INTRODUCTION 5

POEMSMichael Longley: The War Graves 8 Harmonica Two new poems: Ledwidge

Maisie’s PoemStephen Romer: Picardy 12Susan Wicks: The Gift 14 Mont Noir Sleepless There is a Green HillJosephine Balmer: Last Orders 18 The Penny PotWilliam Bedford: The Fen Dancing 20 Ghosts After the WarJane Lovell: Arthur Biley Esq., 24 grocer, tea-taster, amateur magicianMarek Urbanowicz: Valentine Fane 26Mandy Pannett: Not Staying 28John Freeman: Paul Nash at Tate Britain 29Shaun Traynor: Children’s Games 32Martyn Crucefix: The Russian’s Gift of Shoes 33

ESSAYSHilary Davies: David Jones: Like no one but himself 36Paul Robichaud: David Jones and Edward Thomas 44M C Caseley: ‘Old names, rumours’: Ivor Gurney’s 52 dialogue with Edward Thomas

Sebastian Barker: Pseudologia Phantastica 58Michael O’Loughlin: Frances Ledwidge in focus 74Patricia McCarthy Last Letter 76Belinda Cooke: Marina Tsvetaeva 1918 – Poet Caught in 77 theCrossfireofaRussianApocalypse– Revolution and Civil War

POEMSHilary Davies: Nothing’s an impossible predicate 85 I heard the wail of the worldPeter Carpenter: ConflictandDream 88D V Cooke: Canticle of Evening 91 Requiescat Song of the bonesGill Learner: Great-grandad’s Journey 94Ruth O’Callaghan: Miss Hathoway Sweeps her Path 95 in Autumn, 1916Barry Smith: Home Front 97James Simpson: Tiger Head Sonnets 98Omar Sabbagh: Valedictions – 100 Goodbye to All That Parade’s EndSue Mackrell: South Wind 102Will Stone: Dead Heading 103 The Last PilotW S Milne: The 5th Gordon Highlanders 105

CONVERSATION

Patricia McCarthy in conversation with Robyn Rowland 106Robyn Rowland: Poppy-picking 119Patricia McCarthy: Clothes that escaped the Great War 121

POEMS IN TRANSLATIONAnna Akhmatova: July 1914 122 translated by Sasha Dugdale

Anna de Noailles: ‘Victory whose calm gaze’… 123 Young Shades translated by Ian HigginsLucie Delarue-Mardrus: Eve of Battle 126 translated by Ian Higgins Pierre Jean Jouve: ‘The man who would have been 128 dead tomorrow’… translated by Ian HigginsGuillaume Apollinaire The Seasons 129 1880–1918: translated by Timothy AdèsGerrit Engelke After a Bad Dream 130 1890–1918: translated by Timothy AdèsHugo Ball: Two poems from Cabaret Voltaire 131 ‘3’and ‘4’ translated by Timothy AdèsRobert Desnos In Helmet… 133 1900–45: translated by Timothy Adès Richard Hülsenbeck Dada Reed-Pipe 134 1892–1974: translated by Timothy Adès

NOTES FOR BROADSHEET POETSBenjamin Keatinge: Richard Murphy: A River of Notebooks 135Sue Mackrell: #MeToo (Fairacre Press) – rallying against sexual assault and harassment – a women’s poetry anthology

BIOGRAPHIES 141Front Cover: Inscription from Siegfried Sassoon’s ‘Everyone Sang’ by

John Rowlands-PritchardJohn’s commissioned work has included: Winchester Cathedral churchyard; Harts of Chipping Campden; St David’s Cathedral: cloister window inscription in Welsh and English. Wells Bishop’s Palace Chape; Wells Cathedral; Bath Festivals (poster & programme cover); BBC (programme cover); Routledge & Kegan Paul (book covers and chapter headings); Bleddfa Trust; Oxford Cathedral; Spire Trust (card design); Bath & Wells Diocesan Board (memorial window); traditional churchyard memorials; works on paper and on canvas; commemorative windows, and inscriptions on glass bowls, glasses and candle holders. www.johnrowlands-pritchard.co.uk

Back Cover: Soldiers playing dice at the foot of the Cross by David Jones, c.1921, ink on paper. Courtesy of the David Jones Society