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PATRICIA ACE — ‘IN DEFIANCE OF SHORT DAYS’
SUSIE CAMPBELL & ROSE FERRABY — ‘TENTER’
DOUGLAS REID SKINNER —‘IN TIME’
MARK SAUNDERS — ‘THE SOUND / OF WATER / THAT’S ALL // JUST WATER / THAT’S ENOUGH’
SUMMER YOUNG — ‘SYLVANIAN FAMILY’
NAOMI WEBER — ‘TIREDNESS: 10 VALENTINES’
SALLY SPEDDING — ‘SACRIFICE’
LOUISE FAZACKERLEY — ‘THE UNIFORM FACTORY’
JOHN GREENING — ‘EUROPA’S FLIGHT’
OZ HARDWICK — ‘WOLF PLANET’
COLIN BANCROFT — ‘IMPERMANENCE’
SIMON LAMB — ‘CATHEDRAL SKY’
JOHN SHORT — ‘UNKNOWN TERRITORY’
C. J. THORPE-TRACEY — ‘TO THE VIRUS WE ARE LANDSCAPE’
SARAH BARR — ‘JANUARY’
SUE VICKERMAN — ‘ADVENTUS’
JEAN STEPHENS — ‘NOTHING BUT WORDS’
DECLAN RYAN — ‘FIGHTERS, LOSERS’
JACQUELINE SAPHRA — ‘VERITAS: POEMS AFTER ARTEMISIA’
LINDA STERN ZISQUIT — ‘FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF KORAH’S DAUGHTER’
SARAH WALLIS — ‘MEDUSA RETOLD’
BENJAMIN CUSDEN — ‘CUT THE BLACK RABBIT’
HELEN CALCUTT — ‘SOMEHOW’
MAX ELSKAMP, ‘A TIMBER ORATORIO’
SARAH HAYDEN — ‘SITEVISIT’
GABRIEL AKAMO — ‘AT THE SPEED OF DARK’
BRIONY BAX — ‘LAMENT’
JONATHAN HUMBLE — ‘FLEDGE’
DOM HALE — ‘FIREWALL’
POLLY ATKIN — ‘WITH INVISIBLE RAIN’
JOHN MILLS — ‘NO GUIDING STAR’
NATALIE SHAW — ‘OH BE QUIET’ (2 OPOI)
N. S. THOMPSON — ‘AFTER WAR’ (2 OPOIs)
CARRIE ETTER — ‘THE SHOOTING GALLERY’ (2 OPOIs)
ROSIE JACKSON AND DAWN GORMAN — ‘ALONENESS IS A MANY HEADED BIRD’ (2 OPOIs)
LYNN WOOLLACOTT — ‘JUDY, OUT OF THE BOX’
SUSANNAH DICKEY — ‘BLOODTHIRSTY FOR MARRIAGE’
THE MASK OF ANARCHY (SHELLEY) & ELEVEN TEMPLAR POETS
ANDREW BLAIR — ‘THE R-PATTZ FACTTZ’
ALAN JENKINS — ‘TIDEMARKS’
KATE BINGHAM — ‘ARCHWAY SONNETS (3 OPOIs)
P. A. MORBID — ‘MAN IS FREE’
MIKE BARLOW — ‘TRANSLATING SILENCE’
DIANA HENDRY — ‘WHERE I WAS’ (2 OPOI)
RICKY RAY — ‘THE SOUND OF THE EARTH SINGING TO HERSELF
JAZMINE LINKLATER — ‘FIGURE A MOTION’
OLIVIA DAWSON — ‘UNFOLDED’
LAUREN TERRY — ‘MUSEUM OF LOST AND BROKEN THINGS’
ROGER PRINGLE — ‘GOING A-MAYING’
WILLIAM GEE — ‘RHEUMA’ (2 OPOI)
JOHN W. SEXTON — ‘INVERTED NIGHT’
KATIE HALE — ‘BREAKING THE SURFACE’
EMMA STORR — ‘HEART MURMUR’
C. J. DRIVER — ‘THE JOURNEY BACK’
HEATHER TRESELER — ‘PARTURITION’
HELEN KAY — ‘THIS LEXIA & OTHER LANGUAGES’
VALERIA MELCHIORETTO — ‘1348 & OTHER EQUATIONS’
J. R. CARPENTER — ‘WORDS FOR WORLDS UPENDED’
ALISON LOCK — ‘LURE’
AMINA JAMA –– ‘A WARNING TO THE HOUSE THAT HOLDS ME’
KEVIN REID — ‘ANDROGYNY’
VICTORIA BENNETT — ‘TO START THE YEAR FROM ITS QUIET CENTRE’
RICHARD MORWOOD — ‘TOWTON FIELD’
GREG DELANTY — ‘THE KING OF THE LAM’
KATY WAREHAM MORRIS — ‘MAKING TRACKS’
JENNIFER A. MCGOWAN — ‘STILL LIVES WITH APOCALYPSE’ (2 OPOI)
RICHARD DOYLE — ‘THE DEATH OF THE SENTENCE’
AUDREY MOLLOY — ‘SATYRESS’
CALLAN WALDRON-HALL — ‘LEARNING TO BE VERY SOFT’
KAREN LLOYD — ‘SELF-PORTRAIT AS ORNITHOLOGIST’
MAITREYABANDU — ‘VITA BREVIS’
TONY KITT — ‘THE MAGIC PHLUTE’
EMMA SIMON — ‘DRAGONISH’
CAROLE BROMLEY — ‘SODIUM 136’ (2 OPOI)
TOM SASTRY — ‘COMPLICITY’
KELLY WILLIAMS — ‘YNYGORDNA’
REBECCA BILKAU — ‘SUNDAY’S CHILD’
OLGA DERMOTT-BOND –– ‘APPLE, FALLEN’ (2 OPOIs)
ABBIE NEALE — ‘THREADBARE’
CHARLEY BARNES AND CLAIRE WALKER — ‘HIERARCHY OF NEEDS (A RETELLING)’
GEORGE SIMMERS — ‘MARGARET THATCHER’S LOVE SONG’
BEN RAY — ‘THE KINDNESS OF THE EEL’
SUE MORGAN — ‘A QUICKENING STAR’
RICHIE MCCAFFERY — ‘FIRST HARE’ (3 OPOIs)
JAY G YING — ‘KATABASIS’ (2 OPOIs)
C. J. DRIVER — ‘IMAGE & IMAGE’
RACHEL SPENCE — ‘CALL AND RESPONSE’
ROSS WILSON — ‘LETTERS TO ROSIE’ (2 OPOIs)
CARA L McKEE — ‘FIRST KISS’
JENNIFER STURROCK — ‘PULLING THREADS — BETWEEN WARP AND WEFT’
IAN MCEWEN — ‘THE SIDEWAYS FOR IT’
CARLY BROWN — ‘ANASTASIA, LOOK IN THE MIRROR’
DILYS ROSE — ‘STONE THE CROWS’
SUSAN SHEPHERD — ‘WOOD END’
LINDA PLATER — ‘SAVING FRUIT’
IRA LIGHTMAN — ‘RILKE’S WELLIES’
JOE WILLIAMS — ‘THIS IS VIRUS’
ATTRACTA FAHY — ‘DINNER IN THE FIELDS’
DANIEL GUSTAFSSON — ‘FORDINGS’
MICHAEL LASKEY — ‘THE VERY SELECTED MICHAEL LASKEY’
CHERYL PEARSON — ‘MENAGERIE’
SHAKTI BLISS — ‘I: A WOMAN SPEAKING UP’
SELINA NWULU — ‘THE SECRETS I LET SLIP’
ROBERT BURTON – ‘AUTO PRODUCER’ (2 OPOIs)
CD BOYLAND — ‘USER STORIES’
MAARJA PÄRTNA — ‘VIVARIUM’
TOM SHARP — ‘THE WEEPING CUFFLINKS
JENNIFER WONG –– ‘DIARY OF A MIU MIU SALESGIRL’
KATHERINE DUFFY — ‘TALKING THE OWL AWAY’
SUZANNAH V. EVANS — ‘MARINE OBJECTS’
GEOFF LANDER ― ‘THE LESSER MORTAL’ (2 OPOIs)
TOM BRYAN — ‘REDWING SUMMER’ (Vintage)
MARTIN KRATZ — ‘A SKELETON’S PROGRESS’
AFRIC McGLINCHEY — ‘INVISIBLE INSANE’
PAULINE ROWE — ‘THE GHOST HOSPITAL’
ANGELA GABRIELLE FABUNAN — ‘THE SEA THAT BECKONED’
ISABEL GALLEYMORE — ‘CYANIC POLLENS’
GBOYEGA ODUBANJO — ‘WHILE I YET LIVE’
MIA KANG — ‘CITY POEMS’
SUZANNAH V. EVANS — ‘SOME LANGUAGE’
HELEN IVORY — ‘MAPS OF THE ABANDONED CITY’
NEIL ELDER — ‘AND THE HOUSE WATCHES ON’
NOELLE KOCOT — ‘HUMANITY’
KEMAL HOUGHTON — ‘THERE WILL BE DANCING’
DENNIS TOMLINSON — ‘SLEEPLESS NIGHTS’
HILARY MENOS — ‘HUMAN TISSUE’ (2 OPOIs)
CLIVE MCWILLIAM — ‘ROSE MINING’
DAVID PUNTER — ‘THOSE OTHER LIVES’
NATALIA CLARKE — ‘SOUL LAND’
JOAN LENNON — ‘LITTLE RED HAT’
OLIVIA WALWYN — ‘EN ROUTE’
MAJELLA KELLY — ‘HUSH’
KRIPI MALVIYA — ‘ALE(THEIA)’
ELLA DUFFY — 'NEW HUNGER'
ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED — ‘HINGE’
ROXY DUNN — ‘BIG SEXY LUNCH’
DENISE BUNDRED — ‘LITANY OF A CARDIOLOGIST’ (3 OPOIs)
ALI LEWIS — ‘HOTEL’
JANE BONNYMAN — ‘DINNER WITH SUPERMAN’
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING — a selection from SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
ANATOLY KUDRYAVITSKY — ‘STOWAWAY’
DIANA CANT — ‘STUDENT BODIES 1968’
CLIVE BIRNIE — ‘PALIMPSEST’
LYDIA UNSWORTH — ‘YIELD’ (2 OPOIs)
SARAH WIMBUSH — ‘BLOODLINES’
SERGEY BIRYUKOV — ‘TRANSFORMATIONS’
MARTIN HAYDEN — ‘GOOD GROUND BENEATH MY FEET, POEMS FROM IONA’
RAE ARMANTROUT — ‘ENTANGLEMENTS’
ROBIN HELWEG-LARSEN (ED) — ‘STRIP DOWN: POEMS OF MODERN LIFE’
RACHEL BURNS — ‘A GIRL IN A BLUE DRESS’
STEVE SPENCE — ‘MANY RED FISH’
ANNIE FISHER — ‘THE DEAL’ (4 OPOIs)
DOROTHY YAMAMOTO — ‘HONSHŪ BEES’
MARY THOMSON — ‘BEFORE AND AFTER’
ANDREW MCCULLOCH — ‘GRADUAL’
LENNI SANDERS — ‘POACHER’
JOCK STEIN — ‘THE IOLAIRE / AN IOLAIRE’
CLAIRE WALKER — ‘COLLISION’ (2 OPOIS)
JINNY FISHER — ‘THE ESCAPOLOGIST’
MARTIN ZARROP — ‘MAKING WAVES’
CAT WOODWARD — ‘BLOOD. FLOWER. JOY!’
ELAINE BAKER — ‘WINTER WITH EVA’
TOM BLAND — ‘THE DEATH OF A CLOWN’
HELENA NELSON (Ed.) — ‘TEN POEMS ABOUT BAKING’
JAMES BYRNE — ‘WITHDRAWALS’
NINA LEWIS — ‘PATIENCE’
IKHDA AYUNING MAHARSI DEGOUL — ‘THE GOLDFISH’
HANNAH LAVERY — ‘FINDING SEA GLASS’
ROBIN HOUGHTON — ‘WHY? AND OTHER QUESTIONS’
NATALIE WHITTAKER — ‘SHADOW DOGS’
ANNE SHERRY — ‘FAILING TO FIND OLD SARUM’
BELINDA ZHAWI — ‘SMALL INHERITANCES’
ANDY ARMITAGE — ‘LETTERS TO A FIRST LOVE FROM THE FUTURE’
ANDREW MCCULLOCH — ‘STRANGE, SUCH STRENGTH’
MANDY MACDONALD — ‘THE TEMPERATURE OF BLUE’
ROBERT SHEPPARD — ‘HAP: UNDERSTUDIES OF THOMAS WYATT’S PETRARCH’
AMY ACRE — ‘AND THEY ARE COVERED IN GOLD LIGHT’
NANCY CAMPBELL — ‘NAVIGATIONS’ (3 OPOIs)
PAUL WARING — ‘QUOTIDIAN’
LUKE KENNARD — ‘TRUFFLE HOUND’
KATIE GRIFFITHS — ‘MY SHRINK IS PREGNANT’
TRACEY S. ROSENBERG — ‘THE NAMING OF CANCER’
IRENE HOWAT— ‘THE CRACKIT CUP’
NICHOLAS MURRAY — ‘OF EARTH, WATER, AIR AND FIRE’
KATE GARRETT — ‘TO FEED MY WOODLAND BONES [A CHANGELING’S TALE]’
TIM MURPHY — ‘THE CACTI DO NOT MOVE’
NICK ON — ‘ZHOU’ (2 OPOIs)
JACQUELINE HASKELL — ‘STROKING CERBERUS’
CELIA A SORHAINDO — ‘GUABANCEX’
ANDREW MCCULLOCH — ‘THE LINCOLNSHIRE RISING’
SÍOFRA McSHERRY — ‘REQIUEM’
JASMINE GARDOSI — ‘HURTZ’
ASTRA PAPACHRISTODOULOU — ‘STARGAZING’
EMMA SIMON — ‘THE ODDS’ (3 OPOI)
HANNAH LOWE — ‘THE NEIGHBOURHOOD’
WILLIAM HERSHAW — ‘BUIRDS’
THIRZA CLOUT — ‘AUNTS COME ARMED WITH WELSH CAKES’
IAN GLASS — ‘ABOUT LEAVING’
RUTH STACEY — ‘HOW TO WEAR GRUNGE’
JENNIFER LEE TSAI — ‘KISMET’
S. A. LEAVESLEY — ‘HOW TO GROW MATCHES’
JO GIBSON, RUTH GILCHRIST, EMMA MØLLER — ‘THE WEATHER LOOKS PROMISING’
IAN POPLE – ‘from THE EVIDENCE’
JO REED TURNER — ‘BECOMING FAIAKE’
DAISY LAFARGE — ‘UNDERSTUDIES FOR AIR’
TIM CRAVEN — ‘LAKE EFFECT’
SHUG HANLAN — ‘THE LOOK-OUT MAN’
MOLLY MINTURN — ‘NOT IN HEAVEN’
REGINA O’MELVENY — ‘OTHER GODS’
TIM O’LEARY — ‘MANGANESE TEARS’
ROBIN THOMAS — ‘A FURY OF YELLOW’
COLIN PINK & DANIEL GOODWIN — ‘THE VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY’S LAMENT’
MARK CARSON — ‘THE HOOPOE’S EYE’
CAROLINE DAVIES — ‘ELEMENTS OF WATER’
HANNAH STONE — ‘SWN Y MORLOI’
MICHÈLE ROBERTS — ‘FIFTEEN BEADS’
MARY ROBINSON — ‘ALPHABET POEMS’
RICHARD OSMOND — ‘SHILL’ (2 OPOIs)
RAINE GEOGHEGAN — ‘THEY LIT FIRES: LENTI HATCH O YOG’

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