Poetry | A Series of Ekphrastic Poems on Eileen Agar’s Marine Object by Suzannah V. Evans
Suzannah V. Evans is a poet, editor, and critic. The following series of poems was inspired by a visit to…
Flash Fiction | Never Fall For That by Rebecca Lilly
“Clarify your intent,” — Lama Chopra, our meditation teacher, rang the bell for us to sit — “the Reaper was…
The London Magazine Podcast | Episode 4 | A Discovery of Ancient Literature
We were recently contacted by Reverend Christian Mitchell of the church of Heathfield in rural Sussex, who had made a…
Archive | Philip Larkin | Two Poems: To The Sea, Annus Mirabilis
Philip Larkin (1922-1985) was a prolific poet and writer of essays, criticism and reviews during the twentieth century. Described as…
Poetry | Woman by Manash Bhattacharjee
Woman “It’s easy, impossible, hard, worth trying.” ~ Wislawa Szymborska, “Portrait of a Woman” (1976) She is intimately attached To…
Spotlight II: Dostoyevsky Wannabe
The London Magazine has long been a champion of emerging writers and independent publishers, stretching back to the 1950s and…
The London Magazine Poetry Prize 2018 – Winners Announced!
A huge thanks to everyone who entered this year’s poetry prize! We had so many high quality entries this year…
Interview | Momtaza Mehri — Young People’s Laureate for London
Yesterday we spoke to artist and poet Momtaza Mehri, who has recently been announced as Young People’s Laureate for London, who will take over from poet and musician Caleb Femi in the role which was launched by Spread The Word Last Year.
Archive | Poetry | The Wiper by Louis MacNeice
First published in the May 1960 issue of The London Magazine (Volume 7, No. 5).
Through purblind night the wiper
Reaps a swathe of water
Review | Letters To A First Love From The Future by Andy Armitage
Andy Armitage’s pamphlet is among a number of new releases from the poetry press Half-Moon Books, which is based in…
Archive | Poetry | Peter Bland
Peter Bland, the New Zealand writer and actor, has written extensively over his long career, and has been lauded with…
Interview | Ben Aleshire
Ben Aleshire makes his living as a travelling poet, writing poems on his typewriter for whatever his readers can spare…
Archive | Poetry | Rin Ishigaki
Known in Japan as the ‘bank clerk poet’, with her work frequently featuring in the bank newsletter where she was…
Playing Safe | Hugo Williams
I liked not liking you much. I liked playing safe. Not being bowled over by you was part of the…
Poetry | Synopsis and The Wedding Frame by Hugo Williams
Synopsis People are taking sedatives in boats Going to America. Their names drift back to me— Hollowed out, unpronounceable. I…
Poetry | Poem by Kyriakos Frangoulis
The moon is a sealed coffin A boast The moon of poets The moon of dogs The moon of ovaries…
Poetry | A Letter from Brooklyn by Derek Walcott
Derek Walcott A Letter from Brooklyn An old lady writes me in a spidery style, Each character trembling, and I…
Poetry | The Sleepers by Sylvia Plath
No map traces the street Where those two sleepers are. We have lost track of it. They lie…
Poetry | Atlantic Palimpsest by Kerri ní Dochartaigh
-for Heaney and the Peace Bridge Grey and greying sky reflected in choppy body, as our matching heron performs his…
Poetry | The Goldfinches of Rome by Peter Anderson
Carduelis carduelis (Fringilla carduelis. Linn. 1758) Dawn on the Palatine: planets bow out, stars pick their way through rat-traps and…
Poetry | Waking Under the Walnut Street Bridge by Mara Adamitz Scrupe
Mara Adamitz Scrupe Waking Under the Walnut Street Bridge let me persist but not divide …
Poetry | On His Deafness by Damian Grant
‘No-one has ever written a poem “On His Deafness”’; (David Lodge, Deaf Sentence). – – – – – – – –…
Poetry | Under the Loquat by Peter Anderson
He had that majority under the loquat, rain falling like a god in gold, the breakthrough sun, and the spin…
Poetry | The Line by Fiona Sampson
Fiona Sampson The Line White trunks divide the dark beside the line and in the dusk trees pause since if…
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