Journal Issue
Largesse and Proverb Reconsidered give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind. Across 14 poems, rhyme often serves as a way of tightening turns of thought: brief lyrics sit beside longer stanzaic arguments, while the sequence of titles keeps the pacing exact. 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 Largesse to Proverb Reconsidered gives the number a specific arc while leaving its voices formally distinct.
Contributors
- Ethan Ayer
- Eleanor Glenn Wallis
- Joseph Joel Keith
- Ann Stanford
- Leslie Nelson Jennings
- Charles Edward Eaton
- Frances Montague
- Oliver Hale
More contributors (4)
Publication details
Full contents
- Largesse — Ethan Ayer [Poem, p. 23]
- Ascanius — Eleanor Glenn Wallis [Poem, p. 24]
- Silent Cry — Joseph Joel Keith [Poem, p. 25]
- Madrigal — Ann Stanford [Poem, p. 26]
- Spring Tide — Ann Stanford [Poem, p. 27]
- Intra Muros — Leslie Nelson Jennings [Poem, p. 28]
- Haute Couture — Charles Edward Eaton [Poem, p. 29]
- Each Green Syllable — Frances Montague [Poem, p. 30]
- Strange Angers — Frances Montague [Poem, p. 31]
- Alternative — Oliver Hale [Poem, p. 32]
- Terminus of Years — Stanley Charles Rose [Poem, p. 33]
- Wonder — Lori Petri [Poem, p. 34]
- Hunger — Gertrude Claytor [Poem, p. 35]
- Proverb Reconsidered — Elinor Lennen [Poem, p. 36]
- Contributors [Contributor notes, p. 37]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1953 by Grover Jacoby
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1953 copyright notice; rights in individual contributions and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Recurrence*, vol. IV, no. 14, Autumn 1953. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.