The Dead Man

Two Poems

Ramón López Velarde
- What Delightful Madness
- If You Die Unwed

Julia Garcia Games
- Ode to England
Manuel Bandeira
- Morning Star
Rosamel Del Valle
- Shadow of the Fish
José Portogalo
- Poem about a Little Girl Who Owns a City and a River
Luis Pales Matos
- Lament

Two Poems

Gabriela Mistral
- Drinking
- Slow Rain

Gaston Figueira
- Little Ballad of a Sailor
Leopoldo Lugones
- Death of the Moon

Two Poems

José M. Eguren
- Ballad
- The Dead

Jorge Carrera Andrade
- The New American and His Point of View toward Poetry

Reviews

H. R. Hays
- A Latin American Panorama
John Peale Bishop
- On Translating Poets

Julia Le Cour Bowe
- Review of the Reviews

Contributors
- - Jacques Roumain
  - Pablo Neruda
  - Alicia Cadilla
  - Nicolás Guillén
  - Francisco Borja
  - Ramón López Velarde
  - Julia Garcia Games
- - Manuel Bandeira
  - Rosamel Del Valle
  - José Portogalo
  - Luis Pales Matos
  - Gabriela Mistral
  - Gaston Figueira
  - Leopoldo Lugones
- - José M. Eguren
  - Jorge Carrera Andrade
  - H. R. Hays
  - John Peale Bishop
  - Julia Le Cour Bowe