Modron Magazine
@modronmagazine
Biannual online eco-poetry magazine. Edited by Kristian Evans and Zoe Brigley, with Taz Rahman, Sian Melangell Dafydd, and Glyn Edwards.
In our More than Human series of interviews, Peter Julian Taylor talks on writing about the Outer Hebrides. "We hear the opinions of the cliff, the circle of standing stones, the grass, the wind, the salty sea-spray, and the wild sheep." See modronmagazine.com. Photo by Duncan McNab (Unsplash).
We're moved to publish this tribute to the turtle conservationist Mona Khalil by the poet Perla Kantarjian. We also interview Perla about war in relation to ecologies and ecojustice. Please think of reading this poem and remembering Mona.
“Who would have thought that 1984 and Brave New World could both be true at the same time?” Mark Fiddes in interview talks about a poem inspired by California wildfires Read more at: www.modronmagazine.com
Emily Zobel Marshall joins our More Than Human interview series, with an Anansi epic: 'Anansi Bruk It Up'. "Anansi was born outside a Christian worldview and it is wrong to try and interpret him – or any indigenous trickster – within that framework." Read more at modronmagazine.com.
A hunt for a new washing machine, a smug Deep Adaptation prepper and an episode of Dallas - these all appear in a new poem by Rachael Clyne that seeks to come to terms with the bizarre contrasts of living through ecological crisis. Read more at modronmagazine.com. Photo by Fer Troulik (Unsplash)
Feeling like all this "wild swimming" imagery online is getting old? So is Lucy Baena who tackles problems with the wild swimmer stereotype in her essay 'The Myth of the Wild Swimmer'. What is the ideal and how might it be becoming toxic? See modronmagazine.com. Photo Pierre Jeanneret (Unsplash).
We have a wonderful More Than Human interview this week with Paul Henry who is talking about the place where personal and ecological grief come together through the figure of a tree: 'The Flayed Oak'. Paul Henry has long been one of the most admired voices in Welsh poetry. See modronmagazine.com.
We’re back, after a summer break! This week, we’re thrilled to present an exclusive interview with leading poet, Ruth Padel, exploring creative process, inspiration, and the importance of the natural world to her work. Huge thanks to Taz Rahman and Just Another Poet www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_0f...
Check out a review of Roselle Angwin's A Spell in the Forest by new staff writer Sarah Bitter at modronmagazine.com The book's blurb: "A Spell in the Forest - Tongues in Trees is part love-song, part poetic guidebook, and part exploration of thirteen native sacred British tree species."
Cerddi gan / Poems by Natalie Ann Holborow, Penelope Shuttle, Michelle Szobody modronmagazine.com/issue-five-c...
Cerddi gan / Poems by Caleb Nichols, Simon Maddrell, Ruth Sharman, Lowri Hedd Vaughan modronmagazine.com/issue-five-c...
Poems by / Cerddi gan Duriel E. Harris, Mari George, Siôn Tomos Owen, clare e potter, Sam Robinson. modronmagazine.com/issue-five-c...
MODRON ISSUE 5 RHIF 5 MODRON Read 'Of Luring' Darllenwch ‘Deny’ by/gan Hildred Crill Translated by / Cyfieithwyd gan Siân Melangell Dafydd modronmagazine.com/a-poem-by-ce...
MODRON ISSUE 5 RHIF 5 MODRON Read ‘What the Deep Ocean Said to the Billionaire’ Darllenwch ‘Yr Hyn A Ddywedodd y Cefnfor Dwfn Wrth Y Biliwnydd’ by/gan Jonathan Kinsman Trans. by / Cyfieithwyd gan Siân Melangell Dafydd modronmagazine.com/a-poem-by-ce...
MODRON ISSUE 5 RHIF 5 MODRON Read ‘Cusp of the Last Cold Moon’ Darllenwch ‘Pen Pella’r Lleuad Oer Olaf’ by/gan James McConachie @jamesmcconachie1.bsky.social Trans. by / Cyfieithwyd gan Siân Melangell Dafydd modronmagazine.com/a-poem-by-ce...
Modron Issue 5 / Rhif 5 Modron Read Rosie Hadden / Darllenwch Rosie Hadden: “i hide in the sprawling arms of willow / wait for the fawn to arrive” “rwy’n cuddio ym mreichiau llydan yr helyg / gan aros i’r elain gyrraedd” modronmagazine.com/a-poem-by-ce...
It's New Year's Day when many hunting parties take place, and in issue 5 of Modron, released today, we are glad to include a poem 'Muzzle' by Martyn Crucefix which meditates on an enecounter with a hunting party. See: modronmagazine.com/a-poem-and-i...
We have a brilliant new issue of @modronmagazine.bsky.social out today at modronmagazine.com. Writing on nature and the ecological criss.
📢📢📢📢📢A new issue of @ModronMagazine coming New Year's Day 2025. Rhifyn newydd yn dod ar 1af Ionawr 2025.
This week's interview: Estonian writer Ilmar Lehtpere discussing translating poetry, particularly Kersti Merilaas' work. Ilmar highlights translating diverse voices to combat cultural homogenization and promote environmental awareness through literature.See modronmagazine.com for more.
Bu gormod o law eleni yng Nghymru! Yma, mae Hywel Griffiths yn trafod llifogydd, afonydd y Rhonddfa a thraddodiad o newyddiaduraeth amgylcheddol yng Nghymru. Check out this Welsh-language article on Rhondda rivers and environmental journalism in Wales. www.modronmagazine.com
#MoreThanHuman series: this week we meet Eartha Davis, a woman of Ngāpuhi & Celtic heritage living on Wurundjeri land, who talks about the connection between those two heritages and environmental philosophy. #ModronMagazine Interview by Glyn F Edwards See the full interview at modronmagazine.com
We are delighted to announce the poets that we nominated for the Pushcart Prize this year. You'll find all the poems in issue 4 of MODRON: modronmagazine.com/issue-4-cont...
At Modron we are glad to be part of the #SaveWelshMagazines campaign urging Creative Wales to increase funding for magazines in Wales. The situation at the moment is unsustainable, and the mags are vital to a healthy cultural life.
When we first respond to Nature's invitation to be understood, we feel we must impose our will upon the things we study. But soon, they turn on us and close in on us with such force that we must acknowledge and respect their strange authority over us. (After #Goethe)
From 'throw-away' to 'no-away' culture... "Spoiler alert: the system is rigged. In fact, we live in a series of interlocking systems that are harmful by design..." humansandnature.org/its-time-to-...