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Precision line work and impressionistic styles clash in volume 20

Poetry and Audience  11th October 1957. Editor: James Simmons
Exploring the evolving design of the pioneering Poetry and Audience magazine. An online exhibition from Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience - 6th November, 1953
Poetry and Audience 6th November, 1953. Editor: Ralph Maud. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience 6th October, 1961
Poetry and Audience 11th October 1957. Editor: James Simmons. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience  11th October 1957. Editor: James Simmons
Poetry and Audience 6th October, 1961. Editor: Ben Sherriff. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience Pamphlets Number 2: Poems by John Quail. 1965/66/69
Poetry and Audience Pamphlets Number 2: Poems by John Quail. 1965/66/69. Editor: Roderick Wilson.. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience Pamphlets Number 2: Poems by John Quail. 1965/66/69
Poetry and Audience 29th November, 1963 Editor: Jeffrey Wainwright. 1965/66/69. Editor: Roderick Wilson.. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience  11th October 1957
Poetry and Audience 15th October, 1965. Editor: Brian Oxley. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience Volume 20 Issue 2
Poetry and Audience Volume 20 Issue 2. Editor: Brian Oxley. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience Volume 23 Issue 1
Poetry and Audience Volume 23 Issue 1. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Poetry and Audience Volume 26 Issue 1
Poetry and Audience Volume 26 Issue 1. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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The Grass’s Time by John Glover, Northern House
Poetry and Audience The Grass’s Time. One of a selection of cover pages from the magazine Poetry and Audience, part of the archives held in Special Collections at Leeds University Library.
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Designed by Lee Calcraft, the covers of P&A continued to become more visually appealing, whilst maintaining its handmade spirit.

Here the figure, presumably reading poetry, is unknowingly being spied upon by a host of eyes in the top right hand corner, symbolising the ever-present audience, which the magazine wishes to engage with.

The back cover however, reveals the eclectic and all-embracing nature of the magazine, through stylistic contrast; the precise penned lines, tight forms and complex patterns of the front cover are replaced by an impressionistic explosion of streaks of mauve and pink with a new relief title pressed in black over it.

However, note the similarity of both the 'P' and 'A' to the previous design, suggesting continuity despite the changing editors, contributors and cover designs.

CLASSMARK: University of Leeds, A-0.01 POE