Atsuro Riley

Hutch
Chord

Fiona Sampson

The Lodger
After the Air Tattoo

Devin Johnston

The Golden Hinde
Hog Island Oysters
In the North

David Orr

Victory
Daniel
The Train
The Sight

Todd Boss

White Ash Goes Up at a Touch

Neil Fischer

[As if the moon could haul through you]
Madness in a Chalice

Vona Groarke

The Small Hours

Li-Young Lee

Secret Life
Little Ache

Siobhán Campbell

Quickthorn

Raffaello Baldini

Hygiene
Translated by Adria Bernardi

Franco Fortini

Ah the Delight . . .
Translated by Geoffrey Brock Far Away, Far Away . . .
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Alda Merini

From "Aphorisms"
Translated by Douglas Basford From "Aphorisms and Spells"
Translated by Douglas Basford

Patrizia Cavalli

[The happy ones are almost always also vulgar]
Translated by Geoffrey Brock [From behind, standing, from a distance]
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Milo De Angelis

From "Theme of Farewell"
Translated by Susan Stewart and Patrizio Ceccagnoli

Umberto Fiori

At the Circus
Translated by Geoffrey Brock Slide
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Antonella Anedda

For My Daughter
Translated by Sarah Arvio Vendetta
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Valerio Magrelli

From Our Correspondent in:
Theatre Square, Dresden
Translated by Jamie McKendrick Bar Code
Translated by Jamie McKendrick

Fabio Pusterla

Plundered
Translated by Geoffrey Brock Night Visit
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Patrizia Valduga

From "One Hundred Quatrains"
Translated by Geoffrey Brock From "Quatrains: Second Hundred"
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Franco Buffoni

[From Mars cruel god of war]
Translated by Geoffrey Brock

Geoffrey Brock

Some Recent Italian Poems

Gianluigi Simonetti

Italian Poetry Today: New Ways to Break the Line
Geoffrey Brock

Heather McHugh

The Fabric: A Poet's Vesalius

Clive James

The Arrow Has Not Two Points

Letters to the Editor