Acumen 100 – May 2021

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Editorials

Poems: Mimi Khalvati, Michael Henry, Sergey Gerasimov, James Deahl,
Bridget Thomasin, Helen Ashley, Rachael Clyne, Sue Spiers, John Arnold,
Manjula Datta, Chris Woods, Patrick Osada, Malcolm Povey, Trish
Harewood, James Aitchison.

Interview with Patricia Oxley – David Perman.

Poems: Suzanne Conway, Brian Patten, David Olsen, Donna Pucciani,
Sonia Goulding, Wilf Deckner, Merryn Williams, Simon Williams, Fred
Beake, Alison Brackenbury, Duncan Forbes.

Poetry on Tap ‒ Paul Gittins.

Poems: Mark C. Watney, Mario Petrucci, Terry Quinn, Ian Caws,
Andrew Geary, Stephen Capus, John Killick.

Poetry in Translation I ‒Kieran Egan (Horace), Richard O’Connell
(Anglo-Saxon), Fred Beake (Vincent Bourne), Danielle Hope (Giovani
Pascali), Stephen Capus (Sasha Cherney).

Poems: Antonia Kearton, Jill Boucher, Caroline Carver, Jacob Lotinga,
Sheenagh Pugh, J. A. McGowan, David Perman, Michael Swan.

Cole Porter and the Joy of Rhyme– Glyn Pursglove.

Poems: Seán Street, Blaithin Allain, J.S.Watts, Andy Brown, Suzy Miles,
Danielle Hope, Stephen C. Middleton, Doreen Hinchliffe, Colin Pink.

Responses.

Poems: RogerMcGough, Paul Surman, Doris Corti, Kathy Miles, Susan
Taylor, Ciaran McDermott, Manjula Batt, Kieran Furey, Michael Newman,
D.M. de Silva, Mark Roper.

Modern Romantic: Poetry and Life of Denise Levertov –Fred Beake

Poems: Roy Cameron, Mario Petrucci, Daichi Ishikawa, Sara Boyes,
Martyn Crucefix, Martin Malone, Clive Donovan, Jeremy Page, Philip Rush,
Probal Mazumbar, Rosie Jackson.

Poetry in Translation II ‒Michael Gittins (Wilhelm Jensen), Timothy
Adès (Else Lasker Schūber), Wolfgang Görtschacher & David Malcolm
(Erich Fried), W.D. Jackson (Heine), R.J. Dent (Tarjei Vesaas),
Christine McNeill (3 German poets).

Walking with Poets– Hilary Davies.

Poems: Gillian Clarke, Dinah Livingstone, Jeremy Robson, Lynne
Wycherley, James Deahl, Norma West Linder, Edmund Prestwich,
Danica Ognjenovic, Derrick Porter.

Germaine Richier and her Queen – Sally Festing

Poems: Alec Taylor, John Miles, Ann Drysdale, Simon Wilson, Ian
Royce Chamberlain, Elaine Jarvest
Miller, Nancy Mattson.
On the Dangers of Faint Praise– Kiera Furey. 156
Poems: Veronica Aaronson, Lynne Hjelmgaard, Wendy French, Omar
Sabbagh, Gordon Scapens, Marc Woodward, Dorothy Pope, Harriet Jae, Ruth
O’Callaghan.

Ihor Pavlyuk: The Beginnings of Our Country– Naomi Foyle.

Poems: Jeremy Young, Martin Lyon, June Hall, Brian Docherty, Laura Potts,
Tess Jolly, Maggie Butt, Shanta Acharya, William Oxley.

Reviews: Belinda Cooke, Colin Pink, Nigel Jarrett, 186Edmund Prestwich,
Malcolm Bradley, Fred Beake, Edmund Prestwich.

Poetry Comment: Glyn Pursglove. 214

Obituary: Harry Guest ( by Timothy Adès) 223

Index: Gyn Pursglove 224

ERRATUM: Due to a proofing error, the review on page 207 of three books by Michael W. Thomas has been wrongly printed as being about three books by Michael W. Taylor. Many apologies to Mr Thomas. Editors.