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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1943

December 1943

Edward Bland
William Abrahams
Joseph Bennett
Nelson Bittner
Elizabeth Bohm

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Poem

From the magazine:
Meditation as Epitaph

By William Abrahams

Poem

From the magazine:
On Christmas Eve

By Nicholas Moore

Poem

From the magazine:
Le Temps Retrouv

By Babette Deutsch

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Table of Contents

Two Poems

William Abrahams
- Meditation as Epitaph
- Poem in Time of War

Three Poems

Nicholas Moore

Two Poems

Two Poems

Two Poems

Babette Deutsch
- Le Temps Retrouv

Four Poems

Eve Merriam

Two Poems

Edwin Muir
- The Trophy
- To the Old Gods
Karl Shapiro
- Christmas Tree
Peter De Vries
- James Thurber: The Comic Prufrock

Reviews

Paul Engle
- The American Search
Ruth Dart Stephan
- Fearing and the Art of Communication
Warren Beck
- The Pure Elixir, the American Thing
Edwin Honig
- Rilke and Hlderlin
Robert D. Harper
- Three Poets and the War

CONTRIBUTORS

William Abrahams
Warren Beck
Peter De Vries
Babette Deutsch
Paul Engle
Robert D. Harper
Edwin Honig
Eve Merriam
Nicholas Moore
Edwin Muir
Karl Shapiro
Ruth Dart Stephan

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