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January 1956

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

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Hans Holthusen
Robert Bloom
Vi Gale
David Galler
John Hollander

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, January 1956

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