| Magma 32 in the Poetry Library Archive |
The full contents of Magma 34 have been archived by the Poetry Library and can be accessed on their website, here. |
| SEA-FEVER IS THE SEA BRITAIN 2005 FAVOURITE SEA POEM |
The nation is clearly still in love with his ringing call: “I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship, and a star to steer her by.” Masefield’s “Sea-Fever” topped a ten-strong shortlist for the SeaBritain 2005 Favourite Sea Poem selected… |
| Sea Poems Old and New - a reading at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
The SeaBritain 2005 Favourite Poem of the Sea will be announced at a celebration, reading and party at the Chapel, the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Come along and hear the poets read and mingle with them afterwards at the drinks reception. Tickets £8.00 / £6.00 concessions, including a glass of wine, direct from The… |
| Vote for the SeaBritain 2005 Favourite Poem of the Sea! |
A big thank you to all of you who sent in your nominations for the SeaBritain 2005 Favourite Poem of the Sea. Now we would like you to help us choose the winning poem by voting for your favourite from the Top 10 nominations listed below. To vote, pick your choice from this list and… |
| Another view of David Constantine's Collected Poems |
When I read Laurie Smith’s review of David Constantine’s Collected Poems in Magma 31, I was startled by the fact that the poet he described seemed to bear so little relation to the poet I had read. Who was this poet of feelings ‘scarcely related to the real world’ who ‘does not write at all… |
| Help Magma find the SeaBritain 2005 Favourite Poem of the Sea |
SeaBritain 2005 is a national maritime celebration on a grand scale. Led by the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, its starting point is the 200th anniversary, this October, of Nelson’s victory at the great sea battle of Trafalgar. But SeaBritain 2005 and partner organizations like Magma are looking to make the anniversary year a much… |
| Poetry in Practice - Net Gains? |
Mark McGuinness investigates what the internet has to offer practising poets Poetry is ideal for the internet, even if the internet isn’t completely ideal for poetry. On the plus side, it’s easy to reproduce poems in digital form, they don’t take up much bandwidth or storage space, and there is a huge back-catalogue of poems… |
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