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December 1954

The oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world.

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Babette Deutsch
St.-John Perse
Gene Baro
Richard Braun
Elliott Coleman

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, December 1954

Table of Contents

Two Poems

Émile Verhaeren
- Frost
- The Cow Girl

Two Poems

Stephen Stepanchev
- Triangle
- The Gambler

Ned O'Gorman
- This Will Be the Song
Ernest Kroll
- Marin No More in Maine

Two Poems

Byron Vazakas
- The Pavilion on the Pier
- Epitaph for the Old Howard

Elizabeth Henley
- The Mythologic Prize Pony
Irwin Schwartz
- For Those Who Govern
Elliott Coleman
- Sonnets on the Roman Light
Peter Dale Scott
- Cathedral Crèche
Richard Emil Braun
- Arrius the Affected

Two Poems

Robert Krieger
- The Elk
- Night at the Fish Traps

Joan White
- The Favorite Child

Two Poems

Joseph Langland
- Odour of Cut Flowers
- In the Park

Parker Tyler
- To a Photograph
Gene Baro
- Exiles

Two Poems

Eli Siegel
- The Lord Has Stolen Her Whims
- This Is True

Reviews

Hugh Kenner
- As of Wings and of Water
Léonie Adams
- All Has Been Translated into Treasure

Delmore Schwartz
- T. S. Eliot's Voice and His Voices

London Letter

Babette Deutsch
- The Publishing Season

Contributors
- - Émile Verhaeren
  - Stephen Stepanchev
  - Ned O'Gorman
  - Ernest Kroll
  - Byron Vazakas
  - Elizabeth Henley
  - Irwin Schwartz
- - Elliott Coleman
  - Peter Dale Scott
  - Richard Emil Braun
  - Robert Krieger
  - Joan White
  - Joseph Langland
  - Parker Tyler
- - Gene Baro
  - Eli Siegel
  - Hugh Kenner
  - Léonie Adams
  - Delmore Schwartz
  - Babette Deutsch