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July 1961

Muriel Rukeyser
J. Cameron
Mary Carlton
James Crenner
Peter Davison

Table of Contents

From this Issue

Poem

The Night the Boy Sang

Poem

Of Tutankhamen's Tomb

Poem

Song to a Crippled Child

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Table of Contents

J. Cameron
- The Night the Boy Sang
- Only the Name Is Common to Horses
- South-West Passage
- Inferences
Mary Carlton
- Of Tutankhamen's Tomb
James T. Crenner
- Song to a Crippled Child
Peter Davison
- Artemis
- Sacrificial Mask
William Duffy
- An Old Man's Walk
- Bachelor Place
Edward Field
- The Telephone
- Goats
- Who Is Sylvia
Richard Frost
- Villanelle of the Circus Villains
- Hunting in Deep Creek
Barbara Guest
- Dido to Aeneas
- Green Awnings
John V. Hicks
- O but What Sun
Gene Lundahl
- A Father to His Young Son
Julian Mitchell
- Lament for the Cowboy Life
- Epitaph for an Airman
Richard Murphy
- The Poet on the Island
Guy Owen
- The White Horse
A. K. Ramanujan
- In the Zoo
- The Striders
- Snakes
Belle Randall
- A Child's Garden of Gods
- Appropriate Postures
- San Quentin and Two Kinds of Conscience
Charles Reynolds
- On Ancient Death
Larry Rubin
- The Visitant
Florence Victor
- Postcard
Robert Wallace
- A Snapshot for Miss Bricka Who Lost in the Semi-Final Round of the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Tournament, at Haverford, July, 1960
- The Double-Play
David Wevill
- The Elder Son

Comment

X J Kennedy
- The New American Poetry
Ralph J. Mills Jr.
- Lives of the Poets
A. Norman Jeffares
- Yeats as Public Man
Charles Tomlinson
- Pull down Thy Vanity

CONTRIBUTORS

J. Cameron
Mary Carlton
James T. Crenner
Peter Davison
William Duffy
Edward Field
Richard Frost
Barbara Guest
John V. Hicks
A. Norman Jeffares
X J Kennedy
Gene Lundahl
Ralph J. Mills Jr.
Julian Mitchell
Richard Murphy
Guy Owen
A. K. Ramanujan
Belle Randall
Charles Reynolds
Larry Rubin
Charles Tomlinson
Florence Victor
Robert Wallace
David Wevill

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