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LUCY HOLME — ‘TEMPORARY STASIS’
SARAH HEMINGS — ‘NIGHT AFTER NIGHT IN THE QUIET HOUSE’
JACK MCGOWAN — ‘POWERLESS RANGERS’
THOMAS (MUNDI FICTOR) SHARP — ‘CHANGELING’
ROBIN MACKENZIE — ‘THE HEART OF GREEN’
ANDY BRECKENRIDGE — ‘THE LIQUID AIR’
JENNIFER LEE TSAI — LA MYSTÉRIQUE
MARTIN JOHNS — ‘TIPPING WINTER INTO SPRING’
KEEKS MC — ‘REDE WI YER HERT’
NANCY CAMPBELL — ‘UNEASY PIECES’
DAVID KEYWORTH — ‘THE TWILIGHT SHIFT’
JOSHUA CALLADINE-JONES — ‘RECONSTRUCTIONS [REKONSTRUKCE]’
EILEEN FARRELLY — ‘SOME THINGS I OUGHT TO THROW AWAY’
SAMMY WEAVER — ‘ANGOLA, AMERICA’
CLIVE DONOVAN — ‘WOUND UP WITH LOVE’
HANNAH LINDEN — ‘THE BEAUTIFUL OPEN SKY’
EMMA FILTNESS — ‘BANDAGED DREAMS’
JULIE MCNEILL — ‘RAGGED RAINBOWS’
DENNIS TOMLINSON — ‘ORNAMENTS’
SL GRANGE — ‘BODIES, AND OTHER HAUNTED HOUSES’
DAVID HARSENT — ‘OF CERTAIN ANGELS’
VAHID DAVAR — ‘SOMETHING THE COLOUR OF PINES ON FIRE’ [3 OPOIs]
OLIVIA DAWSON — ‘UNBOTTLED’
MARK WYNNE — ‘POINT BOLIVAR LIGHT’
C D BOYLAND — ‘VESSEL’
LESLEY TRAYNOR – ‘THRAWN’
CLARE BEST — ‘END OF SEASON’
MILENA WILLIAMSON — ‘CHARM FOR CATCHING A TRAIN’
KATY MAHON — ‘SOME INDEFINABLE CORD’
NICOLE CARTER — ‘GUNG HO!’
SIGURBJÖRG THRASTARDÓTTIR — ‘COLD-SHIVER-OIL’
KATHRYN BEVIS — ‘FLAMINGO’
RAY VINCENT-MILLS — ‘CREATURE WITHOUT BUILDING’
JOHN F. DEANE — ‘VOIX CELESTE’
SUJI KWOCK KIM — ‘NOTES FROM THE NORTH’
JO BRATTEN — ‘CLIMACTERIC’
CÀIT O’NEILL MCCULLAGH & SINÉAD MCCLURE — ‘THE SONGS I SING ARE SISTERS’
RICHARD SKINNER —‘DREAM INTO PLAY’
JOHN BURNSIDE — ‘APOSTASY’
SREE SEN — ‘CRACKED ASPHALT’
VÉNUS KHOURY-GHATA (TRANSLATED BY MARILYN HACKER) — ‘THE WATER PEOPLE’
HELEN BOWIE — ‘EXPOSITION LADIES’
MEG BARTON — ‘I’D STILL HAVE BEEN ANNOYED ABOUT THE PLUMS’
PAUL INGS — ‘ONE WEEK, ONE SPAN OF HUMAN LIFE’
SUSAN DARLINGTON — ‘NEVER WEAR WHITE’
ELENA CROITORU — ‘THE COUNTRY WITH NO PLAYGROUNDS’
MARIE ISABEL MATTHEWS-SCHLINZIG — ‘KINSCAPES’
HILARY MENOS – ‘FEAR OF FORKS’ [3 OPOIs]
SARAH JAMES — ‘TEN LINES OR MORE THAN JUST LOVE NOTES’
NICOLA NATHAN — ‘HEKATE’
GERRY MCGRATH — ‘LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET’
FRAN LOCK — ‘FOREVER ALIVE’
GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE (TR. MARTIN SORRELL) — ‘THE BESTIARY’
ARVIND KRISHNA MEHROTA — ‘GHALIB, A DIARY: DELHI 1857-1858’
JOANNA INGHAM —‘OVARIUM’
CIAN FERRITER — ‘EARTH’S BLACK CHUTE’
MARY MULHOLLAND — ‘WHAT THE SHEEP TAUGHT ME’
JUANA ADCOCK — ‘VESTIGIAL’
CHRISTOPHER JAMES — ‘THE STORM IN THE PIANO’
BELINDA RIMMER — 'HOLDING ON’
JOHN GALLAS — ‘AOTEAROA/ANGLELAND’
BECKI HAWKES — ‘THE NAMING OF WINGS’
TRISTAN MOSS — ‘THE COLD WAR’ [2 OPOIs]
JAMIE O’HALLORAN — ‘CORONA CONNEMARA & HALF A CROWN’
JACOB ANTHONY RAMIREZ — ‘KITCHEN BOOMBOX’
HUGO WILLAMS — ‘THE WEST PIER’
HABIB TENGOUR — ‘CONSOLATIO’
TIM MURPHY — ‘YOUNG IN THE NIGHT GRASS’
TOBY BUCKLEY — ‘MILK SNAKE’
MICHAELA COPLEN — ‘FINISHING SCHOOL’
SEÁN STREET — ‘THE SOUND RECORDIST’
PAMELA CROWE — ‘THE BELL TOWER’
HEATHER LANE — ‘ELLIPTICAL’
DAVID KINLOCH — ‘IGGLEHEIM’S ARK’
SUNDRA LAWRENCE — ‘WARRIORS’
A. E. PIOUS — FIVE SONGS ON A CRUEL INSTRUMENT
KARL MARX (TRANSLATED BY PHILIP WILSON) – ‘EVENING HOUR’
TOM POW — ‘SVETLANA’S DANCE’ [2 OPOIs]
JENNIFER COPLEY — ‘WHEN THE WORLD WAS LEFT IN PIECES’ [2 OPOIs]
HELEN QUAH — ‘DOG WOMAN’
CLAUDIA COURT — ‘SCHOOL MILK’
ROBIN HELWEG-LARSEN (ED) — ‘LOST LOVE’ (2 OPOI)
ISABEL S. MILES — ‘SPENT EARTH’
A.C.H. SMITH — ‘AFTER ALTAMIRA’
GREG FREEMAN — ‘THE FALL OF SINGAPORE’
SELIMA HILL — ‘DOLLY’
KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND — ‘HARALD IN BYZANTIUM’
SELIMA HILL — ‘SUSAN’
SELIMA HILL — ‘MEN IN SHORTS’
AMANDA DALTON — ‘NOTES ON WATER’
SELIMA HILL — ‘THE ELEPHANT’
TRISTRAM FANE SAUNDERS — ‘THE RAKE’
CHRISTOPHER HORTON — 'PERFECT TIMING’
SELIMA HILL — ‘FISHFACE’
SELIMA HILL — ‘DRESSED AND SOBBING’
FRED D’AGUIAR — ‘GRACE NOTES’
REBECCA HURST — ‘THE FOX’S WEDDING’
JUDITH WOZNIAK — ‘PATIENT WATCHING’
ROSIE JACKSON — ‘LIGHT MAKES IT EASY’
FIONA LARKIN — ‘VITAL CAPACITY’
SELIMA HILL — ‘THE HOUSE BY THE SEA’
KHADIJA ROUF — ‘HOUSE WORK’
SELIMA HILL — ‘THE CHAUFFEUR’
SARAH MNATZAGANIAN — ‘LEMONADE IN THE ARMENIAN QUARTER’
SELIMA HILL — ‘THE NIGHT NURSE’
VALERIE BENCE — ‘OVERLAP’
SELIMA HILL — ‘REDUCED TO A QUIVERING JELLY’
RICHARD DOYLE — ‘MACHINE JOURNEY’
KATHLEEN BELL — ‘DO YOU KNOW HOW KIND I AM?’
JOANNA NISSEL — ‘GUERRILLA BRIGHTENINGS’ (2 OPOI)
RICHARD SKELTON — ‘THE GIVING WAY’
MAEVE McKENNA — ‘A DEDICATION TO DROWNING’
TRACEY S. ROSENBERG — ‘THE SOUP OF MY ANCESTORS’
DEAN BROWNE — ‘KITCHENS AT NIGHT’
MARC VINCENZ — ‘EINSTEIN FLEDERMAUS’ (2 OPOIs)
ALAN BROWNJOHN — ‘THE SHIP OF ENDURANCE’
HELEN REID — ‘A FIELD GUIDE TO WEDDING GUESTS’
FINOLA SCOTT — ‘COUNT THE WAYS’
JIM McELROY — ‘WE ARE THE WEATHER’
EVELINE PYE — ‘STEAM’
HENRY BELL — ‘THE INNER CIRCLE’
MAYA C POPA — ‘DEAR LIFE’
CATHERINE FAULDS — ‘DECODING THE DARK’
AOIFE MANNIX — ‘ALICE UNDER THE KNIFE’
MARTIN FIGURA — ‘MY NAME IS MERCY’
THOMAS SHARP — ‘HIS OWN INVENTED TORMENTS’
LIZ HOUCHIN — ‘ANATOMY OF A HONEY GIRL’
ANA SAMPSON (ED) — ‘TEN POEMS FOR BREAKFAST’
ELEANOR PAGE — ‘SLEEPING ON THE WING’ (2 OPOI)
DIANA CANT — ‘AT RISK’
FLO REYNOLDS — ‘THE OTHER BODY’
PHOEBE CALDWELL — ‘LISTENING TO THE LANDSCAPE’
MARGOT MYERS — ‘I MEANT TO SAY...’
SK GROUT — ‘WHAT LOVE WOULD SMELL LIKE’ (2 OPOIs)
JULIA DUKE — ‘CONVERSATIONS’
JOHN RAUBENHEIMER — ‘MY FATHER THE KITEMAKER’
STEPHEN PAYNE — ‘THE WAX ARGUMENT & OTHER THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS’ (3 OPOIs)
LYNN THORNTON — ‘THE TYRING HOUSE’
IAN HARROW — ‘MAKE-BELIEVER’
CHAUCER CAMERON — ‘IN AN IDEAL WORLD I’D NOT BE MURDERED’
ZEIN SA’DEDIN — ‘STAIRCASE’
REHEMA NJAMBI — ‘THIS HOUSE’
NEIL ELDER — ‘LIKE THIS’
PIÓTR FLORCZYK — ‘KRAKÓW TESTIMONIES’
NAOMI FOYLE — ‘IMPORTENTS’
ANDREW MCCULLOCH — ‘AFTER’
HEINRICH HEINE — ‘NORTH SEA POEMS’
AMANDA DALTON — ‘THIRTY POEMS IN THIRTY DAYS’
ROSE COOK — ‘FRESH START: A SHEPHERD’S CALENDAR’
KERRY DARBISHIRE & KELLY DAVIS — ‘GLORY DAYS’
SUE JOHNS — ‘TRACK RECORD’
HELEN MORT & KATRINA NAOMI — ‘SAME BUT DIFFERENT’
ANNE BAILEY — ‘WHAT THE HOUSE TAUGHT US’ (2 OPOI)
ALISON FELL — ‘DIG’
LISABELLE TAY — ‘PILGRIM’
NAUSH SABAH — ‘LITANIES’
MICHÈLE ROBERTS — ‘THE WEDDING IN MARSEILLES’
MIKE DILLON — ‘THE RETURN’
DAVID TAIT — ‘BY DEGREES’
M STASIAK — ‘ENCHANT / EXTINGUISH’
JOHN CLEGG — ‘PINECOAST’

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