Cover for Poetry Magazine, March 1954

March 1954

 
  • Donald Finkel
  • Don Geiger
  • W. Merwin
  • Marianne Moore
  • John Nims
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Poem

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The Alphabet

The letters of the Jews as strict as flames   
Or little terrible flowers lean
Stubbornly upwards through the perfect ages,   
Singing through solid stone the sacred names.   
The letters of the Jews are black and clean   
And lie in chain-line over Christian pages.   
The chosen letters...
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Table of Contents

Three New Poets
Three Poems
Reviews
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