 Cover of first edition | |
| Author | Simon Armitage |
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| Cover artist | Design by Faber, photograph by Simon Armitage |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Set in | Marsden, West Yorkshire |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | 15 March 2020 |
| Media type | Hardback |
| Pages | 89 |
| ISBN | 978-0-571-36144-1 |
| OCLC | 1153334504 |
| Preceded by | Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic |
| Website | https://www.simonarmitage.com/magnetic-field-the-marsden-poems/ |
Magnetic Field: The Marsden Poems is a 2020 collection of poems by the English poet Simon Armitage. All 50 of the poems, written throughout his career, relate to places in his home village of Marsden, West Yorkshire. The book contains maps of the village, showing where each poem is situated. Armitage is a professor of poetry, and became Poet Laureate in 2019. He states that he found that he had been using Marsden to chart the effects of problems with the British economy and the sense of marginalisation that he felt.
The book has been welcomed by critics, who have noted Armitage's skill and accessibility, and the way he has brought Marsden to life on the page.