Journal Issue
Edge of Doom and Geometric Survival 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 Edge of Doom to Geometric Survival gives the number a specific arc while leaving its voices formally distinct.
Contributors
- Margaret J. E. Brown
- Lawrence P. Spingarn
- Irene Bruce
- Derek Stanford
- Margaret Crosland
- Helen Curry
- Frona Lane
- Elinor Lennen
More contributors (2)
Publication details
Full contents
- Edge of Doom — Margaret J. E. Brown [Poem, p. 5]
- The Telephone — Lawrence P. Spingarn [Poem, p. 9]
- Waiting — Irene Bruce [Poem, p. 10]
- Virginia City, Nevada — Irene Bruce [Poem, p. 11]
- Front-Gate Lullaby — Derek Stanford [Poem, p. 12]
- The Dustmen — Margaret Crosland [Poem, p. 13]
- Social Gathering — Helen Curry [Poem, p. 14]
- The Two Voices — Frona Lane [Poem, p. 15]
- Cautious — Elinor Lennen [Poem, p. 16]
- Advice Disputed — Elinor Lennen [Poem, p. 17]
- Freedom — John Bayliss [Poem, p. 18]
- Geometric Survival — Grover I. Jacoby, Jr [Poem, p. 19]
Rights and citation
Copyright, 1948 by Grover I. Jacoby, Jr.
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1948 copyright notice; rights in individual contributions and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Variegation*, vol. III, no. 2, Spring 1948. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.