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November 1942

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

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Stephen Stepanchev
Witter Bynner
Helena Carus
David De Jong
Oliver Gogarty

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, November 1942

Table of Contents

Four Poems

Karl Shapiro

Three Poems

Ted Olson

Two Poems

H. R. Hays
- The Liberators
- To an American Flyer

Helena Carus
- Buddha, 480 B. C.

Four Poems

Witter Bynner

Ralph Gustafson
- Excelling the Starry Splendor of This Night
Alan Swallow
- Ode to Russia
Oliver St. John Gogarty
- Croker of Ballinagarde
David Cornel De Jong
- Suburban Life and Death

Four Poems

John Nerber

Stephen Stepanchev
- Serbian Poetry

Reviews

William M. Sale Jr.
- The Protean Rilke
Hi Simons
- The Humanism of Wallace Stevens
Ruth Dart Stephan
- A New Poet
John A. Holmes
- Brave Head in the Dirt
Marian Castleman
- Satires and Lyrics

Contributors
- - Karl Shapiro
  - Ted Olson
  - H. R. Hays
  - Helena Carus
  - Witter Bynner
  - Ralph Gustafson
- - Alan Swallow
  - Oliver St. John Gogarty
  - David Cornel De Jong
  - John Nerber
  - Stephen Stepanchev
  - William M. Sale Jr.
- - Hi Simons
  - Ruth Dart Stephan
  - John A. Holmes
  - Marian Castleman