Acumen: Issue 57 by Oxley, Patricia (Ed.)

There is prose from Dannie Abse who discloses how he first came to write poetry: but under the influence of George Berard Shaw? Geoffrey Godbert writes about 'The Poet and Boxer'; an interview with John Burnside; a new feature called 'Poems in Context' which this issue features poems about Helen Duncan, the last witch to be tried in the UK in 1944, written by her great-nephew.

Also latest news from acumen's contact with Spiny Babbler in Nepal. And, yes, we have managed to produce a colourful issue, two features illustrated with colour photos, one being the debate on Nature Poetry with slides from award-winning nature photographers Kate and Richard Hurd.

Poetry is wide-ranging from both well-known and new-comers with a startling poem from one of the winners of this year's Foyle's Young Poets Awards.

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CONTENTS acumen 57

Editorial
Poems: Peter Dale, Norman Buller, Michael Swan, Gary Bills.

On Nature Poetry: Peter Abbs, Shanta Acharya, Wendy Bardsley, Sebastian Barker, Alan Brownjohn, James Coghil, Dinah Livingstone, Ruth O’Callaghan, William Oxley, Sheenagh Pugh, Penelope Shuttle, Alex Smith, Merryn Williams, Lynne Wycherley.

Poems: Roy Davids, Angela Pickering, Mick Wood, Madeleine Moulin, Roy Cameron, Nigel McLoughlin, Dinah Livingstone, Barbara Cormack, Michael Newman, Jan FitzGerald, Martin Cook, John Arnold, Joan Sheridan Smith.

The Arts for Humanity – Spiny Babbler. (see 'events' for a full version of this article)

Poems: William Oxley, Kathy Miles, Tim Dooley, Frank Dullaghan, Jacqueline Saphra, Elizabeth Birchall, Emily Middleton, Kathleen McPhilemy.

Reader’s Corner 10 – Dannie Abse.

Poems: Steve Gunning, Susan Skinner, Kathryn Jacobs, Lucy Lepchani, Cathy Grindrod, Edward Storey, Rose Flint.

Poems in Context – Keith McFarlane.

Interview with John Burnside.

Poems: John Burnside, Mike Smith, Gary Allen, Linda Saunders, Jonathan Attrill, Todd Swift.

“The Poet and Boxer Arthur Craven” – Geoffrey Godbert.

Poems: Ian Caws, Mandy Coe, Nicola Warwick, Gordon Scapens.

Correspondence.

Poems: Tim Cunningham, Ted Griffin, Tom Wentworth, A.C. Clarke, Steve De France, Keith Francis.

Reviews: Elizabeth Heywood, John O’Donogue, Alex Smith, J.R.U.Rotstein, Fred Beake, C.J.P.Smith, Phil Poole, William Oxley.

Poetry Comment

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