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April 1955

 
  • George Barker
  • David De Jong
  • John Hay
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Kenneth Koch
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The Mondrian

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Table of Contents

Body of Waking
  • Muriel Rukeyser
    • Song ("Make and be eaten...")
    • Children, the Sandbar, That Summer
    • After the Death of Her Mother
    • King's Mountain
    • Mother Garden's Round
  • George Barker
    • Domestic Poem
Two Poems
  • Marvin Solomon
    • The Mondrian
    • The White Rabbit
Mr. Tantripp's Day
  • Josephine Jacobsen
    • He Brought the Morning Paper from the Mail-Box
    • With the Ancient Dog, He Stepped outside at Midnight
  • Muriel Rukeyser
    • And after Dusk There Was a Show of Slides
  • Kenneth Koch
    • In Love with You
Three Poems
  • John Hay
    • An American Summer
    • Order
    • Digging a Neighbor's Grave
Three Poems
  • David Cornel De Jong
    • Master
    • Eglantine: A Souvenir
    • Adagio: On a Summer's Beach
  • V. R. Lang
    • I Too Have Lived in Arcadia (A Pastoral, in the Present Time)
Reviews
  • Hugh Kenner
    • Plea for Metrics
  • Parker Tyler
    • The Poet's Revenge
  • Harriet Zinnes
    • Where the Sureness Is
  • John Sutherland
    • Dilution, Weak Enough to Be Fatal
  • Jackson Maclow
    • A Great Scots Poet
  • Mona Van Duyn
    • Two Young Poets
CONTRIBUTORS
  • George Barker
  • David Cornel De Jong
  • John Hay
  • Josephine Jacobsen
  • Hugh Kenner
  • Kenneth Koch
  • V. R. Lang
  • Jackson Maclow
  • Muriel Rukeyser
  • Marvin Solomon
  • John Sutherland
  • Parker Tyler
  • Mona Van Duyn
  • Harriet Zinnes
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