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January 1956

Hans Holthusen
Robert Bloom
Vi Gale
David Galler
John Hollander

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From this Issue

Poem

The Prisoner of War Returns through the Underground

Poem

Outdoors One Makes Most Strange, My Lady

Poem

Nikko Kekko, Beautiful Nikko

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Table of Contents

Two Poems

Thomas Vance
- The Prisoner of War Returns through the Underground
- The Instant in the Eye

Three Poems

David Galler

Three Poems

John N. Morris

Two Poems

Ann Stanford
- Lost Objects
- The Measure
Carolyn Kizer
- Complex Autumnal

Three Poems

Ronald Lee Perry

Two Poems

Vi Gale
- The Spit
- The Old Fishstation
Robert Bloom
- Vintage Country
John Hollander
- The Jewels and the Gracchi
Michael McClure
- 2 for Theodore Roethke

Two Poems

Richard Howard
- Landed: A Valentine
- Agreement with Sir Charles Sedley
Leonard E. Nathan
- The Sky Hung Idiot Blue

Three Poems

Brian O'Doherty
Owen Raynor
- Baltimore Summer

Two Poems

Christopher Middleton
- Aesthetics for Benetto Gulgo
- The Suspense

Comment

Hans Egon Holthusen
- Wallace Stevens
Kenneth Burke
- Likings of an Observationist
Hugh Kenner
- A Tongue That Naked Goes

CONTRIBUTORS

Robert Bloom
Kenneth Burke
Vi Gale
David Galler
John Hollander
Hans Egon Holthusen
Richard Howard
Hugh Kenner
Carolyn Kizer
Michael McClure
Christopher Middleton
John N. Morris
Leonard E. Nathan
Brian O'Doherty
Ronald Lee Perry
Owen Raynor
Ann Stanford
Thomas Vance

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