Journal Issue
The Prophet of Darkness and The Phenomenon give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind. Across 15 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 The Prophet of Darkness to The Phenomenon gives the number a specific arc while leaving its voices formally distinct.
Contributors
- Rachel Harris Campbell
- Carleton Drewry
- Frances Minturn Howard
- Muriel Spark
- Harold V. Witt
- Hanson Kellogg
- Josephine Ain
- Jean Burden
More contributors (3)
Publication details
Full contents
- The Prophet of Darkness — Rachel Harris Campbell [Poem, p. 3]
- The Inward Look — Carleton Drewry [Poem, p. 4]
- Tiger, Tiger — Carleton Drewry [Poem, p. 5]
- Curious Adam — Frances Minturn Howard [Poem, p. 6]
- Portrait — Muriel Spark [Poem, p. 7]
- Reno — Harold V. Witt [Poem, p. 8]
- Butterflies in My Net — Harold V. Witt [Poem, p. 9]
- Slow Jericho — Hanson Kellogg [Poem, p. 10]
- Poem — Hanson Kellogg [Poem, p. 11]
- Phoenix — Josephine Ain [Poem, p. 12]
- Interlude — Jean Burden [Poem, p. 13]
- The House of Foam — Leslie Nelson Jennings [Poem, p. 14]
- The Unsceptred — Peter M. Urquhart [Poem, p. 15]
- Axiom: The Whole Is More Than Equal to Some of Its Parts — Myron H. Broomell [Poem, p. 16]
- The Phenomenon — Myron H. Broomell [Poem, p. 17]
- Contributors' Notes [Contributor notes, p. 18]
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*Recurrence*, vol. LI, no. 6, Autumn 1951. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.