Issued at Christmas by the Poetry Book Society. Contributors D. J. Enright, Jeremy Robson, Anthony Thwaite, M. L. Rosenthal, Jon Stallworthy, Stewart Conn, Peter Porter, Thomas Blackburn, Adrian Stokes, William Meredith, Vernon Scannell and Douglas Dunn.
Daniel Abse CBE FRSL (1923–2014) was a Welsh poet, author, doctor and playwright. He wrote and edited more than sixteen books of poetry, as well as fiction and a range of other publications. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years.