Edited by C. B. Cox and Michael Schmidt Poetry

NUMBER ONE

Nation

EDITORIAL note

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Charles T omlinson The Way In

Night Ride

In the Ward

Hyphens

Peter Scupham A Birthday Triptych

Talismans

Peter Huchel Pe-lo-thien

Macbeth

The Water-Ousel

Arrival

Jonathan Galassi Chinese Dream

Donald Davie Morning

Roger Garfitt Bablock Hythe

September Morning

Titchwell

Robert B. Shaw Winter Vision

Museum Coins

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Elizabeth Jennings Roman Poets

A Love Poem

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David Day John Clare, Constrained

Douglas Dunn A Lost Woman

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Colin Falck After Christmas

Midwinter Spring

Mid-May

Molly Holden The Double Nature of White 27

The Circle

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James Atlas In the Parish Church of St.

Michael, Stanton Harcourt 29

Robert Nye Prologue

A Former House

Compline

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