These included Thom Gunn's original "Fighting Terms" (1954); two by George MacBeth ("A Form of Words", 1954, and "Lecture to the Trainees", 1962); Charles Tomlinson (the original "The Necklace", 1955); Gordon Wharton, ("This and That", 1955); Donald Davie ("The Brides of Reason", 1955); Lucien Stryk, ("The Trespasser", 1956); Kingsley Amis ("The Evans Country", 1962); Peter Dale, ("A Walk from the House", 1962); Michael Fried, ("Other Hands, 1962").
These included notable works by prominent poets, such as Thom Gunn's debut "Fighting Terms" (1954), alongside pieces by George MacBeth ("A Form of Words" and "Lecture to the Trainees"), Charles Tomlinson's inaugural "The Necklace", Gordon Wharton's "This and That", Donald Davie's "The Brides of Reason", Lucien Stryk's "The Trespasser", Kingsley Amis' "The Evans Country", Peter Dale's "A Walk from the House", and Michael Fried's "Other Hands".