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Suspension Magazine
http://suspensionmagazine.blogspot.com
Suspension is a Bristol-based e-zine publishing work by poets with ties to the South West. We aim to publish quality poetry as well as articles and announcements from writers, groups and events organisers from across the region.
Recent Posts
The Poetry Can Poetry Competition 2009
The wonderful Poetry Can are holding an open competition with a first prize of an Arvon Foundation Course of your choosing. Generous indeed.More details can be found here...
Cosmetics
As regular visitors to this site will have noticed, we've put Suspension through a bit of a cosmetic overhaul. Many thanks go to Mr. Fausto Blanco for allowing us to use his suspension bridge image up there on the banner. Thanks, Fausto!...
SWELL WOOD by Julie Sampson
Framed out of the cut-out hide little egrets gently rock their young in heron nests high in ancient trees as wind moves us away from the mainstream down the winding path to this Other – a dimension rustling under feet with secret dorm...
EVENT - THE POETRY OF PHILIP GROSS
Pierian Centre, BristolJune 20th, from 7:30pmPrize-winning poet Philip Gross will be reading at the Pierian Centre on Saturday 20th June. This evening of poetry and music brings to a climax the programme of free events for Refugee Week.Admission ...
WITH THE LANSDOWN POETS by D.J. Clarke
On a wet, winter evening in 2008, the wind thrashes me through the door of The Lansdown, a busy Clifton pub, where I stand dripping onto the stripped floorboards and scanning the room for poets. I recently heard Andrew Motion admit in a TV interview ...
EDITORIAL #2 by John Doak
In the few months since Suspension's birth, I have learned more than I ever thought possible about poetry on the internet. From the hijacking of sites dedicated ostensibly to social networking (Twitter, Facebook, Blogger...) to the literally hundreds...
