the
Dark
Horse
late autumn & win t e r 20 1 5
Contents
Editorial
Gwyneth Lewis
Kathryn Gray
Niall Campbell
Andrew Greig
Kim Addonizio
Elizabeth Burns
R. V. Bailey
James McGonigal
Carol Beadle
A. E. Stallings
Anna Crowe
Rory Waterman
Peter Daniels
Angela Topping
Bethany W. Pope
John Ridland
James Aitchison
Steve Ely
Will Eaves
Stuart Pickford
Jackie Wills
Amit Majmudar
John Killick
Stuart A. Paterson
Steve Myers
Damian Furniss
Katy Evans-Bush
Ian McDonough
Lavinia Singer
Alison Prince
Kate Hendry
Tristram Fane Saunders
Katrina Naomi
Christina Dunhill
Paul Deaton
Stewart Sanderson
Robin Fulton Macpherson
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Poem: From Angle
‘To Tell Your Name the Livelong Day’:
The Paradox of the Poetry Prize
1 4
Poem: First Nights
15
Poem: Last Dance
1 6
Two Poems
18
Poem: The Volumes
19
Poem: Archive
20
From Glasgow to Frisco: Edwin Morgan’s
Letters to America
31
Poem: Footfall
32
Poem: Psalm Beginning with Two Lines of Smart’s
Jubilate Agno
34
Two Poems
36
Ian Parks, Mexborough and the Quest for Identity
43
Poem: Look Out
43
Poem: Against the Dark
44
Two Poems
46
Poem: Disposing of my Cadaver
49
Poem: On a Minor Road
50
Beasts of Eden: Ted Hughes and Influence
59
Poem: Condensation
60
Poem: Peacock Butterfly
62
Poem: European Fire Ant
63
Poem: Augustine the Hippo
64
The Resurrection Man
69
Poem: Descended
70
Poem: The Blue Umbrella
71
Poem: Cordon Bleu
72
The Heavenly Mansions of James Merrill
76
Poem: Cosmic Microwave Radiation
77
Poem: The Ally
78
Two Poems
80
Masters and Mavericks: Two American Voices
85
Poem: A Descent
86
Jim Carruth’s Clash of Two Cultures
89 Poem: The Pipe
90
Ghosts in the Cairn: On Richie McCaffery
93
Poem: The Madonna in the Church
94
Four Poems
96
Notes on Contributors