Matt Dalby Reviews if p then q and Parameter

Matt Dalby:

Short version I like both magazines. I find parameter 7 has what seem to me to be the most conventional looking poems, but a lot that comes off the pages and sticks in your head. If p then q 2 seems the harder, but at the same time the poems come to me as appearing more vital. But as already discussed they didn't stick immediately. It's too short as well. I could have gone for more - but 26 A4 pages is pretty generous when there's a CD and some postcards of images from Joy as Tiresome Vandalism aRb Versions.

Parameter is like reading a book that keeps taking turns for the unfamiliar, whereas if p then q is like finding pages blowing around in the street that keep threatening to turn into a book even though they're different sizes and fonts.

if p then q is edited by James Davies. Parameter is edited by Tom Jenks. Both publications are labours of love and deserve your time.