What Did You Think of Magma 42?
Here's your opportunity to give us some feedback about Magma 42 - what you liked and what you think could be improved. And of course it's our opportunity to hear from you. Did you enjoy the selection of poems? Did it…
What Do We Look For In The First Line Of A Poem?
What do we look for, as readers, in a poem’s first line? There are many answers to that question. I’ve picked out a few of my favourite first lines from poems in Magma 42 ‘Exit my bedroom through cavity walls…
Did Britain Produce ANY Great 20th Century Poets?
Laurie Smith’s article in Magma 42, 'The New Imagination', explores whether truly great poetry might soon emerge in the UK for the first time in many years. It’s an excellent article – well researched, controversial, and passionate. At one point…
What’s It Like to Edit a Poetry Magazine for the First Time?
It must have been the wine at the Magma Christmas bash that made me think it might be a good idea to offer myself up to Laurie Smith, one of the founders of the magazine, as assistant editor on Magma…
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