NEW HOPE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW ON-LINE

A5 perfect bound, substantial 200 page book. This issue is dedicated to Richard Caddel, so this gives you an idea of the type of poetry you may encounter. The introduction states that

Sand seeks to be an eclectic mix of poetry, prose and song lyrics. Generally each writer who is invited to submit work, will have a free range to express themselves without editorial constraints.

	A long distance from anywhere
	you might remember.  The last trees
	were a while back.  The hedges
	sit tight, leaning inland.  The air starts
	to stick to your tongue and the map
	reaches a final name.

	wait an wait
	dream of
	ivory canons and red threes, baize,
	kegs, skulls

	sweet loving stems
	of bodice, wood-bead
	she is soul, hair-groove

Bruno takes out a toothpick from a packet and starts to poke it between his teeth. There are several other picks lying on the coffee table. He has good teeth. He looks after them. He had put that in the reply to her advert, 'I am not an angel. I have bad habits but good ones too. I look after my teeth. You look like the woman I need. I like English women.' She has the photo he sent pinned up in her office. He has on an expensive tweed jacket and is tanned, perfect white teeth smiling, small dark eyes looking straight into the camera.