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I’m busy thinking, nice song,
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Sometimes by Gerry Cinnamon

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First, Ted Hughes, then Sylvia Plath (although some of you may want to argue
about that), in an article by Paul Stephenson.  But Spring is here, somewhere,
although still chilly enough to snuggle up with Neil Beardmore,
In Bed, Writing Poetry About Hokusai, as long as you don’t end up having nightmares
about Annie Newcomer’s Ukraine. Much better to have A Dream To Dare,
like Morgan Kenney, or to imagine being The God of Little Things (Faye Boland).
And does Louise Wilford, When He Marched Back, have anything to do with
Rodney Wood’s ABC of the Royal Navy? Or, Tim Cunningham’s description of
Nostalgia Day In Paradise – even Alisa Velaj: Aniara, Aniara…
Or My Transcendence of Night? Back down to earth, sort of, let Claire Booker
tell you all about being Eyeless in Riyadh. Last, but by no means least, pay a visit to
Tim Dowley’s Life class. And if you fancy being transported to a classy life,
you know where to look. Right here:

Featured Poet Denise McSheehy: Seamless & Complete; Night Walk; Somewhere

Poems from: Marie Lecrivain, My Amygdala Didn’t Get the Memo;
David Lukens, Beware The Smart Toaster; Marcus Pavard,
What We Worshippers Do Afterhours; Sue Spiers, In Silence; Richard Toovey,
There ought to be a word for it; Susan Wicks, Night Breathing

Prose from:Charlotte Gringras, Happy Families;
Denise McSheehy, White; Jenna Plewes, Yellow

Translation: Laura Chalar, Paisaje by Federico García Lorca

Past Master: Jonathan Cooper on Charlotte Mew

Reader’s Response: Philip Dunkerley

‘In Defence Of Humour:
Comedic effect in the poetry of Sylvia Plath': Paul Stephenson

Reviews: Maria Isakova Bennett, David Harmer, Jenny Hockey,
D. A. Prince, Lynne Taylor and Noel Williams

Orbis 187 Contributors also include

Fred Beake; Patricia Brody; Lucinda Carey; Victoria Gatehouse;
Jenny Hockey; Glenn Hubbard; Eve Jackson; Fred Johnstone;
Robert Keeler; Martin Kerry; Jenny King; Craig Kurtz; Hilary Mellon;
Tom Paine; Katherine Barrett Swett; Jules Whiting