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Cover for Poetry Magazine, June 1945

June 1945

Pierre Seghers
Barbara Bellow
David De Jong
Charles Eaton
Robert Francis

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Poem

From the magazine:
A Pilot from the Carrier

By Randall Jarrell

Poem

From the magazine:
The Swimmer

By Irving Layton

Poem

From the magazine:
Encounter

By Robert Francis

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Table of Contents

Seven Poems

Randall Jarrell
Irving Layton
- The Swimmer

Two Poems

Two Poems

Robert Francis
- Encounter
- Part for the Whole

Two Poems

Four Poems

Two Poems

Two Poems

Three Poems

Pierre Seghers
- The "Vita Nuova" of Baroque Art in the Recent Poetry of Edith Sitwell: A Note in Appreciation

Reviews

E. S. Forgotson
- A Shift of Scenery and a Change of Cast
Francis C. Golffing
- Meditations on War
Macha Rosenthal
- Many Directions
John A. Holmes
- Too Much, Too Phony, and Too Soon
Richard Crowder
- The Sun Never Sets ...

CONTRIBUTORS

Richard Crowder
E. S. Forgotson
Robert Francis
Francis C. Golffing
John A. Holmes
Randall Jarrell
Irving Layton
Macha Rosenthal
Pierre Seghers

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