Journal Issue
Van Gogh and Prelude to Divorce give the issue a strong interest in shifting scenes and states of mind. Most of the 9 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 closing Poem Reviews shifts the number from practice to criticism, making its stylistic choices explicit without flattening the contrasts among the poems.
Contributors
- Marguerite W. Truslow
- Helen Gressang
- Aveline Perkins
- Barbara Leslie Jordan
- Helen Curry
- Elma Dean
- Eric Wilson Barker
- Grover Jacoby
More contributors (1)
Publication details
Full contents
- Van Gogh — Marguerite W. Truslow [Poem, p. 3]
- Dilemma — Helen Gressang [Poem, p. 4]
- Inwit — Helen Gressang [Poem, p. 5]
- Assignments — Aveline Perkins [Poem, p. 6]
- Montauk Fishing Fleet — Barbara Leslie Jordan [Poem, p. 12]
- Academy Confronted — Helen Curry [Poem, p. 13]
- If You Knew — Elma Dean [Poem, p. 14]
- Silence Will Come Again — Eric Wilson Barker [Poem, p. 15]
- Prelude to Divorce — Grover Jacoby [Poem, p. 16]
- Poem Reviews — Neeta Marquis · Aveline Perkins · Barbara Leslie Jordan [Essay, p. 17]
- Contributors’ Notes [Contributor notes, p. 19]
Rights and citation
Copyright 1951 by Grover Jacoby
Copyright Status Unresolved
The issue bears a 1951 copyright notice; rights in individual contributions and the compilation have not been fully resolved.
*Variegation*, vol. VI, no. 1, Winter 1951. Text/Tech Journals, reader’s edition.