POETRY Magazine cover of December 1963 issue

December 1963

 
  • Hidde Van Duym
  • Paul Van Ostaijen
  • Marvin Bell
  • Etta Blum
  • Robert Graves
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Valéry as Dictator

Sad. And it comes
tomorrow. Again, gray, the streaks
of work
shredding the stone
of the pavement, dissolving 
with the idea
of singular endeavor.  Herds, the
herds
of suffering intelligences
bunched,
and out of 
hearing. Though the day
come to us
                    in waves,
        ...
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