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		EDITORIAL
		The stranger in the stranger Tim Dooley, Reviews Editor

		POEMS
		Emma Jones Pietà Daphne Fabio Morabíto In Limine to Federico Gaxiola Hearts Are Quietly Les Murray Refusing Saul’s Armour The Kiln Cavalry at Xian Andrew Motion The Old Head A Garden in Japan Coming in to Land Judy Brown The Blackmailer’s Wife Reads History and Considers the Nature of Guilt The Long Game Ruth Valentine from Sea Fishing Julian Turner Fools The Yoredale Beds Ben Wilkinson Sunday Home AF Harrold Birder On the Morning Sleeper Watch A Song to Food Susan Burns The Afterlife Club Stephen Knight Walking the Dead New Town Old Man up a Tree Gillian Allnutt Delft Lass Sorrow Ilse Philip Gross As the Man Said Pax Pylonica Pylon in the Mist One Moment in the History of Pylons Materials Constitutional Helen Mort Rope Carola Luther Benjamin’s Pool Crossing the Straits Rhian Edwards The Action Jack Underwood Wilderbeast Theology Daljit Nagra from Cocky Sonnets Competition 2008 Godfrey Ackers: first prize The Canal Road Sam Riviere: second prize Hello, I’m visiting the area on behalf of Amnesty International Patricia Hann: third prize Sisters in a Wood Kathleen Jamie: Judge’s Report
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		REVIEWS & FEATURES
		Conversation Pieces Philip Gross values space to think in collections by Jeffrey Wainwright, Carol Rumens and Robert Minhinnick Rites of Passage Kate Bingham introduces debut collections by Kathryn Simmonds, Katy Evans-Bush and Paul Batchelor Lost on the Moon Peter Porter brings the poetry of John Ashbery home to earth Cheerleaders and Barometers Sarah Crown on the art of the anthologist The Lion for Real George Szirtes on authority in the poetry of Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Moniza Alvi and Paul Groves Appropriating Form Luke Kennard on new work by John Redmond, Stephen Romer and Linda Black Gravitas Carried Lightly Bernard O’Donoghue celebrates the work of Mick Imlah Worth a Returning Glance Todd Swift on new chapbooks and pamphlets Poetry Cape Town: Storms and Hope Isobel Dixon revisits her homeland of South Africa for Poetry London
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		Courses Resources Writing Groups Events, Festivals and Venues Deadlines Poetry Diary
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