Poet. @Carcanet A Map Towards Fluency (shortlisted for Michael Murphy Memorial Poetry Prize 2021) The House of the Interpreter (@PoetryBookSoc Rec.) BSL Level 6
Thrilled to be on this shortlist with my donkey poem for @ForwardPrizes . Congratulations to all the poets. And huge thanks to @RialtoPoetry @IMcMillan & all the judges. The donkey has trotted on quite a journey! 🫏🌳❤️
Fantastic evening of poetry, music and art at the Magma 94 'Remix' launch at The Nook in Brixton...
Loads more photos on our Instagram feed!
📷@pennydampier
Get yourself a copy of this incredible issue here: https://t.co/JSiraWt9ds
We're thrilled to announce our latest issue, Magma 94 'Remix' is now published!
Editors @williekinardiii, Lola Oh and @cloudscholar said the poems they received "astounded, challenged, and delighted us"
Get your hands on a copy here:
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All set up with my stand in the Imaginarium on the theme of reimagining the climate crisis @unibirmingham ...hopefully people will come and join the workshop at 2pm today and connect the threads and respond to the game I created. More fun than Pin the Tail on the Donkey!
Looking forward to reading with @csmithpoet Sunday evening at Torriano Meeting House hosted by @LisaDMKelly in north London! It’s 7.30pm Kensal Rise and welcomes poets from audience reading their poems too. Join the open mic to read together! ✨🎉💫 https://t.co/3HMEpYEe84
Thanks to @Limping_Chicken for article encouraging more BSL & Visual Vernacular entries for @ForwardPrizes 🙌🎭❤️
Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)
https://t.co/1K69xb9vk5
Poetry by Claudine Toutoungi, Austin Allen, @zakbos, @TimLiardet, Carl Phillips, Sim Pereira-Madder, Caitríona O’Reilly, @LisaDMKelly, Stephen Kampa, @rachel_jeffcoat and Rory Attwood.
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I love @berlinlit and am very grateful to editor Matthew McDonald for publishing my poem in issue ten. Lots of exciting work to read incl. @gosspoems Sanah Ahsan, Rishi Dastidar & Kate Wakeling
https://t.co/RTvxIlYWE2
COMPETITION ALERT! Just over two weeks to go! MAGMA POETRY COMPETITION 2025/26
The Judge’s Prize – poems of 11 to 50 lines
The Editors’ Prize – poems of up to 10 lines
Deadline 31 January 2026 T
his year's judge is Rishi Dastidar
@BetaRish https://t.co/GRCIM2zl3y
Join Magma editors @LisaDMKelly and Patrizia Longhitano for a poetry workshop: A Valentine to Your Environment at the Arts Depot, 31 Jan 2-4pm
https://t.co/UzxN6LKkBZ