Poetry Magazines
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28 March 2006
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.42, Autumn 2005. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry by Gerald Locklin, Paul Donnelly, Michael Henry, Jay Ramsay and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 144pp. Received 7/3/06.
LITTORAL No.4, Winter 2005. Edited by Mervyn Linford. A multi-faith, environmental literary magazine devoted to the principle of unity in diversity. £4.50 from Littoral Press, 38 Barringtons, 10 Sutton Road, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 5NA, England, UK. Cheques should be made payable to M. Linford. Subscriptions are £17 for 4 issues. Poems by Tim Cunningham, Lyn Darrant, J. K. Murphy, Derek Adams, Dee Rimbaud, Geoff Stevens, Ann Keith, William Oxley, Sam Smith and many others. Artwork and photographs by Dee Rimbaud, Christine Chamson and Mervyn Linford, Clare Harvey and Derek Adams. There are also articles by Mavis Timms and Christine McNeill and book reviews by Adrian Green, as well as an interview with self-styled revolutionary poet Sandra Lester. A magazine with a lot to offer, including those features that are essential to a well-rounded magazine, editorial, letters column, magazine listings and contributors notes. A5. Perfect bound. 84pp. Received 1/2/06.
POETRY EXPRESS No.23, Winter 2005/06. The Survivors' Poetry Quarterly. This issue contains John O'Donoghue on Robert Lowell, Lucia Moral Baena on Juan Ramon Jimenez, Dave Russell on the literary journalism of Lorna Sage, Alan Morrison on the Sixties Press mental health series, plus Peter H. Donnelly with a brief personal history of hearing voices and an interview with John Horder. Also poems, reviews and letters. Mailed free to all members. Contact Survivors' Poetry to join their mailing list. Address: Studio 11, Bickerton House, 25-27 Bickerton Road, Archway, London N19 5JT. Tel: 0207-281-4654. Email: info@survivorspoetry.org.uk. A4. 48pp. Received 23/1/06.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.41, Summer 2005. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from David H. W. Grubb, Jay Ramsay, Michael Horovitz and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 144pp. Received 15/9/05.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.40, Spring 2005. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Brian Daldorph, Gary Allen, Mary Maher and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 144pp. Received 24/5/05.
POETRY EXPRESS No.20, Autumn '04/Winter '05. The Quarterly from Survivors' Poetry. Bumper Issue containing Cristina Viti on Dino Campana, Alan Morrison on David Kessel, Lloyd Lindsay on The One Tribe Quandary, Roy Birch on Stevenage Survivors and Paul Murphy on practically everything. Mailed free to all members. Contact Survivors' Poetry to join their mailing list. Address: Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London NW1 3ND. Tel: 0207-916-5317. Email: info@survivorspoetry.org.uk. A4. 44pp. Received 28/4/05.
THE LOCAL GOOD READ Issue 1. Short stories, poems, anecdotes. Poems by Phillip Walter, Lynda Fordham, Lesley James, Lesley Jones, Blanche Webb & Clive Enders. Free. Supported by advertising, to provide an outlet for local writers. A brave attempt at something new, which could succeed. Editorial address: 33 Bridge Road, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8NZ. A4. 16pp. Received 6/4/05.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.39, Autumn 2004. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Peter Dent, R. L. Cook, Rob Mimpriss, Michael Henry Alexis Lykiard, Lorraine Morwood and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 140pp. Received 30/1/05.
KRAX No.41. Editor: Andy Robson. Price: £3.50 from Krax Magazine, 63 Dixon Lane, Leeds, LS12 4RR, England, UK. A5. Card cover. 44pp. Poems by Steve Urbanski, John Light, Ian Seed, Dave Pruckner, Received 14/11/04.
TREMBLESTONE No.4. Editor: Kenny Knight. Price: £4.00 from Tremblestone, Stowford House, 43 Seymour Avenue, St Judes, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8RB, England, UK. Perfect bound. A5. 84pp. Poetry & prose by Martin Anderson, Richard Burns, John Daniel, Josephine Ebert, Helen Foster, Mark Goodwin, Jason Hirons, Philip Kuhn, Will Morris, Andrew Nightingale and Estill Pollock. Book and magazine reviews. Received 29/10/04.
SEAM No.21, August 2004. Edited by Frank Dullaghan. £5.00 from Seam Poetry Magazine, 10 Collingwood Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 5YB, England, UK. Perfect bound. A5. 94pp. Bumper 21st Issue. Poems and reviews. This issue gives generous space to commentary on other poetry magazines. Poems by Gerard Melia, Michael Laskey Peter De Ville, Patricia Pogson, Mervyn Linford, Brian Daldorph and many others. Received 10/10/04.
MAGMA No.29, Summer 2004. This issue edited by David Boll. £4.95 plus 75p p&p from Helen Nicholson, Magma Distribution, Flat 2, 86 St James's Drive, London, SW17 7RR, England, UK. Poetry, reviews, articles, photographs. Poems by Myra Schneider, David Constantine and many others. Perfect bound. 80pp. Received 10/10/04.
POETRY EXPRESS No.19, Spring 2004. Editor: James Ferguson. Published by Survivors' Poetry, Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street London, NW1 3ND, England, UK. Simon Jenner on Geoffrey Hill, Elvis via Jeremy Reed, David Miller on prose poetry, Alan Morrison on Nicholas Lafitte, poems and reviews. A4. 20pp.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.38, Summer 2004. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Jay Ramsay, Lyn Lifshin, Martin Stannard and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 128pp.
HANDSHAKE No.56. Newsletter of the Eight Hand Gang. Edited by John F. Haines. Free for SAE, from Dunnock Press, 5 Cross Farm, Station Road North, Fearnhead, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0QG, England, UK. SF poetry news and poems. Poems by Andrew Darlington, John Light, Geoff Simmonds, Richard Lung, Jarod Dark & Peter Day. Received 21/6/04.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.37, Spring 2004. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Vernon Scannell, Susan Fearn, Paul Donnelly and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 128pp.
POETRY EXPRESS No.18, Autumn/Winter 2003. A Quarterly newsletter from Survivors' Poetry. Editors: James Ferguson & Roy Holland. Free from Survivors' Poetry, Diorama Arts Centre, 34 Osnaburgh Street, London, NW1 3ND, England, UK. Tel: 020-7916-5317. E-mail: survivor@survivorspoetry.org.uk. Of chief interest in this edition is the article by James Ferguson on the poetry of Barry Tebb. A4. 20pp.
IOTA No.62, 2003. Edited by Bob Mee and Janet Murch. £2.50 plus postage from Ragged Raven Press, 1 Lodge Farm, Snitterfield, Warwickshire, CV37 0LR, England, UK. A5. Perfect bound. 60pp. Received 20/7/03.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.35, Summer 2003. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Martin Stannard, David H. W. Grubb, Peter Robinson and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 128pp.
MAGMA No.26, Summer 2003. This issue edited by Mick Delap. £4.00 plus postage from Helen Nicholson, Magma Distribution, Flat 2, 86 St James's Drive, London, SW17 7RR, England, UK. Poetry, reviews, articles and a few illustrations. Writing by Mario Petrucci, Gary Allen, Myra Schneider, Carole Satyamurti, Matthew Sweeney and many others. Card cover. 64pp.
ACUMEN MAGAZINE No.46, May 2003. Edited by Patricia Oxley. £4.50 post free, from The Ember Press, 6 The Mount, Higher Furzeham, Brixham, South Devon, TQ5 8QY, England, UK. Perfect bound. 126pp. Poems, articles, reviews, letters. Poetry and prose by Jenny Swann, Lotte Kramer, Dinah Livingstone, Michael Newman, Rupert M. Loydell, Dee Rimbaud, Idris Caffrey, Gary Allen, Alexis Lykiard, Michael Henry, Vernon Scannell and many others. Excellent production. Very readable.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.34, Spring 2003. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Paul Donnelly, Jay Ramsay, Jim Burns and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 128pp.
TEARS IN THE FENCE No.33, Autumn 2002. Edited by David Caddy. £6.00 including postage and packing from 38 Hod View, Stourpaine, Nr Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8TN, England, UK or $7.00 from Joshua Bodwell, PO Box 7270, Cape Porpoise, Maine 04014-7270, USA. Subscriptions are £15 / $20 / €30 for 3 issues. Poetry and prose from Norman Jope, Rob Mimpriss, Jay Ramsey, Alexis Lykiard and many others. Extensive reviews section. A5. Perfect bound. 128pp. Received 3/1/03.
BRAQUEMARD No.9, February 2002. Edited by David Allenby. £2.50 plus 40p p&p from 48 Clifton Street, Hull, HU2 9AP, England, UK. Poems from the dark side of human nature by Geoff Stevens, Eddie Harriman, Margot K. Juby, Carolyn Oulton, J. P. V. Stewart, Sam Smith, Dee Rimbaud, T. F. Griffin and others, plus artwork. No prose this time, apart from Steve Urwin's prose poem. A5. Card cover. 52pp. E-mail: braquemard@hotmail.com
KRAX No.39, 2002. Edited by Andy Robson. Price: £3.50 / $7 / €14. Address: 63 Dixon Lane, Leeds, LS12 4RR, Yorkshire, England, UK. A5. Card cover. 72pp. Poetry by Dileep Bagnall, Peter De Ville, Gillian Bence-Jones, Dave Pruckner, Andy Botterill, Mike Johnson, Peter Day and many others. Artwork by Schilke, Sasha Mihajlowich, Cory Harding, Margaret Ballif-Simon and the excellent Alan Hunter. Large reviews section.
SEAM No.15, July 2001. Editors: Maggie Freeman & Frank Dullaghan. Editorial address: PO Box 3684, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4GP, England, UK. Price £3. Overseas add £2. Includes poems by Mario Petrucci, Giovanni Malito, David Grubb, Derek Adams, Tim Love and many others. A5. 64pp. Card cover. Received 14/10/01.
WHITE NOISE No.1. Chief editor: James Harris. New book-format anthology of prose and poetry, published by East Side Press, 20 Holland Street, Cambridge, CB4 3DL, England, UK. Price £5 or $8. Good value for money. Among the poets are Mark Boden, Anastasia Boulis, Tom Corbett, Susan Currie and Alan Praxson. The fiction includes work by Ceri Jordan and Andrew Hook. Photos by Tom Millington. Guidelines available from ESPeditor@aol.com. Perfect bound. 175pp. ISBN 0 9538127 0 7. Received 14/10/00.
ASWELLAS MAGAZINE No.7. Edited by John Steer & Ray Stebbing. Published by the West Essex Literary Society. Price £3. Editorial address: 69 Orchard Croft, Harlow, Essex, CM20 3BG, England, UK. Includes poems by Geoff Stevens, Giovanni Malito, A. K. Whitehead and others. A5. 44pp. Card cover. Received 14/10/00.
THE RIALTO No.44, Autumn 1999. Edited by Michael Mackmin. Price UK: £3.90, US: £6, Europe: £4.50, Australia & Japan: £6.50. Payment in sterling only. Editorial address: PO Box 309, Aylsham, Norwich, NR11 6LN, England, UK. Includes poems by Ruth Fainlight, Peter Finch, Michael Hamburger, Douglas Houston, Vernon Scannell and many others. A4. 56pp. Card cover. Received 14/10/00.
CURLEW No.38, Summer 2000. Edited by Jocelynne Precious. £1.50 plus 50p from Curlew Press, Hare Cottage, Kettlesing, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2LB, England, UK. Cheques payable to P. J. Precious. This issue has the theme of Poetry & Art. What a good idea! I wish I'd thought of it... Poems by Geoff Stevens, Glenn Perry, Peter J. Scott, Benedict Auer, Dee Rimbaud and Nigel Greenslade. Book and magazine reviews. A5. 28pp.
THE BROBDINGNAGIAN TIMES No.15, Spring 2000. Broadsheet folded to A5 size, with poems from New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, USA, UK, Germany, Bulgaria, Australia & Yugoslavia. Price 50p. Send SAE to The Editor, 96 Albert Road, Cork, Ireland.
ACUMEN MAGAZINE No.36, January 2000. Edited by Patricia Oxley. £7.50 post free, from The Ember Press, 6 The Mount, Higher Furzeham, Brixham, South Devon, TQ5 8QY, England, UK. Perfect bound. 250pp. Poems, articles, reviews, letters. Bumper Millennium Issue containing work by Dannie Abse, Sebastian Barker, U. A. Fanthorpe, John Heath-Stubbs, Danielle Hope, Lotte Kramer, Rupert Loydell, William Oxley, Peter Redgrove, Vernon Scannell, Penelope Shuttle and many others. A thoroughly good read. Excellent production.