Hi Helen, I am unable to chose between these poems on merit or subject
matter. In terms of a collection what other criteria are there?
Technical range is one.
I may be utterly mistaken but the long cadences of the three line
stanzas in 'Belay' are perhaps less represented in the overall body of
work than are the shorter quatrains of 'Anchor Point'.
If all other things are equal that might be sufficient reason to whose
'Belay'.
Best wishes, John
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