Second Place Rosette Phyllis Shand Allfrey and an assured tone throughout

and an assured tone throughout

of journeys to far-off places

aided by a papier-mƒch‚ mannequin named Madame Bildungsroman

or The Painted Grape (Galley Beggar

from its beginnings

Second Place Rosette Phyllis Shand Allfrey and an assured tone throughoutSecond Place Rosette is a calendar of the customs, rituals and practices that make up life in modern Britain. The poems take in maypole dancing, mehndi painting, and medical prescriptions. Some events, like the Jewish Sabbath, happen every week; some, like the putting away of Christmas decorations, thankfully come only once a year. The subjects range from the universal to the personal: every family might have its own ritual, and each culture its own