Dog, Lapwing and Roebuck (3). Wales 4: 57–67, Winter.

The Search for Thomas Atkins. Lilliput 16: 99–103, February.

Milton Unloved. Time 45: 8,10, 26 February. [Letter in reply to a review of A54, 44: 99, 27 November 1944.]

The Ethics of Quotation. The Times, 10 April, p.5. [Letter.]

*Frightened Men. Tomorrow 4: 19, June. [This version of the poem is that published in B30 and A58b. Revised in later appearances.]

The Number of the Beast. Lilliput 17: 147–151, August.

*Instructions to the Orphic Adept. Tomorrow 4: 45, August.

*The Shot. Tomorrow 5: 40, October. [Revised in later appearances.]

*A Stranger at the Party. Tomorrow 5: 27, December.

*The Blodeuwedd of Gwion ap Gwreang – Battle of the Trees. Wales 5: 22-25, December. [‘The Blodeuwedd of Gwion ap Gwreang’ was later re-titled as ‘The Song of Blodeuwedd’. ‘Battle of the Trees’ was revised in later appearances.]