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Cover for Poetry Magazine, September 1943

September 1943

 
  • Josephine Miles
  • Alfred Hayes
  • Langston Hughes
  • Weldon Kees
  • John Nims
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Table of Contents

Six Poems
  • John Frederick Nims
    • Elevated
    • Tennis Trophy
    • Dollar Bill
    • Movie
    • Shot down at Night
    • The Blonde Sonata
Two Poems
  • William Pillin
    • He
    • Song ("The crows in windward...")
  • Florida Watts Smyth
    • Reality
Four Poems
  • Langston Hughes
    • Folks Who Knock at Madam's Door
    • Crowing Hen Blues
  • Celeste Turner Wright
    • Noblesse Oblige
Two Poems
  • Lionel Wiggam
    • Encounter
    • In Praise of Delay
  • Kenneth W. Porter
    • East Texas
Three Poems
  • Alfred Hayes
    • A Ride on the Carousel
    • The Chapel
    • The Slaughter-House
Five Poems
  • Weldon Kees
    • Crime Club
    • Report of the Meeting
    • Sestina: Travel Notes
    • Xantha Street
    • That Winter
  • Leon Edel
    • Henry James and the Poets
Reviews
  • Max Jakob
    • Stefan George Goes West
  • Kimon Friar
    • Competence Is No Swan
  • H. R. Hays
    • In the American Tradition
  • Alan S. Downer
    • The Future of Tragedy
  • Richard Eberhart
    • Heavenly-Mindedness
  • John A. Holmes
    • Holiday Alone
  • Elaine S. Gottlieb
    • Australian Romantics
CONTRIBUTORS
  • Alan S. Downer
  • Richard Eberhart
  • Leon Edel
  • Kimon Friar
  • Elaine S. Gottlieb
  • Alfred Hayes
  • H. R. Hays
  • John A. Holmes
  • Langston Hughes
  • Max Jakob
  • Weldon Kees
  • John Frederick Nims
  • William Pillin
  • Kenneth W. Porter
  • Florida Watts Smyth
  • Lionel Wiggam
  • Celeste Turner Wright
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