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Issue 74: June 2026

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In This Issue
Melissa Balmain: For The Funny Poets I Miss
Martin Parker: Visiting Time
Philip Kitcher: Grimm Tales From Web World
D. A. Prince : The New Romantic
Laura J. Bobrow: The Divorcee
David Lee Anson: Fully Integrated
INTERVAL ONE: From Cricket To Cat
Eleanor Jane Turner: Maureen The Cat Burglar Takes The Myer-Briggs
Bruce McGuffin: The Possum
Henrik Thorsϕe: Garden Talk
Marie Burdett: What The Monticello Gardeners Want To Say, But Don't (For Legal Reasons)
Margaret Owen Ruckert: Garden Of Contrasts
Bruce Bennett: Small Town Living
Val Anthony: Reuben's Tale
INTERVAL TWO: A Suite Of Sixes
Michael Swan: House Of Cards
Chris O' Carroll: What Does A Cloud Weigh?
Julia Griffin: Dunbar Redone
Craig Cowden: Discovering Athens with Θάλεια Φαίδρος
Noah Goode: Superannuated Superhero
Martin Elster: The Big Bark
Marshall Begel: Golden Silence
INTERVAL THREE: From Bungee To Bovine
Mike Mesterton-Gibbons: Re-Imagine
Angela Segredaki: Giving Beats The Taking
Deborah Lloyd: Rugby Matters In Wales
Terry Cree: Hard Facts
Martin Briggs: The Taking Of The Waters
Tom Vaughan: How It Is
INTERVAL FOUR: From Ballads To Brutish Empiricists
Susan McLean: Ballade Of Bad Decisions
Robin Gilbert: Irresolution
Julie Steiner: Curryelle
Simon MacCulloch: The Weird Poet Regrets
Thomas Beckman: Tooth And Claw
Richard Westcott: Respect The Thread!
Steven Kent: Until The End
Competition 73: Refrigerator Rhymes
Competition 74: Hoodlines And Headlines