Poems: 'West Indian Myth 2', 'West Indian Myth 6', 'The Boy of the House', 'Don't Talk to Me About Bread', 'Branded', 'This England?', 'Grandmotherpoem', 'The Sea', 'A Mugger's Game', 'A Good Life Sonnet, 'Rendezvous', 'Love in the Hospital', 'The Mother's Tale', 'New People for Old', 'Haiku: Violence on the Tube', 'The Thing Not Said', 'Land Behind the Mountains', 'Grandfather's Sermon', and 'Michael Smith'

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Poem written by Markham titled 'West Indian Myth 2', 'West Indian Myth 6', 'The Boy of the House', 'Don't Talk to Me About Bread', 'Branded', 'This England?', 'Grandmotherpoem', 'The Sea', 'A Mugger's Game', 'A Good Life Sonnet, 'Rendezvous', 'Love in the Hospital', 'The Mother's Tale', 'New People for Old', 'Haiku: Violence on the Tube', 'The Thing Not Said', 'Land Behind the Mountains', 'Grandfather's Sermon', and 'Michael Smith'

Published in Poesia, no.140, Jun 2000, pp.54-70

Note that this publication features both English and Italian translations of the poems by Markham, and also includes a profile of 'Edward Archie Markham' written by Bruno Gallo in Italian

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