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October 1961

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

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Denise Levertov
Wallace Fowlie
Robert Bly
Philip Booth
Louis Coxe

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, October 1961

Table of Contents

William H. Dickey
M. L. Rosenthal
- Message
- Father's Day (Orthodox)
Louis O. Coxe
- Swift's Tomb in Saint Patrick's
- Sicilian Journey
Tom Scott
- The Twins
- On Hearing a Certain Pub Is Not Proper for Academics
Maurice English
Denise Levertov
- Matins
Melvin Walker La Follette
- Elegy
Robert Huff
- The Course
- Getting Drunk with Daughter
Michael Hamburger
Philip Booth
- Spit
Patricia Hooper
- The Stone Boy
W. Price Turner
- Conversations in Corners
Robert Bly

Comment

Wallace Fowlie
- To Begin Our Fiftieth Year
Charles Tomlinson
John Edward Hardy

Contents

Denise Levertov
- H. D.: An Appreciation

Contributors
- - William H. Dickey
  - M. L. Rosenthal
  - Louis O. Coxe
  - Tom Scott
  - Maurice English
  - Denise Levertov
- - Melvin Walker La Follette
  - Robert Huff
  - Michael Hamburger
  - Philip Booth
  - Patricia Hooper
  - W. Price Turner
- - Robert Bly
  - Wallace Fowlie
  - Charles Tomlinson
  - John Edward Hardy