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April 1953

 
  • Ruby Haykin
  • Hayden Carruth
  • John Ciardi
  • Robert Graves
  • James Hall
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Ballad of the Scarecrow Christ

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Measurements

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Table of Contents

Five Poems
  • Elder James Olson
    • Ballad of the Scarecrow Christ
    • Plot Improbable, Character Unsympathetic
    • The Fountain
    • The Night There Was Dancing in the Streets
    • Jack-in-the-Box
Two Poems
  • Hayden Carruth
    • Ends
    • Directive
Three Poems
  • John Ciardi
    • Measurements
    • Elegy for Jog
    • Domesticity
  • Robert Graves
    • From the Embassy
  • James Baker Hall
    • The Hunt Within
  • Anthony Hecht
    • Spring for Thomas Hardy
  • Peter Viereck
    • Nostalgia
Two Poems
  • Rosalie Moore
    • Of Singles and Doubles
    • View of Rome circa 1200
  • Anthony Ostroff
    • Portrait of a Latter Day Refugee
Four Poems
  • Kenneth Patchen
    • Beautiful You Are
    • The Unanswering Correspondences
    • All Is Safe
    • Under a Tree
Reviews
  • Bruce Berlind
    • A Curious Accomplishment
  • Harry Roskolenko
    • A Variety of Poets
  • Thomas Cole
    • Wilbur's Second Volume
Opinion
  • Charles G. Bell
    • G. A. Borgese, Poet-Seer
  • Nicholas Joost
    • Poetry Chronicle
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Charles G. Bell
  • Bruce Berlind
  • Hayden Carruth
  • John Ciardi
  • Thomas Cole
  • Robert Graves
  • James Baker Hall
  • Anthony Hecht
  • Nicholas Joost
  • Rosalie Moore
  • Elder James Olson
  • Anthony Ostroff
  • Kenneth Patchen
  • Harry Roskolenko
  • Peter Viereck
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