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May 1968

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

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Carroll Arnett
Joseph Bennett
Clayton Eshleman
Robert Grenier
David Ignatow

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Cover for Poetry Magazine, May 1968

Table of Contents

- The Break
- For a Russian Poet
- 5:30 A.M.
- Implosions
- Night in the Kitchen
Joseph D. Bennett
- The Death of OrpheusA Journey
Samuel French Morse
- Down the Penobscot
Simon Perchik
Judith Johnson Sherwin
- Watersong
Dan Rose
- Direct Dialing the Abyss from a Payphone: Father
Robert Grenier
John Tagliabue
David Shapiro
- Ode
Carroll Arnett
- Song
David Ignatow
- Like Smoke

From Waiting for Spring

Ron Loewinsohn
- The Eucalyptus Trees

Clayton Eshleman
- The Book of Barbara

Comment

Wallace Fowlie
- William Troy
Katherine Hoskins
- The Poet Remembered
Hayden Carruth
- Declining Occasions
Laurence Lieberman
- The Body of the Dream
Kathleen Spivack
- Words and Silences
David Rosenthal
Ralph J. Mills Jr.
- Three Poets in Fine Editions
Samuel French Morse

Contributors
- - Joseph D. Bennett
  - Samuel French Morse
  - Simon Perchik
  - Judith Johnson Sherwin
  - Dan Rose
  - Robert Grenier
  - John Tagliabue
- - David Shapiro
  - Carroll Arnett
  - David Ignatow
  - Ron Loewinsohn
  - Clayton Eshleman
  - Wallace Fowlie
  - Katherine Hoskins
- - Hayden Carruth
  - Laurence Lieberman
  - Kathleen Spivack
  - David Rosenthal
  - Ralph J. Mills Jr.