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The deadline has gone by. At 10 September we have actually got poems by: Ralph Hawkins, Jason Ioannou, David Hackbridge Johnson, Simon Smith, Paul Holman, Adrian Clarke, Steve Ely, Catherine Hales, Doug Jones, Nell Perry, Michael Ayres, Nancy Gaffield, Kat Sinclair, Ian Heames, David Grundy, David Ashford, Ulli Freer, John Goodby, Giles Goodland, Nicolas Spicer - and a memoir by Wayne Burrows.
I am meeting Charlie on 27 September to discuss the contributions by poets under 30. It looks like a 200-page issue. This may be grandiose but it is hard to turn down terrific poems.
Some people didn't reply to the invitation & it is too late now. I suppose regrets start here. Still, I am drowning in good material.

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