119 Benefit Street, Providence, R.I. Feb 15.

Mr. Robert Penn Warren,
The Southern Review
Baton Rouge, La.

Dear Mr. Warren:

Well, placemeal we seem to
be getting somehwere, sort of dribbling
it. So I am enclosing four others, one,
( I hope more ) of which might again make
the grade. What with all the time prose
and the mere act of living demands, I seem
to be slacking up on poetry ...

I notice your Night Rider is about
due to show its face from the Houghton Mifflin
presses . Here are my best wishes for it ...
no doubt I'll get it, what with the curiosity
I have evolvement for the Fellowship novels
as one impetus. My Old Haven, inspite of
pretty lavish reviews, just managed to squeeze
past the 5000 marks, which the publishers
think is fine fora first novel ( they persistently refuse to think it is actually
my second ) though I frankly admit I am
disappointed . I wonder...did it get any
sort of notice in Southern Review...I have
not seen your magazine for several months ,
hence my ignorance....

Enough, here are the poems, and
thanks for your patience....

Yours sincerely