Here’s a Thought I’d Rather Be Thinking
From Magma 71 Here’s a Thought I’d Rather Be Thinking Film poem by Jesse Adlam after a poem by Greta Stoddart This film was made by 16-year-old aspiring film maker Jesse Adlam after a poem by his mother,…
Magma 71: Collection of Films from the Open Call for Submissions
Selected by Cheryl Moskowitz, co-editor, Magma 71, The Film Issue ** Home Video by Stephanie Papa Reverting to Type by Helen Clare A Dot by Hanna-Mari Ojala What happens after…
A LEAP OF FAITH: WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SOUTH BANK POETRY’S WORKSHOPS
I started running South Bank Poetry workshops in 2015, it all started with one workshop at the Poetry Café, which went really well and those who attended wanted to come back for another one, so I ran more and more…
Jennifer Wong Reviews Katy Evans-Bush and Alexandra Strnad
Broken Cities Katy Evans-Bush Smith Doorstop H Is for Hadeda Alexandra Strnad Poetry Salzburg Winner of the Poetry Business Competition judged by Mimi Khalvati and Ian Duhig, Katy Evans-Bush’s pamphlet Broken Cities explores the shifting boundaries between fiction and reality…
Mona Arshi shares her thoughts on judging the Magma Poetry Competition Judge’s Prize
First all of I want to say what a privilege it is to judge this year's Magma competition. The Magma competition is really special to me. I won the inaugural competition with my poem Hummingbird six years ago, a…
Requested: Robert Montgomery picks So Many Lives by John Ashbery
So Many Lives Sometimes I get radiant drunk when I think of and/or look at you, Upstaged by our life, with me in it. And other mornings too Your care is like a city, with the uncomfortable parts Evasive, and…
Steven Waling Reviews ‘Click & Collect’ by Colin Herd
Poetry is a many-splendored thing. Some poetry is intricately shaped, is allusive and difficult and associative and full of serious depth. This is not that kind of poetry. This is contemporary, relatively plain-speaking and about surfaces. There’s a poem in…
Presiding Spirits: Alice Oswald on Sophocles
In Presiding Spirits we ask a contemporary poet to write a new poem influenced by the writing of a poet from the past. Earlier this year Alice Oswald’s second collection, Dart (Faber and Faber), won the TS Eliot Prize for…
On Post-Editing the Deaf Issue, Magma 69
Having nearly emerged from the other side of co-editing the Deaf Issue, Magma 69, I would like to share a few thoughts on how it works at Magma and our plans. First, it is an immense privilege to edit an…
What Lies Beneath (BSL, with captions)
Magma 69, The Deaf Issue Poem in BSL and English by Alison Smith Performed by Alison Smith A film by Sandra Alland and Ania Urbanowska British Sign Language interpreting and translation consultation by Lisa Li ACCESS: Captioned. Transcript below. A…
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