Literature
"Aberfan: Under the Arc Lights," in The Spectator, October 10, 1966, reprinted in Best Poems of 1966: Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards: A Compilation of Original Poetry published in Magazines of the english-speaking World in 1966, Volume XIX, Pacific Book Publishers, Palo Alto California, 1967.
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