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W. D. Jackson
X.3: Abishag (translation of "Abisag" by Rainer Maria Rilke)
E. W. Jacob
1920: Here's a Daffodil; Nursery Rhymes
David Jacobs
IX.2: Peonies
Nicholas Jacobs
IV.1: Demon in the Garden; from the Liber Facetarium of Giovanni Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (Tale CLXVII; Tale CCXXV)
Stan Jacoby
VI.2: Bystander
"Barbara James"
Pseudonym of girlfriend of the then editor (James Michie), adopted to prevent parental wrath, according to Kingsley Amis, Memoirs (1991).
1949: "One morning I woke earlier than he"
Elizabeth James
V.2: Nature Programme
VII.2: Leaving the E.R.M.; A Riddle
J. D. James
1947: To the Virgins to make much of Time
J. H. Jameson
1937: The River
Kathleen Jamie
VII.2: Autonomies and Regions: an Interview by Caroline Blyth
Jerzy Jarniewicz
V.2: Short History [translated from Polish by the author]; Cats [translated from Polish by the author]
Nigel Jarrett
VI.2: A Shepherd Learns to Read
A. Jay
1956: Bell-bottom Blues
Douglas Jay
Labour cabinet minister of the Wilson government, 1964-70. At Oxford, friend of Stephen Spender, who invited him to contribute; hobby, speed long-distance walking. With Dick Crossman, walked the 51 miles from Oxford to Winchester in fourteen hours.
1929: Burn on familiar cheek
Keith Jebb
II.3: Gathering Firewood (after Breugel)
Alan Jenkins
III.1: The Old Order
IV.3: Marie
Nicholas Jenkins (editor I.1, I.2, I.3, II.1, II.2, II.3, III.1)
I.2: Interview of Mick Imlah
I.3: Ten unpublished poems of W. H. Auden (1927-1928), edited and introduced
II.3: On the Way to China: An Unpublished Poem by W. H. Auden
II.3: Interview of Richard Ellmann
III.1: Interview of Paul Muldoon
Elizabeth Jennings (OCEL) (OCTCP)
Leading poet of the Movement, and still prolific; 2003 will see the fiftieth anniversary of her first published volume.
1948: The Elements
1949: Weathercock; Estrangement; The Lucky; Modern Poet; Winter Love; Time
1950: Diana
VI.3: Interview by Sinéad Garrigan; On Not Taking For Granted
Derek Jewell
1946:No 2: Song of the Anglo-Saxon Mother (England AD 900)
1947: Humoresque
1950: Summer's Meeting; Vice Versa
B. L. Jockney
1942-1943: Poem ("Here in your arms I take release from fear")
Adam Johnson
VIII.3: Alternative Heavens: a review by Hermione Graham of "The Playground Bell" by Adam Johnson
Alec Johnston
Killed in action Ypres, 22 April 1916.
1910-1913: To an Optimist
Fred Johnston
V.1: Ulysses, My Father
VI.1: From Claddagh Beach, November
G. H. Johnstone
1919, as G. H. Johnston: Oxford in May
George Johnstone
Won the Newdigate Prize 1920 for "The Lake of Garda". Not the Canadian poet George Johnston.
1920, as G. H. Johnstone: Summer; "Ipse Ego..."
Kenneth Johnstone
1923: The Mountain Hermit
Robert Johnstone
II.2: Ten Thousand Saw I at a Glance
E. T. Jones
1924: To the Monks of a Monastery in Italy
Leslie Phillips Jones
Killed in action in the Dardanelles, 6 June 1915.
1915: Peace
P. M. Jones
1916: For Those Gone From By The Sea; Sonnet
Peter Ben Jones
VI.2: Oversins and Overshoots
Jenny Joseph (OCTCP)
Experimental poet, in some ways unfortunately famous for her poem "Warning", which is fun but isn't terribly representative of her work. Won an Eric Gregory award in 1960.
1952, as Jennie Joseph: Preparations for a Journey; Visitors and Strangers
1953: The New Church, Osney Lock; The Bridge
James Joyce
IV.2: Lucia, by Cathal McCabe [a versification of Joyce's letters]
VI.1: Great Effusions: 'James Joyce: Poems and Shorter Writings' ed. Richard Ellmann, A. Walter Litz and John Whittier-Ferguson, reviewed by Bernard O'Donoghue
C. R. Jury
1916, as C. Jury: Pan; Song
1917: Love; Sonnet
1918: A Sonnet to a Friend; An Epitaph
Copyright Oxford Poetry 2000. Pictured above: Sketch of W. H. Auden as a teacher at the Downs School, c. 1933