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Poetry and other material given to Tony Curtis in the 1970s by other Anglo-Welsh poets and writers who were or who would subsequently become well-known, namely Dannie Abse, Sam Adams, Alison Bielski, Gillian Clarke, Tony Conran, Jeremy Hooker, Nigel Jenkins, Glyn Jones (unnamed, but see, for example: https://www.waterstones.com/book/corgi-series-common-path-the/glyn-jones/9780863817212), Roland Mathias, Christopher Morgan, Robert Morgan, Leslie Norris, John Ormond, Alan Perry, Douglas Phillips, A. G. Prys-Jones, Sally Roberts-Jones, R. George Thomas, John Tripp, Gwyn Williams and John Stuart Williams, which includes draft and fair-copied poems and biographical and bibliographical information relating to the individual poet/writer, together with letters, 1975, to Tony Curtis from Gillian Clarke, Nigel Jenkins and Robert Morgan, and from the Anglo-Welsh poet Raymond Garlick, who is not represented in the body of this material. Multiple drafts of poems show the progression of the poets' works. Poems by Alan Perry include a letter to Perry from the Sunday Times accepting his poem 'The Smell of Baking Bread' for publication.
A. G. Prys-Jones's work includes English translations of 'Aberdaron' by Cynan (Albert Evans-Jones) and 'Ystrad Fflur' by T. Gwynn Jones.

Poetry by miscellaneous poets other than Tony Curtis, comprising:

Photocopied typescript of a poem titled 'The Love That Dares To Speak Its Name' by James Kirkup.

Manuscript and typescript poems by Christopher Morgan (one poem signed).

Translations into English by Catherine Blundell from the German poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler.

Poem in the form of dialogue between several speakers titled 'The Cage' by Ruth Manning-Saunders.

Two poems by Menna Elfyn taken from a printed newspaper source.

Copies of the poems read by participating individuals at poetry reading sessions held at the George and Dragon Hotel, Northwich, 1970-1971, the poets including Catherine Blundell and Chris Morgan, for whom see above. For this item, see also under heading Lectures, talks and poetry readings by Tony Curtis within this archive.

Two poems by an unnamed poet titled 'In the electrical shop' and 'Football Game'.

Typescript poem by Charles Causley titled 'Ballad of the Bread Man', with note, presumably to Tony Curtis, in Causley's hand.

Poem titled 'Lunchtime Lecture' by Gillian Clarke.

WARNING: The poem titled 'The Love that Dares to Speak its Name' by James Kirkup may prove offensive to some readers.