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May 1944

 
  • John Ciardi
  • John Brinnin
  • August Derleth
  • Brewster Ghiselin
  • Oliver Gogarty
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Second Sight

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Mistress Fell

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Central Park

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Table of Contents

Three Poems
  • John Malcolm Brinnin
    • Second Sight
    • The Blue Iris, the Backward Pupil
    • The Fortunate Isles
  • Geoffrey Johnson
    • Mistress Fell
  • David Newton
    • Central Park
Six Poems
  • Martha E. Keller
    • Herbs and Simples
    • Seizure
    • Mrs. McGraw
    • Small Choice
    • Lost Hollow
    • Headstone
  • Brewster Ghiselin
    • Needle to Be Threaded: Or Homage to the Californian Riviera
Poems for Someone Loved
  • August W. Derleth
    • Humbly in the Dark: A Prayer
    • The Hawk as Time
    • The Solitary
Two Poems
  • James Steel Smith
    • Shore Gun
    • The Young Dead
  • James Hearst
    • Burn the Cocoons
Two Poems
  • Oliver St. John Gogarty
    • High Tide at Malahide
    • Between Brielle and Manasquan
  • Kimon Friar
    • The Action of Incorrigible Tragedy
Reviews
  • John Gould Fletcher
    • The Triumph over Life
  • Winfield Townley Scott
    • The Incongruity and the Glory
CONTRIBUTORS
  • John Malcolm Brinnin
  • August W. Derleth
  • John Gould Fletcher
  • Kimon Friar
  • Brewster Ghiselin
  • Oliver St. John Gogarty
  • James Hearst
  • Geoffrey Johnson
  • Martha E. Keller
  • David Newton
  • Winfield Townley Scott
  • James Steel Smith
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