CONTENTS
Editorial
Johnny Marsh: a sequence in pencil and watercolour I
Introductory essay : Patricia McCarthy
Johnny Marsh: II
Poems
Greg Delanty : To the God we have demeaned for so long Introduction to the Greek Anthology Book VII and poems: The Road Workers The Land’s Entreaty Templenoe Appreciation The Tug of War Happiness In the Daily Planet On the Second Coming The Grand Design
Johnny Marsh: III
Essays on Greg Delanty
Paul McLoughlin: A Wave from a Boat? The Poetry of Greg Delanty David Cavanagh: The Hummingbird, the Cowbird and the Brahmany Kite: Reflections on Greg Delanty and his Poems Terence Brown: Greg Delanty and North America Christopher Ricks: Greg Delanty’s Voice Liam Ó’Muirthile: Natural Tongues Fiona Sampson: Spirit-Whiff: Greg Delanty and the Icon
Johnny Marsh IV
Gregorian Celebrations in Poetry for Greg Delanty
On this side of the Atlantic
Colm Breathnach: Dá gCífeá í Tar Éis Fíon a dh’Ól… Paddy Bushe: At the Blueberry Barrens of Maine Maine Birds Anthony Cronin: John F. Deane: Corrie The Bedroom Overture Eamonn Grennan: Border Country The Shivers Anne Haverty: I Mourn the Funerals Seamus Heaney: Three Poems: Otter Boy Sweeney on Lynchechaun Eye-level Brendan Kennelly: Promise May be, may be not Michael Longley: A Bouquet from the West: Otter Cubs The New Window Marsh Cinquefoil January Proofs Greenshank Catherine Phil MacCarthy: Migrant Orchard Patricia McCarthy: Visitation Thomas McCarthy: A Descendent of the Khans of Yarkand Speaks his Mind They were Friends of T.E.Lawrence Andrew McNeillie: Commemoration Night Snow John Montague: The Wild Irish Goat Desmond O’Grady: Alexandria Translation of ‘Alexandria’ into Arabic by Maysa Abdelaal Leanne O’Sullivan: The Dancing Rooms The Wanderer Louis de Paor: Sméara Dubha Cranndacht Maurice Riordan: Epilogue to the Pastoral Care of Gregory the Great Fiona Sampson: Noumenon Rapture Peter Sirr: Whalefall Le Regret de la Terre Enda Wylie: Bird
Johnny Marsh V
On the Other Side of the Atlantic
David Cavanagh: It would be okay Thirty Robins Michael Collier: Among School Children Dale Billy Collins: Continents Apart Museum David Curzon: Correspondences Rachel Hadas: The Vantage Point Deplaning Jane Hirshfield: Chapel Gail Holst-Warhaft: Wells Lia Hills: Mythos libretto Galway Kinnell: Now that I Have Come Back Home Holm Oak Frog Haiku Adrie Kusserow: Sudan Katherine Maris: The Angels Wept Paul Muldoon: Shrines Gerry Murphy: Capaneas A Difficult Guest Thomas O’Grady: Mythology – a sequence Harvey Shapiro: Caedmon’s Hymn David Slavitt: Pedro da Ponte Tom Sleigh: Canto ix Shrine Daniel Tobin: Bitter Skin Smart Animal Gorilla Derek Walcott: In Amsterdam Eamonn Wall: Look at the Lake
Johnny Marsh VI
Reviews
William Bedford: The Fascination of What’s Difficult: Paul Muldoon – Horse Latitudes Geoffrey Hill – A Treatise of Civil Power Tony Roberts: Galway Kinnell – Strong Is Your Hold Duncan Sprott: Time Travel James Harpur – The Dark Age James Harpur – Fortune’s Prisoner: The Poems of Boethius’s The Consolations of Philosophy W S Milne: ‘We have earth to wrestle with’ Grey Gowrie – Third Day, New and Selected Poems Michael Tolkien: Who Can Follow with the Eyes pf Sense? Anne Beresford – Collected Poems 1967-2006 Belinda Cooke: A Felicity of its Own: Peter Robinson - The Look of Goodbye, Poems 2001-2006
Johnny Marsh VII
Poems
Louis Armand: Calvary at Midnight Sonata and Interlude Duncan Brydon: Elegy Old Flame David Burns: Baccalat Last Open Day at the Mill Patrick Carrington: Marielle’s White Shirt The Elders Laura Ciraolo: Reverberations of Ghosts Stewart Conn: Mull of Oa Belinda Cooke: 3 translations of Marina Tsvetaeva Katherine Dimma: Proust’s Wisdom Reliquaries Angela France: Learning to Play the Violin by Holding a Bow George Gomori: Untitled Poem Fake Semblances of Odysseus Mill-Time (translated by Clive Wilmer and the author) Rahul Gupta: Lyrics for Lutemusic Imprimatur David Hale: July 1 st Hunter Alyson Hallett: Hartland Quay Cliffs Stroke Simon Jackson: My Fever Chris Jones: Cyprian Fawzia Kane: Tantie Diablesse warns against doppelgangers Waiting your Turn Robin Laffan: Reminders Siren Christopher Locke: End of American Magic Gill McEvoy: Visit from a Long-eared Bat Lucie McKee: Light Change Abbie Millager: Fata(l) Morgana Ray Racy: Body and Soul E.M. Schorb: Old Icarus Robert Stein: The Dutch Pietists The Visit c 1938 Andrew Waterman: Close-Up Gerald Wells: On the Move Louise Wilford: Clee Hills Pat Rik Wilkinson: The Children Lost
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Two chosen young Broadsheet Poets
Agnieszka Studzinka: Snow Calling Part I Snow Calling Part II Figs Nadia Connor: The Artisans Sister Lyric Carnations
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Notes for Broadsheet Poets 11
Caroline Clarke, a former chosen Broadsheet poet: essay: What Lies Ahead
Johnny Marsh X
Biographies