Magma 49 is made from a mixture of three parts sand and one part cement. No, hang on, that’s the recipe for concrete. Magma 49 is actually made from a mixture of poems, prose and reviews, most of which bear some relation to the theme of Build it Up and Knock it Down.
Articles
| Presiding Spirits: W N Herbert on Byron |
In Presiding Spirits we ask a contemporary poet to write a poem which draws on writing from the past. In this issue W N Herbert responds to Byron’s Childe Harold. Errant My voice went on a quest to find itself – it never breathed a word to me about its divvy divagations. Left on the… |
| No fake, rosy picture of the world |
Rob A Mackenzie reviews Katherine Gallagher’s Carnival Edge: New & Selected Poems (Arc £11.99), Alan Wall’s Doctor Placebo (Shearsman £8.95) and TEN: New Poets Spread the Word ed. Bernardine Evaristo and Daljit Nagra (Bloodaxe/Spread the Word £8.95). Katherine Gallagher has produced only four collections since her first in 1974 and perhaps that’s one reason I… |
| Editorial |
Magma 49 is made from a mixture of three parts sand and one part cement. No, hang on, that’s the recipe for concrete. Magma 49 is actually made from a mixture of poems, prose and reviews, most of which bear some relation to my chosen theme of Build it Up and Knock it Down. What… |
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