The Bards

The Bards is an irregular series of short poetry 'broadsides', a folded A4 sheet in format, inspired by Bard. It differs from its parent title in that each issue is dedicated to the work of a single author — they are intended to be handed out at poetry readings or for readers to purchase as affordable samplers of a poet's work. It is edited by DJ Tyrer.
"Why not try a handful? You could find something compellingly fine and be hooked" — review in Krax
==Spin-off series==
This title has, in turn, now inspired descendants of its own in a similar style, only themed: Xmas Bards and Yellow Leaves are two recently-established series that use the same format, while Xothic Sathlattae is a brand new addition publishing Cthulhu Mythos-related poetry.
==Covers gallery==
The cover designs for all the issues of The Bards can be seen together at The Bards Covers Gallery, where they can be clicked-through to their individual issues.
==Issues==
Note: Due to changes in how they are printed, some early copies have recently been reformatted, but this has made no tangible difference to the content except for the updating of address and website details.
Issue no. 	Author 	Title 	Cover artist
The Bards 1 	AC Evans 	Psychic Citadel 	AC Evans
The Bards 2 	Geoff Stevens 	Life in 21st Century Britain 	Geoff Stevens
The Bards 3 	Christopher Brewer 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 4 	Eric Ferris 	False Prophets? 	Eric Ferris
The Bards 5 	Aeronwy Dafies 	The Ragwort Riders 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 6 	Steve Sneyd 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 7 	DJ Tyrer 	War On Terror 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 8 	Eddie Harriman 	A Tale Or Two 	Eddie Harriman
The Bards 9 	Jan Oskar Hansen 	 	Eddie Harriman
The Bards 10	DS Davidson 	These Fortean Times... 	AC Evans
The Bards 11	Paul Murphy 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 12	Les Merton 	 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 13	Dave Wright 	Rough Guide To Genesis 	AC Evans
The Bards 14	John Francis Haines 	Overdrawn at the Memory Bank 	AC Evans
The Bards 15	Cardinal Cox 	Tir Na nOgham 	AC Evans
The Bards 16	Bryn Fortey 	Outlook: Bleak 	AC Evans
The Bards 17	Paul Cutting 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 18	Deborah Tyler-Bennett	 	Deborah Tyler-Bennett
The Bards 19	Michael Dundrow 	 	Tracy Patrick
The Bards 20	E. Jodi Woodward 	Time Zones 	Graham Earnshaw
The Bards 21	Sally Richards 	 	Edwin Page
The Bards 22	Steve Mann 	 	Ian Brown
The Bards 23	David Norris-Kay/
Dave Austin	 	Ian Brown
The Bards 24	Ed Blundell 	One Man and His Doggerel 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 25	Neil Leadbeater 	Amazing World 	Neil Leadbeater
The Bards 26	DS Davidson 	Love and Hate... 	AC Evans
The Bards 27	Frances Sackett 	 	Monica Goddard
The Bards 28	Zack Samuel 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 29	DJ Tyrer 	What You See Is What You Are 	AC Evans
The Bards 30	Christine Despardes 	The Tristan Cycle 	Christine Despardes
The Bards 31	JB Dawson 	If Only 	David Leverton
The Bards 32	Neal Wilgus 	 	Neal Wilgus
The Bards 33	Aeronwy Dafies 	Dead Rose 	Aeronwy Dafies
The Bards 34	John O'Malley 	 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 35	Jane Stuart 	 	David Leverton
The Bards 36	Frederick J. Mayer 	 	Frederick J. Mayer
The Bards 37	Ian Clarke 	 	AC Evans
The Bards 38	Bryn Fortey 	Borrowed Lines 	AC Evans
The Bards 39	Margaret Saine 	 	Margaret Saine
The Bards 40	Neal Wilgus 	The Phoneiad 	DJ Tyrer
The Bards 41	DJ Tyrer 	Deadly Eye 	David Leverton
The Bards 42	K.A. Opperman 	Fungal Grotesques, Sporous Perversions: Mushroom Poetry	Mutartis Boswell
The Bards 43	Ashley Dioses 	Beneath Her Spell: She-Devils of Renown 	Ac Evans
The Bards 44	David Norris-Kay/
Dave Austin	 	AC Evans
==Review of The Bards 1, 2 & 3==
"THE BARDS is a series of A4 folded sheets each presenting a selection of poems by one poet. No. 1 has 8 poems by AC Evans. These describe the present as already nearly the future — at least, that's how it seems to me but perhaps that's because I live in Berwick-upon-Tweed where the present may still be the past, or maybe vice versa. The images in these poems are sharp, the language is urgent and in places uncomfortable: the author's world is not a cosy one — it is too much like the real one. This pamphlet is worth more than the ten pence plus SAE asked for it. No. 2 contains 9 poems by Geoff Stevens. Enigmatic and ironic, sometimes angry, they illuminate life from the side and throw bits of it into unfamiliar relief. This is another selection that is well worth the money — never mind the length, luxuriate in the quality! No. 3 has a beautiful cover by AC Evans and the 9 poems are from Christopher Brewer. The language of these is more straightforward than in the other two collections, the beauty of it is different to theirs and there is rhyme, an aspect of poetry now often derided, but when skilful and not forced, it makes the poems sing in a way that blank or free verse never can.If you buy all three of these, it would cost you 30 pence (and only one stamp) and not only would you have an introduction to or reminder of three accomplished poets, but a miniature celebration of the diversity of contemporary poetry."— by John Light
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