acumen editors have new books from Rockingham Press

Post-free from ROCKINGHAM PRESS, 11 Musley Lane, Ware, Herts. SG12 7EN. davidperman@ntlworld.com

Danielle Hope - 'Giraffe under a grey sky' £7.99

The first collection for more than five years from this versatile poet, praised by R.V.Bailey (in Envoi) for knowing "precisely which words to choose and exactly how to place them. This disciplined approach gives great impact and is worth rubies."

William Oxley - 'Sunlight in a Champagne glass' £7.99

A selection of Oxley’s poems since his London Visions appeared in 2005. In the London Magazine, John Greening wrote "I admire Oxley’s efforts to write spiritual poetry for our time, and his refusal to give up on the traditional subjects."

acumen occasional pamphlets

second series

Pamphlets are £3.50 each or 3 for £10.00, 28pp. with full-colour covers

Keith McFarlane - 'Turning away'

McFarlane’s poetry has appeared regularly in Acumen; his work is lyrical, and highly crafted. 'The poet ... has an ear for a resounding phrase and can move within the "caverns" of his mind to painful self analysis.' - C. Beaton

Roy Davids - 'White noise'

Davids writes with a keen eye for his surroundings and a highly-charged sense of others. ' What appealed most was ... a neat of phrase [and] the process whereby poems "like white noise" can "linger in the imagination". ' - Chris Beaton.

Rik Wilkinson - 'The hundred mile walk'

Wilkinson’s poetry is rooted in deep feeling, an awareness of the fragilty of life on earth. 'I think [the book] might be worth reading a hundred miles for.'  - Helena Nelson

Geoff Bould - 'Shadows'

Bould writes about the horror and immorality of war from his experiences of tanks in WWII `Poems such as these do oblige us to touch, to face up to the horror and consequence of war, and not to ignore, glamourize it.' - Kevin Crossley-Holland.

Sean Elliott - 'Waterhouse and the tempest'

'Elliott's mini-collection is beautifully crafted' - Patrick Osada (South)

Barbara Cormack - 'For all seasons'

'Barbara Cormack's poems are full of ... deceptively simple language that turns out to be engaging with large issues.' - Joan McGavin (South)