July 1950 James ParsonsWilliam BurfordE. CummingsDavid De JongJohn FletcherTable of ContentsFrom this IssuePoempoetry-magazine("dim/i/nu/tiv...") Read More Poempoetry-magazineLos Angeles Smog Read More Poempoetry-magazineThe Kettle Read More Table of ContentsSeven PoemsE. E. Cummings("dim/i/nu/tiv...")("spirit colossal...")("jack's white horse(up...")("!/o(rounD)moon,how...")("if the Lovestar grows most big...")("crazy jay blue)...")("if up's the word...")Two PoemsJohn Gould FletcherLos Angeles SmogAlong the Highway, Rogers to FayettevilleRobert Wooster StallmanThe KettleWilliam BurfordCelebrationsFour PoemsDavid Cornel De JongThanksgiving to Wise and Solid Old MenA Little Sleep at NightThe ReturnStill Traveling on SundayTwo PoemsLouis KentLeviathan North and SouthWinter in GlassMelvin B. TolsonFrom "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"OpinionJames ParsonsPreface to "Libretto for the Republic of Liberia"ReviewsHorace GregoryThe Metamorphosis of the Classical HeritageArthur MizenerThe Tears of the Blind Lions by Thomas MertonIsabel GambleThe Permanence of Yeats by James Hall, Martin SteinmannStanley KunitzThanatopsis by Herbert Cahoon; Viaticum by Robert ThomJulia RandallWalk through Two Landscapes by Dilys Bennett Laing; Horn in the Dust by Selwyn S. SchwartzHoward NemerovSleep in a Nest of Flames by Charles Henri FordAlexandra V. KrinkinSelected Writings by Boris PasternakCONTRIBUTORSWilliam BurfordE. E. CummingsDavid Cornel De JongJohn Gould FletcherIsabel GambleHorace GregoryLouis KentAlexandra V. KrinkinStanley KunitzArthur MizenerHoward NemerovJames ParsonsJulia RandallRobert Wooster StallmanMelvin B. Tolson