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July 1937

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

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Elizabeth Bishop
Harris Downey
Robert Friend
Roberta Holloway
Josephine Jacobsen

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Table of Contents

Two Mornings and Two Evenings

Elizabeth Bishop

Land's Edge

Edmund Wilson Jr.

Two Poems

Winfield Townley Scott
- Blood and Seashell
- At Least One Spring

City Nightfall

Robert Friend
- Home
- The Wish
- Bridges
- History

Two Preludes

Harris Downey
- Revisit
- At the Clavier

William Stephens
- Louisiana
Harold Rosenberg
- The Man in Medals Blows a Horn

Three Poems

Michal Thorn

Agnes Lee
- Vi Et Armis

The Secret Flame

Josephine Jacobsen

Sequoian Notes

John Russell McCarthy
- Memories
- Laying on of Hands

Marjorie Knapp
- Steeds
Gilbert Maxwell
- Forfeits

Many Voices

Roberta Holloway

John Wheelwright
- Poet as Funny Man
Evelyn Scott
- The Test of Maturity
Allen Tate
- A Poet, and His Life

Reviews

T. C. Wilson
- Variations on a Theme
Kenneth Burke
- Leave the Leaf Its Springtime
Sherman Conrad
- First Discoveries
Jessica Nelson North
- Time Confronted
Delmore Schwartz
- Defective Sincerity

Contributors
- - Elizabeth Bishop
  - Edmund Wilson Jr.
  - Winfield Townley Scott
  - Robert Friend
  - Harris Downey
  - William Stephens
  - Harold Rosenberg
  - Michal Thorn
- - Agnes Lee
  - Josephine Jacobsen
  - John Russell McCarthy
  - Marjorie Knapp
  - Gilbert Maxwell
  - Roberta Holloway
  - John Wheelwright
  - Evelyn Scott
- - Allen Tate
  - T. C. Wilson
  - Kenneth Burke
  - Sherman Conrad
  - Jessica Nelson North
  - Delmore Schwartz