"You never lose the north" a friend of mine once told me, in a difficult moment of our lives, and I realised that it meant not losing the orientation, the route linked to the North Star, from the millenary habits…
From losing a precious object to the death of a dear friend, loss is an inspiring topic for poets. In ‘One Art,’ Elizabeth Bishop begins with losing her keys and ends with the loss of a relationship. Loss has inspired…
Magma Open Pamphlet Competition Results Winning pamphlet 1. Dear, by Alice Willitts Shortlisted pamphlets 2. /si:d/ by Ben Egerton 3. Satyress by Audrey Molloy 4. I invented a metaphysics by Alison Winch Read poems from the winning…
Magma was at StAnza last weekend. It was super friendly, with many excellent events. There were some interludes of heavenly StAnza weather (proof in the photos). We’d reprinted the sold-out Climate Change Issue, partly with the festival in mind. It…
We are delighted to announce the winners of Magma Poetry Competition 2018/19 Judge's Prize Judged by Andrew McMillan First prize: Inua Ellams - 'Fuck/Boys' Second prize: Rowena Warwick - 'Stillborn' Third prize:…
THE CHANGELING ISSUE editors Ella Frears and Richard Scott Tue, 2 April 2019 18:30 – 21:30 BST Studio Voltaire 1A Nelson's Row London SW4 7JR Book your tickets here We are proud…
We had 430 replies to the Big Survey. Thank you very much to everyone who took part. One lucky person won a free subscription (announced on Twitter). The survey had some messages for us… The clearest one was that people…
* The submissions window for ‘Loss’ is open from 1st March – 2nd May 2019. We welcome poems that have not been previously published, either in print or online. Up to 4 poems may be sent via Submittable, or by…
Here's a poem by Rishi Dastidar. Thucydides, historian of ancient Greece, chronicler of the violent struggle between Athens and Sparta in the late 5th century BC, and his trap. Relevant? Oh yes. The trap is as nasty as the tone…
Sometimes readers react to ‘subject matter’ over the activity of the poem. They feel anything remotely ‘political’ to be polemical and thus didactic. They feel they “know this information already, so why do they need it in a poem”. That…
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