CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION, BY BISHOP FRODSHAM[ 11]
CLOUD MESSENGERS[ 13]
LONELINESS [ 14]
AUTUMN IN PRISON[ 15]
WHAT WE THINK OF[ 16]
PRISONERS[ 17]
SONNET, TO ONE KILLED IN ACTION[ 18]
THE HATEFUL ROAD[ 19]
ENGLISH FLOWERS IN A FOREIGN GARDEN[ 20]
THE BOND[ 21]
TO YOU—UNSUNG[ 22]
A CHRISTMAS WISH[ 23]
TO KATHLEEN[ 24]
CHRISTMAS IN PRISON[ 25]
TO THE OLD YEAR[ 26]
BALLADE[ 27]
BALLADE[ 29]
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT[ 31]
A RONDEL OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE[ 32]
THE LITTLE ROAD[ 33]
SONNET[ 34]
ENGLAND, IN MEMORY [ 35]
THE DEAD[ 36]
THE SLEEPERS[ 37]
COMRADES O’ MINE[ 38]
TO R. E. K. [ 39]
BALLAD OF ARMY PAY[ 40]
TO THE DEVIL ON HIS APPALLING DECADENCE[ 43]
AT AFTERNOON TEA[ 44]
TO THE UNKNOWN NURSE[ 45]
THE HORSES[ 46]
MOTHER AND SON[ 47]
[ GROWN UPS:]
1. TIMMY TAYLOR AND THE RATS[ 48]
2. WILLUM ACCOUNTS FOR THE PRICE OF LAMPREY[ 50]
3. THE OLDEST INHABITANT HEARS FAR OFF THE DRUMS OF DEATH[ 51]
4. SETH BEMOANS THE OLDEST INHABITANT [ 52]
5. A RIVER, A PIG, AND BRAINS[ 53]
6. MARTHA BAZIN ON MARRIAGE[ 54]
[ CHILDREN:]
1. LITTLE ABEL GOES TO CHURCH[ 55]
2. DELIGHTS[ 56]
3. THE BOY WITH LITTLE BARE TOES[ 57]
THE WIND IN TOWN TREES[ 58]
FORM—A STUDY[ 59]
VILLANELLE[ 60]
KOSSOVO DAY[ 61]
A PHILOSOPHY[ 62]
CONSOLATOR AFFLICTORUM[ 63]
RECOGNITION[ 64]
ON OVER BRIDGE AT EVENING[ 65]
PASSION[ 66]
A COMMON PETITION[ 67]
AN ADVENTURE WITH GOD[ 68]
THE STRANGER[ 69]
THE BUGLER[ 71]