Journal Issue
Octopus and Microbiologist give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind. Most of the 12 poems are compact, but their free-verse lines vary the pace through clipped statements, longer syntactic runs, and small sequences that let one voice change pressure across several pages. What stands out is those changes of scale, as a single image is often answered by a more extended poem on the next leaf. The movement from Octopus to Microbiologist gives the number a specific arc while leaving its voices formally distinct.
Contributors
- B. A. Uronovitz
- Ichiro Kono
- Virginia Russ
- Ethel Jacobson
- Jeannette Chappell
- David Cornel DeJong
- Ada Davies
- Susan Baker
More contributors (2)
Publication details
Full contents
- Octopus — B. A. Uronovitz [Poem, p. 23]
- Andante — Ichiro Kono [Poem, p. 24]
- A Love Song — Ichiro Kono [Poem, p. 25]
- The Return of Ossian — Virginia Russ [Poem, p. 26]
- Night Clamor — Ethel Jacobson [Poem, p. 28]
- Chromatic Canvas — Jeannette Chappell [Poem, p. 29]
- The First Morning Hour — David Cornel DeJong [Poem, p. 30]
- Coats Of Fear — Ada Davies [Poem, p. 32]
- Answer — Ada Davies [Poem, p. 33]
- Slum By Night — Susan Baker [Poem, p. 34]
- Traffic Sound — Gertrude May Lutz [Poem, p. 35]
- Microbiologist — Barriss Mills [Poem, p. 36]
- Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 37]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1956 by Grover Jacoby
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1956 copyright notice; rights in individual contributions and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Variegation*, vol. XI, no. 42, Spring 1956. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.