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May 1948

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

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Christopher Maclaine
William O'Connor
William Williams
William Abrahams
Oliver Evans

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1948

Table of Contents

William Carlos Williams
- Lear
Robert Humphrey
- Metamorphosis

Three Poems

James L. McPherson

Four Poems

William Abrahams

Ralph Pomeroy
- Broom Season

Two Poems

Oliver Evans
- Elegy for Miss Curtis
- Old Men Watching Baseball

Three Poems

Dilys Bennett Laing

Robert Whittington
- The Poet Becomes One of the Shovels
Doris Cone Weeks
- Dürer
Kenneth Gee
- The Drowned
Storm Mannon
- Cueillez
- Deth Cam Drivynge
Daniel W. Smythe
- Desk

Three Poems

Winfield Townley Scott

Waldemar Hansen
- Avez-Vous Quelque Chose a Declarer?

Four Poems

Ruthven Todd

Comment

George H. Dillon
- A New Engagement?

Opinion

Stephen Spender
- A Note on Seriousness in Poetry

Reviews

William Meredith
- The Problem of the Second Volume
William A. Sylvester
- Fragments
Barbara Gibbs
- Presentations of Baudelaire

Contributors
- - William Carlos Williams
  - Robert Humphrey
  - James L. McPherson
  - William Abrahams
  - Ralph Pomeroy
  - Oliver Evans
  - Dilys Bennett Laing
- - Robert Whittington
  - Doris Cone Weeks
  - Kenneth Gee
  - Storm Mannon
  - Daniel W. Smythe
  - Winfield Townley Scott
  - Waldemar Hansen
- - Ruthven Todd
  - George H. Dillon
  - Stephen Spender
  - William Meredith
  - William A. Sylvester
  - Barbara Gibbs