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1 Editorial 6 The next issue of MPT 7 Oliver Reynolds, ‘Curtain’ (after Brecht) 8 Aviva Dautch, ‘Ghazal’ 13 Kathryn Maris, variations on ‘Atonement’ 16 David Hart, ‘Language at the Edge’ 23 Carol Rumens, five poems 29 Philippe Jaccottet, five poems translated by

Alastair Thomson 33 Hubert Moore, ‘Write-to-Life’ 35 ‘After 209’, translated by Nasrin Parvaz and Hubert Moore 37 Hubert Moore, three poems 40 Sasha Dugdale, ‘At the Edge’ 49 Jane Draycott, from Pearl 54 Olivia McCannon, ten poems 63 Mark Leech, ‘Shadow Economy’ (after ‘The Husband’s

Message’) 67 Stephen Watts, ‘Nonno’ 79 Timothy Adès, three translations 87 Shinjiro Kurahara, ‘The Fox’, translated by William Elliott

and Katsumasa Nishihara 92 Fitzgerald Kusz, ‘love’, translated by Shon Arieh-Lerer 94 Heinz Ehemann, two poems, translated by Shon Arieh-Lerer 99 Raymond Foster, ‘The Garden of God’ 101 Jennie Feldman, two poems 103 Ariel Zinder, ‘Bricks’, translated by Jennie Feldman