Categories Traditional poetry | Country USA | |
Editor Jean Mellichamp Milliken (2001–) Former editors Leslie Mellichamp (1997–2001)
Ruby Altizer Roberts (1952–1977)
Virginia Kent Cummins (1949–1952)
Leigh Hanes (1929–1949)
John Richard Moreland (1921–1929) Publisher The Lyric Foundation (1949–)
Norfolk Poets' Club (1921–1928) First issue 1921; 96 years ago (1921) | ||
The Lyric is the oldest extant literary magazine in North America devoted to formal poetry.
The journal was established by Norfolk-based poet John R. Moreland in 1921, and was published by the Norfolk Poets' Club until 1928. By 1949 it had moved to New York City, and was being published by the Lyric Foundation, an organization founded by the magazine's third editor, Virginia Kent Cummins. After Cummins' death editorship passed to Ruby Altizer Roberts, poet laureate of Virginia.
Contributors
The journal has featured works by the following notable poets:
References
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